Taking Stock of Tickets

Paper makers like Fortress Paper are most known in the security sector for their production of banknote paper, and rightfully so. At their mill in Landqart, Switzerland, Fortress Paper manufactures some of the world’s most high-tech and highly securitized banknotes for many countries including Switzerland.
Specializing in security features for banknotes, Fortress has become a [...]

FORTRESS PAPER TO RELEASE FIRST QUARTER 2010 EARNINGS

Vancouver, British Columbia, April 27th, 2010 – Fortress Paper Ltd. (“Fortress Paper” or the ”Corporation”) announced today that it intends to release its first quarter financial results for the period ended March 31, 2010 after the close of the market on Tuesday, May 11th, 2010. In connection with the release of its results, Fortress Paper will host a [...]

VIDEO: A Look At New Zealand’s E-Passport

New Zealand’s TV One News takes a look at the country’s newly issued e-passport. This passport is considered to be one of the most highly secure, highly technological e-passports in the world.

To learn more about e-passports read some of our previous blog posts like “What are E-Passports?”, “What are RFID Chips?, and Fortress Paper [...]

Fortress Paper Announces Convertible Debenture Financing

Fortress Paper Ltd. (“Fortress Paper” or the “Corporation”) today announces, further to its news release of March 18, 2010, the signing of a subscription agreement (the ”Subscription Agreement”) with Solidarity Fund QFL (the “Fund”) providing for the subscription of an unsecured convertible debenture of Fortress Paper (the “Debenture”) in the principal amount of $15 million maturing five years [...]

VIDEO: Chad Wasilenkoff Interviewed on First Business

First Business, a nationally syndicated television show, interviewed Fortress Paper CEO Chad Wasilenkoff. Learn why investors should pay attention to the specialty paper business and how Fortress Paper plans to power thousands of homes with a new green energy initiative.

CNN International Interviews Chad Wasilenkoff

Chad Wasilenkoff, Chief Executive of Fortress Paper, was featured in an interview with CNN International Correspondent Max Foster. The topic was currency and how Wasilenkoff is able to “make cash from cash” by understanding why a sector in decline can prove to be an attractive investment.

From Wood to Wearable: How Rayon is Made

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 [...]

Rayon is Fortress’s True Story

Most investors cringe and run when they learn that the company they’ve invested in is abruptly changing course.
That explains why Fortress Paper shares were bruised last Friday, after the company announced that it was buying a pulp mill from a bankrupt operator in Quebec.
Fortress is a smart little company that literally makes money.  To be [...]

What Is Rayon?

This week, Vancouver-based paper maker Fortress Paper announced a new venture (read “Fortress Paper Announces An Acquisition To Enter The Specialty Cellulose and Bio Energy Sectors”) acquiring a mill in Thurso, Quebec with the intention of transforming wood pulp into specialty cellulose.
Derived from dissolving wood pulp to its organic core, specialty cellulose is a most [...]

Fortress Paper Announces an Acquisition to Enter the Specialty Cellulose and Bio-Energy Sectors

Fortress Paper Ltd. (“Fortress Paper” or the “Corporation”) (TSX:FTP), a leading producer of security and specialty papers, in a major strategic move today announces the signing of an asset purchase agreement (“APA”) to acquire the assets of a northern bleached hardwood kraft (“NBHK”) manufacturing facility located in Thurso, Quebec (the “Thurso Mill”) from Fraser Papers [...]