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AN INTEGRATED SPECIALTY PAPER COMPANY PAPER MAKING 101 2016 1
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AN INTEGRATED SPECIALTY PAPER COMPANY
PAPER MAKING 1012016
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PAPER MAKING PROCESS
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Key Steps
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#1Woodlands
#2Pulping
Operations
#3Stock
Preparation
#4Paper
Machine Operations
#5Finishing
4#1 Woodlands
# 2 Pulping
#4 Paper
Making
Stock Preparation#3 Stock Prep
#5 Finishin
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Paper Making Graphic Source: Confederation of European Paper Industries
Woodlands & PulpingFrom log to Chips
Trees are harvested & replanted
Logs are passed through DEBARKER
Logs are then sent through a CHIPPER
Chips to PulpWood Chips put in a DIGESTER
Chips are pressure cooked with mixture of water and chemicals
This mixture is now PULP
Debarking
Seedling Nursery
Log Truck
ChippingDebarking
Sheets of PulpPulp Pipeline
Stock PreparationPULP turned into a slushy mixture
when washed and put through a BEATER
Additives and coatings are added to PULP to engineer the specific
grade of paperMixture is 99.5% water
Refiner
Beater
Pulp
Paper MakingFrom Pulp to Paper
The slushy mixture is pushed out of the HEADBOX onto the WIRE
The WIRE is a moving screen that helps drain water from the pulp
As the water is drained, the sheet begins to form
Sheet is now 80.0% water
Couch Roll
Dandy Roll
Headbox and Wire
Couch Roll
Paper MakingPRESS SECTION removes water
and helps with sheet thickness & smoothness
Paper leaves section with 45% water
DRYERS uses heat to remove remaining moisture
5% moisture left
SIZING helps with water resistance and enhances
printing surfaceCommon sizing is starch
CALENDARING provides caliper control and increased surface
smoothness
Press Section
Press Section
Dryers
Inclined Size Press Calendar Stack
Press Section
FinishingFinished paper is wound onto a
large roll called a REELCan be as wide as 24 feet
& weigh 25-30 tons
Slitters cut to specific roll size
Scaling, wrapping, crimping, heading, labeling
Finished rolls are stored in the warehouse until delivery
Reel
WarehouseRoll Wrapping
Cut Rolls
10#1 Woodlands
# 2 Pulping
#4 Paper
Making
Stock Preparation#3 Stock Prep
#5 Finishin
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COMPANY OVERVIEW
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One of North America’s largest producers of lightweight specialty packaging, label and publishing papers. It was acquired by Atlas
Holdings & Blue Wolf Capital in June 2013
Lumber Mill165,000 Mfbm
Pulp Mill370,000 TPY
Paper Mill383,000 TPY
Plaster Rock
Edmundston
Madawaska
Maine
New Brunswick
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Fully integrated pulp and paper complex in New Brunswick and
Maine including 45 MW biomass
cogeneration plant and one lumber mill.
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Publishing
THE MARKETS
THAT DRIVE OUR BUSINESS
PharmaceuticalFinancialReferenceReligiousConvertingOther
Packaging & ConvertingFood Packaging PapersFood Service/QSR PaperConsumer GoodsIndustrial PackagingMedical PackagingRetail Food Packaging
Direct ThermalRelease LinerThermal Transfer
Label
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CONTACTS
