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BBC News visited Fortress Paper’s facility in Landquart, Switzerland this week to learn about the process of making banknotes. In a video featured in the BBC’s Business section, Marco Ziethen, the production manager at Landquart, takes reporter Lucy Burton through a step-by-step guide to manufacturing banknotes. From importing, refining and bleaching cotton, Ziethen showed how […]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – June 8, 2010) Fortress Paper Ltd. (“Fortress Paper” or the “Company”) (TSX:FTP), announces that it has entered into a financing agreement with a syndicate of underwriters led by Dundee Securities Corporation and including Jennings Capital Inc., Raymond James Ltd., and TD Securities Inc. (the “Underwriters”). Pursuant to the agreement, the Underwriters have […]
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 7, 2010 – Fortress Paper Ltd. (“Fortress Paper” or the “Corporation”) announces the signing of a purchase agreement by its wholly owned subsidiary, Fortress Specialty Cellulose Ltd. (“Fortress Specialty”) with Stora Enso Oyi Cellulose Inc. to acquire digesters, specialized process equipment and other ancillary equipment to be used in the conversion […]
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 […]
While we often write about security devices that have already been introduced in banknotes, this week we launch the first part in a continuing series called “New Features” looking at features that are in development but have yet to be adopted by the industry. In the world of banknote security, anti-counterfeit technology has to be […]
Once-moribund industry sprouts new demand and higher share prices. A the adage goes, the best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago; the second best time is now. Ideally, investors planted their money into forestry early enough to see their money grow along with the recent surge in commodity and equity prices. But […]
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 6, 2010 – Fortress Paper Ltd. (“Fortress Paper” or the “Corporation”) announced today that it has signed, through its wholly‑owned subsidiary, Fortress Specialty Cellulose Inc. (“FSC”), an Energy Supply Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Hydro Québec for the sale of green electricity to be produced at the Thurso Mill upon completion of […]
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 30, 2010 – Fortress Paper Ltd. (“Fortress Paper” or the “Corporation”), a leading producer of security and specialty papers, is pleased to announce the successful completion of its acquisition of the assets of a northern bleached hardwood kraft (“NBHK”) manufacturing facility located in Thurso, Quebec (the “Thurso Mill”) from Fraser Papers […]
MONTREAL – With a $15 million investment, the Solidarity Fund QFL (the “Fund”) is playing an active role in the re-opening of the pulp mill in Thurso, in the Outaouais region. The project is part of an acquisition of the old Fraser Paper mill, which shut down in June 2009, by Fortress Specialty Cellulose Inc., […]