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Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver told reporters this week that the federal government may extend innovation programs designed to help the forest industry adjust to the challenges of a changing sector. “There may be a continuation of some programs that currently exist,” he said during a lunchtime speech at Paper Week in Montreal on Wednesday. "We should not underestimate the sector's resilience, the excellence of our forest products an...

Located in the Papineau Regional County Municipality in the Outaouais region of Western Quebec, about 35km from Gatineau, QC on the Ottawa River, the Thurso pulp mill is a staple in Thurso, Quebec. The Thurso mill dates back to the 1950s and was a major force in the pulp and paper industry in the Quebec/Ottawa region. Today, it continues the tradition. Employing nearly 300 people, the pulp mill currently manufactures high quality northern b...

When Fortress Specialty Cellulose (FSC) re-started the mill at the site in Thurso, Quebec, they couldn’t just jump into the dissolving pulp game. Since deriving dissolving pulp (or specialty cellulose) entails different pulping processes, equipment upgrades, and general production line changes had to be implemented first. In the meantime, FSC has restarted the mill as a northern bleached hardwood kraft (NBHK) pulp mill, resuming operations a...

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - June 1, 2010) - Fortress Paper Ltd. ("Fortress Paper" or the "Corporation") (TSX:FTP) announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Fortress Specialty Cellulose Inc. ("Fortress Specialty"), commenced production and sale of NBHK pulp on May 28th. The mill reopened May 1st after being shut down by the former owner in early 2009. Chad Wasilenkoff, CEO of Fortress Paper Ltd. commented: "The commencement of pr...