AN INTEGRATED SPECIALTY PAPER COMPANY

PAPER MAKING 1012016

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PAPER MAKING PROCESS

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Key Steps

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#1Woodlands

#2Pulping

Operations

#3Stock

Preparation

#4Paper

Machine Operations

#5Finishing

4#1 Woodlands

# 2 Pulping

#4 Paper

Making

Stock Preparation#3 Stock Prep

#5 Finishin

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Paper Making Graphic Source: Confederation of European Paper Industries

Woodlands & PulpingFrom log to Chips

Trees are harvested & replanted

Logs are passed through DEBARKER

Logs are then sent through a CHIPPER

Chips to PulpWood Chips put in a DIGESTER

Chips are pressure cooked with mixture of water and chemicals

This mixture is now PULP

Debarking

Seedling Nursery

Log Truck

ChippingDebarking

Sheets of PulpPulp Pipeline

Stock PreparationPULP turned into a slushy mixture

when washed and put through a BEATER

Additives and coatings are added to PULP to engineer the specific

grade of paperMixture is 99.5% water

Refiner

Beater

Pulp

Paper MakingFrom Pulp to Paper

The slushy mixture is pushed out of the HEADBOX onto the WIRE

The WIRE is a moving screen that helps drain water from the pulp

As the water is drained, the sheet begins to form

Sheet is now 80.0% water

Couch Roll

Dandy Roll

Headbox and Wire

Couch Roll

Paper MakingPRESS SECTION removes water

and helps with sheet thickness & smoothness

Paper leaves section with 45% water

DRYERS uses heat to remove remaining moisture

5% moisture left

SIZING helps with water resistance and enhances

printing surfaceCommon sizing is starch

CALENDARING provides caliper control and increased surface

smoothness

Press Section

Press Section

Dryers

Inclined Size Press Calendar Stack

Press Section

FinishingFinished paper is wound onto a

large roll called a REELCan be as wide as 24 feet

& weigh 25-30 tons

Slitters cut to specific roll size

Scaling, wrapping, crimping, heading, labeling

Finished rolls are stored in the warehouse until delivery

Reel

WarehouseRoll Wrapping

Cut Rolls

10#1 Woodlands

# 2 Pulping

#4 Paper

Making

Stock Preparation#3 Stock Prep

#5 Finishin

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COMPANY OVERVIEW

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One of North America’s largest producers of lightweight specialty packaging, label and publishing papers. It was acquired by Atlas

Holdings & Blue Wolf Capital in June 2013

Lumber Mill165,000 Mfbm

Pulp Mill370,000 TPY

Paper Mill383,000 TPY

Plaster Rock

Edmundston

Madawaska

Maine

New Brunswick

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Fully integrated pulp and paper complex in New Brunswick and

Maine including 45 MW biomass

cogeneration plant and one lumber mill.

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Publishing

THE MARKETS

THAT DRIVE OUR BUSINESS

PharmaceuticalFinancialReferenceReligiousConvertingOther

Packaging & ConvertingFood Packaging PapersFood Service/QSR PaperConsumer GoodsIndustrial PackagingMedical PackagingRetail Food Packaging

Direct ThermalRelease LinerThermal Transfer

Label

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CONTACTS

Contact Us!800-920-9988TwinRiversPaper.commarketing@twinriverspaper.com

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