Catalyst paper corporation completes acquisition of paper. Announcement of a new mill does not guarantee it will be built. Biron, wi wsau nearly 30 jobs will be coming to the biron paper mill 4 months after the facility changed hands. Disposing of secondary sludge in the recovery boiler. Challenges when converting coalfired boilers to natural gas. All contractors planning to perform work onsite an nd paper mill are required to fill out this form. Water production required from the filter plant ranges from 610 mgd per day with approximately 6,000 gallons of filtered water being required for each ton of paper produced. A chinese paper company is using its investments in american. The divestiture, originally announced on october 30, 2014, was undertaken. Nd paper began operations on june 29, 2018 with nine dragons purchase of the rumford, maine and biron, wisconsin pulp and paper mills, as well as an ohiobased service center. This will eliminate about 630,000 tonsyr of ufs capacity. Nine dragons paper to acquire catalyst papers pulp and paper. Process food and beverage cartons including aseptic packages and paper mill pulp byproducts into 72,000 mtpy plastic pellets and 36,000 mtpy paper pulp for export to china. The biron mill located in wisconsin rapids, wisconsin produces approximately 370,000 tons of paper each year.
Biron fiber reclaim and interlake fibers ilf residuals. Past continued waste recovery was formed in early 1980s to help mike rouse. Nd paper announces capital upgrades at wisconsin and maine. Nd paper announces capital upgrades at wisconsin and. Newpage employees here have the opportunity to participate in a range of outdoor more detailed.
Nine dragons paper to acquire catalyst papers pulp and. Paper has been around for more than 2000 years and continues to play an important role in the environmental, economic and social health of our country and our planet. Following the merger of rocktenn and mwv to create westrock, as expected the company takes its place in the fab five of the annual top. Lessons learned from existing biomass power plants g.
Biron in an effort to close their pending merger with verso paper corp. This paper will provide a synopsis of the work involved in converting three 3 boilers at the domtar nekoosa paper mill from coal to natural gas firing. Catalyst paper operations 621 n biron dr wisconsin rapids wi 54494. Biron, after whom the town was named, came here in 1840 and bought the mill in 1846. Biron paper mill to expand under new owners news wsau. Newpage employees here have the opportunity to participate in a range of outdoor. Village of biron, wi wsau officials with catalyst paper have finalized the sale of their biron facility to hong kongbased nine dragons paper. C03 0115 selected references alabama river pulp company perdue hill, al appleton papers, inc. Richmond, bc catalyst paper catalyst announced today that it has entered into a sales and purchase agreement with nd paper llc, a wholly owned subsidiary of nine dragons paper holdings ltd. The site of biron was surveyed in june, 1895, by e. The decision to build a paper mill along with co1solidateds dam turned out to be very wise. Attributes good quality surface and print gloss for high contrast images dependable onpress and bindery performance outstanding opacity.
The sheeting operation includes eight sheeters and two automated storage facilities. Rebuilt pm26 at biron to serve as workhorse for lwc. According to a news report published this week by the daily tribune, wausau, wis. The paper company built the first paper mill the following year, 1895. Boiler conversion to biomass burning scope of service. Stora enso north america biron, wi suzano papel e celulose suzano, brazil tembec inc. The wisconsin rapids mill encompasses and has a pulp mill, paper mill and sheeting operation. The pioneer became owner of this pulp mill and worked out the idea of. Port hawkesbury paper states that their 2019 order book is full six years after reopening the nova scotia mill, which produces supercalendered paper. Newpage selling biron paper mill to canadian company. Courtland paper mill, courtland, alabama closing completely in 2014 eastover paper mill, eastover, south carolina franklin paper mill, franklin, virginia closed in 2009 but recommissioned in 2012 georgetown paper mill, georgetown, south carolina henderson paper mill, henderson, kentucky. Newpage agrees to sell biron mill milwaukee journal sentinel. An assessment of the economic contribution of pulp, paper. We have assisted numerous mills with implementing operational and.
May 25, 2018 richmond, bc catalyst paper catalyst announced today that it has entered into a sales and purchase agreement with nd paper llc, a wholly owned subsidiary of nine dragons paper holdings ltd. Catalyst paper corp has announced that it has completed the acquisition of the biron paper mill located in wisconsin and the rumford pulp and paper mill located in maine from newpage corp. Fear and loathing in a paper mill town journal of regional. Part of catalyst paper, the mill has two paper machines which produce 390,000 tonnes annually of coated groundwood paper.
Theyve also announced on their web site that theyre also buying the pulp mill in rumford, maine. The mill in biron is a pulp and paper mill consisting of two paper production lines with a combined annual production capacity of 340,000 tonnes producing coated groundwood grades. Various market, environmental, financial and human resource risks related to the recent acquisition of the biron and rumford paper mills in the united states. The mill is currently in the process of starting up an upgraded system figure 6 capable of handling 21 ton ds of secondary sludge per day as part of a large capacity upgrade project of the mill that will see its capacity increase from 425,000 to 700,000 admty. Jun 29, 2018 catalyst paper completes sale of biron mill to nine dragons of hong kong. New owner of former biron plant intends to run paper mill.
Biron mill is a pulp mill and paper mill located in the us town of biron, wisconsin, in the. Nd paper contractor safety qualification form survey. A paper providing more details on this upgrade of the. Nd paper, a hong kong stock exchange listed company, for the sale of catalysts u. Supply interruptions which may occur due to reliance by the biron paper mill on the wisconsin rapids pulp and paper mill and the lake states wood supply group.
Nd paper is a recentlyformed, whollyowned subsidiary of nine dragons paper holdings limited. Catalyst paper announced in may it would sell the mill near wisconsin rapids to nd paper, owned by nine dragons. Newpage corporation biron wisconsin rapids, wi orange county container group forney, tx ohio edison company akron, oh. Bay front dec79 mill, tdf, coal 2 modified coal stokers 280,000 30 kettle falls dec83 mill 1 traveling grate stoker 415,000 1500 950 46 mcneil jun84 forest, mill, urban 1 traveling grate stoker 480,000 1275 950 50 shasta dec87 mill, forest, ag, 3 traveling grate stokers 510,000 900 905 49. Pacific paper mill in the pacific northwest in 1974, explored available shredding equipment and initiated tire processing in conjunction with a landfill owner in portland, or. Its made from one of the few truly renewable resources on earth, is used in countless products that make our daily lives better, and supports hundreds of thousands of jobs in.
The biron paper mill was originally started july 8, 1895, on the site of the old biron sawmill purchased from severe biron. Oct 31, 2014 biron in an effort to close their pending merger with verso paper corp. The mills mostly produce magazine paper and newsprint the company was established as norskecanada in 2000, when norske skog bought the majority of fletcher challenge. Biron mill was established in 1895 by the grand rapids pulp and paper company.
In a related transaction, immediately prior to versos acquisition of newpage, newpage completed the divestiture of its paper mill in biron, wisconsin, and its pulp and paper mill in rumford, maine, to catalyst paper operations inc. It has been established by previous projects at the uwm center for byproducts utilization uwmcbu that properties of wood andor coal combustion products i. On june 29, 2018, catalyst sold rumford mill in rumford, main and biron mill in biron, wi along with the companys us operations center in dayton, ohio to nine dragons paper holdings limited nd paper on october 9, 2018, catalyst announced that paper excellence entered into an agreement to purchase all shares of catalyst paper. Axe818008 national renewable energy laboratory 1617 cole boulevard golden, colorado 8040393 nrel is a u. Catalyst paper finalizes sale of biron mill news wsau. Pictures in the album part 1 mcmillan memorial library. Catalyst paper completes sale of biron mill to nine dragons of hong kong karen madden, wisconsin rapids daily tribune published 3. Attributes good quality surface and print gloss for high contrast images dependable onpress and bindery performance outstanding opacity for enhanced reliability.
It is equipped with two machines and ten grinders, with. One conversion of a graphics paper mill to packaging paper was not included because of a lack of. Catalyst paper operations 621 n biron dr wisconsin rapids. It took the shape of the witter manual training school that was erected in 1907. Catalyst paper completes sale of biron mill to nine dragons of hong kong. Newpage paper mill newpage corporation biron, wisconsin, is home to the biron paper mill, and a mill town since 1840.
Biron, wis wsau the biron paper mill has been sold. Supply interruptions which may occur due to reliance by the biron paper mill on the wisconsin rapids pulp and paper mill. On january 7th catalyst paper corp purchased two mills from newpage, the biron paper mill, located in wisconsin and the rumford pulp and paper mill in maine, adding significant paper capacity and extending it operations across north america. Catalyst paper corporation is a pulp and paper company based in richmond, british columbia. The single burner model was used to determine the burner settings required for the optimum burner near field flow patterns and the furnace model was used to evaluate the effect of ofa on the furnace voc, which was particularly important for this application because. Newpage operates eight paper mills in the united states. It operates five pulp mills and paper mills, producing a combined 1.
A finnishbased forest products company recently purchased the paper mill in a. Cyt catalyst is pleased to announce today that it has completed the acquisition of the biron paper mill located in. The paper mill operates two paper machines with support from offmachine coaters, supercalenders and winders. Catalyst paper operations 621 n biron dr wisconsin rapids, wi. Corporation the seller to acquire the rumford, maine and biron, wisconsin paper mills for.