Bowater is one of North America’s leading producers and suppliers of market pulp. Our market pulp, which is sold to third parties for use in the manufacture of tissue, lightweight coated papers, coated and uncoated free-sheet and specialty packaging materials, is produced at our low-cost integrated pulp and paper mills.

The completion of a new thermomechanical pulping system at the Calhoun mill resulted in a significant increase in our production of hardwood kraft pulp, while also reducing our production costs. Additional enhancements to our pulping processes are under construction at the Catawba and Thunder Bay facilities.

One of our competitive advantages is our ability to produce all major grades of market pulp (northern and southern hardwood and softwood kraft). That gives us a unique perspective on the global pulp market and the flexibility to manage our market pulp capacity on a timely and systematic basis.