Fortress Paper Ltd.

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Fortress Paper Ltd. ("Fortress Paper" or the "Corporation") (TSX:FTP) announces that the parties to the purchase agreement for the previously announced acquisition of the non-operating pulp mill located at Lebel-sur-Quevillon, Quebec from Domtar Inc. have agreed to an extension to the closing date. Fortress Paper continues to work diligently with the other parties to satisfy all the conditions precedent to closing, and the transaction is expected...

Less than a month after specialty paper manufacturer Fortress Paper began its production of specialty cellulose at its facility in Thurso, Quebec, another Canadian paper producer – Glatfelter Gatineau - ramped up production on its specialty products. This week, week the Pennsylvania-based company launched a $9-million production line that sees its Ottawa-valley mill double the output of high-absorbency paper. According to an article publ...

 Fortress Paper Ltd. announced December. 5, 2011 that it had commenced dissolving pulp production at its Fortress Specialty Cellulose Mill.The centerpiece of the project, a new state of the art pre-hydrolized kraft cooking plant, came on line successfully on December 4, 2011. The commencement of dissolving pulp production signifies the successful completion of the conversion of the Fortress Specialty Cellulose Mill into a dissolving pulp ope...

Japan’s recent and ongoing tragic are impacting a variety of industries, including the niche Specialty Cellulose market. Specialty cellulose is used for a number of applications including consumer electronics.  Electronics makers such as Sony and Toshiba, have had to close down their plants due to the tsunami, earthquakes, power outages. Japan’s crisis has impacted ultra-purified wood cellulose producers for specialty a...

While waiting for the full transition to dissolving pulp, Fortress Specialty Cellulose (FSC) has re-started the Thurso mill as a northern bleached hardwood kraft (NBHK) mill, which was its previous role prior to the FSC purchase. This article is the second in a series explaining how the kraft process works. Part 2: Recovery Once the pulp has been cooked, the next step is to wash it and dry it in order to ship it out to buyers. However...

Chadwick Wasilenkoff, CEO and Director of Fortress Paper has been nominated by Ernst & Young for Entrepreneur Of The Year 2010. The firm recognizes high-achieving entrepreneurs who make a difference in the global economy Canada's most successful entrepreneurs improve the quality of life for people across the globe. "This year's exceptional Pacific finalists all share a commitment to innovation, an inherent ability to spot opportunities and...

With a $62 million plan to build a cogeneration plant on site at the Thurso mill, Fortress Paper will be able to produce nearly 25 megawatts of power both for the mill and the Quebec power grid by the end of 2012. While cogeneration plants are dependent on recycling byproducts from the manufacturing process – in Thurso’s case, steam from the pulping process – to produce energy, they also require additional “fuel” from biomass to maxi...

With the recent acquisition of a near-bankrupt mill in Thurso, Quebec, Vancouver’s Fortress Paper announced its plans to convert the one time pulp mill into a world-class producer of specialty cellulose. Specialty cellulose (also known as dissolving pulp) is a product used in the textile industry to manufacture a silk-like fiber called rayon typically used to make clothing. So how exactly do you get from wood to wearable? Rayon begins ...