Katahdin Paper Co. LLC

Katahdin Paper Co. LLC was purchased out of bankruptcy in April of 2003 by Brascan Financial Group. Through a management agreement between Brascan and Fraser Papers Co. the new company started producing paper at the East Millinocket mill on June 8, 2003. Katahdin Paper Co LLC owns two paper mills and three high value uncoated groundwood paper machines. Two directory paper machines operate in the East Millinocket mill and one paper machine producing SC-A and SCA+ at its Millinocket Mill. Katahdin Paper Co. is a leading North American producer of high value directory and SC-A groundwood papers.

Katahdin Paper Co. is committed to compliance with all environmental laws and regulations. The company has, and will always pursue pollution prevention initiatives that are based on good science and provide significant environmental benefits.

Katahdin Paper Co’s Recycling plant in East Millinocket was the first of it type in New England. It was built in 1993 to serve the changing needs for newsprint and directory paper customers. Our recycling plant helps meet the growing demand for recycled fiber in the company’s paper products and provides a use for the wastepaper previously sent to landfills or incinerated. The wastepaper. Old newspaper, old magazines, and telephone directories, is collected form Maine, the other New England states and the Mid-Atlantic region, and is transported daily to the facility by rail and truck. The ink from these papers is removed while the fiber is recovered and mixed with virgin pulp, allowing the company pulp and paper mills to provide recycled fiber in the manufacture of paper products.

Katahdin Paper Co. employs 540 employees in both facilities. It produces approximately 280,000 tons of newsprint and directory papers per year with an additional 185,000 tons of Supercalendered paper: SC-A & SCA+. It produces 550 tons of stone groundwood and 300-350 tpd of recycled pulp.