Boise selects suppliers for pressure-sensitive papers investment

Jan 20, 2006. /Lesprom Network/. Boise Paper announced on Thursday January 19 that it has selected key engineering and equipment suppliers for the Wallula, Washington, reconfiguration investment announced on August 10, 2005. Boise has made commitments to key suppliers, a critical step required to solidify delivery and installation dates. The investment is designed to expand pressure-sensitive paper production to meet growing global demand. Boise's engineering supplier on the investment is Pasadena, California, based Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., one of the leading engineering and construction firms serving the paper industry and a long-term collaborator with Boise. Jacobs has been working with Boise since August 2005 on the pressure-sensitive reconfiguration of the existing 250" №3 paper machine in Wallula. Boise will not reveal the equipment suppliers on the project due to the proprietary nature of the technology and investment. "Investing in the pressure-sensitive market supports our strategy to focus on growing markets in specialty and premium grades," says Miles Hewitt, senior vice president and general manager, Boise Paper. Boise Paper's Label, Release & Specialty Papers business is a leading supplier of pressure-sensitive release liners, face stocks, and related specialty papers. Boise provides customers with the highest level of value through greater focus, a leading breadth of product solutions, and insights through business and technical collaboration. Boise, headquartered in Boise, Idaho, manufactures engineered wood products, plywood, lumber, and particleboard and distributes a broad line of building materials, including wood products manufactured by the company. Boise also manufactures a wide range of specialty and premium products, including imaging papers for the office and home and papers for pressure-sensitive applications, as well as printing and converting papers, containerboard and corrugated boxes, newsprint, and market pulp.