Mar 05, 2014. /Lesprom Network/. Fortress Specialty Cellulose Mill (the "FSC mill") in Thurso, Québec restarted operations after taking market downtime of 10 weeks. The FSC mill will be producing initially northern bleached hardwood kraft (NBHK) pulp and expects to ramp-up to normalized production in approximately 15 days, as Fortress Paper Ltd. said in the press release received by Lesprom Network. 

Yvon Pelletier, President of Fortress Specialty Cellulose Inc., commented: "I am pleased with the initiatives completed at the FSC mill during this recent downtime. As a result of these improvements, the FSC mill should operate with greater efficiency and improved reliability over the coming year."

Fortress Paper operates internationally in two distinct business segments: dissolving pulp and security paper products.