Located in northwestern Saskatchewan, Meadow Lake Mechanical Pulp has a longstanding relationship with the community and local First Nations. Commissioned in 1992, Meadow Lake Mechanical Pulp’s purchase by Paper Excellence in 2007 marked Paper Excellence’s entry into the Canadian pulp and paper Market. The Meadow Lake Mill is a leading producer of high quality Bleached Chemi Thermal Mechanical Pulp (BCTMP). This pulp is used by customers primarily in Asia to make a wide variety of products from tissue and paper towels to food and board packaging.
Located on the western side of spectacular coastal British Columbia, Howe Sound Pulp and Paper is one of the oldest operating mills in the province. Completely rebuild to modern standard in 1991. Generations of families who were first attracted to the area by mill jobs, stayed to have made the Sunshine Coast their home. Howe Sound Pulp and Paper facility is a leading producer of high quality Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft pulps. These pulps are used by customers worldwide to make a variety of products from tissue and paper towels to fine writing paper.
Crofton Mill is located on Vancouver Island, in the Cowichan Valley near Duncan, and plays an important role in the cultural, social and economic health of this community. Commissioned in 1957, Crofton Mill today has two pulp lines. Committed to environmental sustainability, Crofton Mill derives 84% of its energy from renewable sources, with a 64% reduction in greenhouse gases since 1990.
Located on the western edge of the Canadian Rocky Mountains in the East Kootenay region of British Columbia, Skookumchuck Pulp is a vital employer to the area. Commissioned in 1968, Skookumchuck Pulp has seen substantial modernization work making the mill one of Domtar’s most sophisticated facilities. Skookumchuck is a word derived from the local First Nations language meaning “strong water” and the name of the creek that supplies the mill with water. The Domtar Skookumchuck Pulp Mill Incorporated facility is a leading producer of high quality Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft pulps. These pulps are used by customers worldwide to make a wide variety of products from tissue and paper towels to fine writing paper.
The mill became part of Resolute Forest Products in 2015 and the Paper Excellence Group in 2023 and is ideally situated to serve customers in the Eastern United States.
Domtar’s Coosa Pines mill, located on Alabama’s Coosa River, began operations in 1950 as a joint venture between Kimberly-Clark and newspaper publishers. For many years, the mill produced newsprint for publishers located predominantly in the Southeastern United States. Fluff pulp was added to its product offering in 1976 with the installation of a new kraft line, a recovery boiler and a pulp dryer. In 2000, a $63 million “cluster rule” upgrade to the pulp mill was finalized. The facility now produces kraft pulp used worldwide and is considered a leading manufacturer of pulp used in tissue and absorbent consumer products.
Located in the Eastern Townships Region of Quebec, Canada, Domtar’s Windsor Mill is the last fully integrated fine paper mill in Canada. The mill manages 400,000 acres of forest lands surrounding the mill. Originally built by Angus, Logan & Co. in 1864, the mill now produces bleached hardwood wet-lap market pulp and uncoated freesheet paper, including high-brightness opaques, multi-purpose digital papers, copy paper, laser forms, bond, envelope and recycled content. The mill is known for its innovative approach to sustainability. It leases the use of its forestlands for hunting, fishing and hiking clubs, as well as for maple syrup production.
Since its opening in 1968, Domtar’s Ashdown Mill has steadily grown in size to become one of the largest fluff pulp production facilities in the world. In 2016, Domtar made its largest ever capital investment, converting one of the paper machines at the southwest Arkansas-based Ashdown Mill to produce premium fluff pulp. This investment positioned Domtar as a world leader in the fluff-pulp market, which is increasingly important in the production of baby diapers, adult incontinence and absorbent hygiene products.
Domtar’s Plymouth Mill is located in North Carolina’s Inner Banks off the Roanoke River and produces softwood fluff pulp. Originally opened in 1937 by the North Carolina Pulp Co., the mill today makes pulp known for its excellent absorbency and sheet properties and used in the production of adult incontinence products, baby diapers and absorbent hygiene products that are sold around the world.
Located in Jesup, Georgia, and opened in 1998, Domtar’s EAM facility produces airlaid nonwoven products used in a wide variety of consumer products, including feminine hygiene, adult incontinence, baby diapers, pet care products, specialty medical and food packaging applications. Some of the world’s largest branded and private label manufacturers incorporate EAM’s NovaThin® and NovaZorb® brand cores into a wide range of products that consumers and businesses rely on every day. In 2021, EAM began an expansion project to increase its production capacity. Now, EAM is the 2nd largest airlaid producer in the United States, and the 3rd largest in the world.
