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The Fort Frances kraft mill, costing $45 million and acclaimed as the most
modern in Canada, is now operating but still in the start-up phase, according
to Jack Haase, mill manager for the Ontario-Minnesota Pulp and Paper Co.
Ltd.
Production of bleached pulp to supply the Fort Frances, Kenora ad International
Falls paper mills got underway early this month following shake-down rus
of the various mechanical ad chemical systems. The product was first utilized
in the Fort Frances paper mill Nov. 7 and since then has been successfully
used in the Kenora and International Falls paper-making operations. The
pulp is delivered by pipeline in slurry form to the two border mills. For
shipment to Kenora and other distant markets, the product is flash-dried,
baled and wrapped.
"Our pulp has proven to be of excellet quality," Mr. Haase stated,
"comparable to the best commercial pulps we've been using. it's running
characteristics in the paper mills have been very good."
Mr. Haase said the mill is currently making about 250 tons of bleached pulp
per day. This is still below the design rate of 465 tons per day but will
build up gradually as all parts of the mill are tuned up and some problems
worked out.
"It appears," Mr. Haase added, "that the company's investment
of $45 million in this area was a sound decision and will pay off in continuing
production of first-grade paper and wood pulp, in bette utilization of the
jackpine resources, and in a stable source of employment"
Construction og the big plant facing Rainy River began in February 1970
following several years of feasability studies, planing and engineering.
Since then, border residents have watched with interest the progress of
a building program that transformed the former O-M woodyard into the most
modern kraft mill in Canada.
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