Escanaba, Michigan
The Escanaba, Michigan, mill is owned by Escanaba Paper Company, a subsidiary of
NewPage Corporation, a leading producer of printing and specialty papers in North America.
1911
The Escanaba mill began
operating in 1891 as the
Escanaba Electric Street
Railway Company. In 1911,
the Escanaba Pulp and Paper
Company was organized. For
more than a century, the mill
has undergone expansions,
upgrades and acquisitions,
while continuing to be an
influential presence in
Escanaba and surrounding
communities.
*As of December 31, 2013
2,000
ACRES
The Escanaba facility encompasses approximately 2,000 acres
and has a Kraft pulp mill, refiner mechanical pulp mill, three paper
machines, a pulp dryer, three off-machine blade coaters, six
supercalenders and six winders. The Escanaba mill’s papermaking
process is both acid-free and elemental chlorine-free (ECF).
785,000
TONS OF PAPER
The Escanaba mill has the capacity to produce about
785,000 tons of paper per year. The mill produces coated
freesheet, coated groundwood, specialty and uncoated papers
used for magazines, catalogs, annual reports, textbooks,
supplements and product brochures. Chain-of-custody certification
and up to 30 percent post-consumer recycled fiber content
products can be produced to meet the needs of our customers.
943
EMPLOYEES*
The Escanaba facility employs
approximately 943 people.
165
million
Since 2005, more than
$165 million has been
invested in equipment,
process modifications
and manufacturing
technologies to ensure
that the Escanaba operations
are safe, productive and
environmentally sound.
“We will provide the highest value for our
customers, corporation and employees,
through excellence in people, product
and process performance.”
Roger Rouleau, Mill Manager
0
Injuries
Our entire workforce is
dedicated to promoting a
safe work environment for our
employees and the community.
All employees work together to
achieve a common safety goal:
zero injuries.
3
chain-of-custody
certifications
The Escanaba mill has three
chain-of-custody certifications:
Forest Stewardship Council™
(FSC®), Sustainable Forestry
Initiative® (SFI) and Programme
for the Endorsement of Forest
Certification (PEFC).
The Escanaba mill supports
the Great Lakes Master
Logger Program (Michigan),
a program third-party certified
that helps ensure wood
produced from landowners
is responsibly sourced. The
mill also supports certification
efforts for public and private
landowners to help ensure
the sustainable flow of
certified wood and chips
to the mill.
100
percent
Environmental
commitment
At NewPage, we continually
review our operations
to ensure responsible
environmental stewardship.
We utilize many innovative
processes to minimize our
impact on the environment,
such as:
• B
ark and waste wood from
harvested trees are used as
fuel at our mill’s energy plant,
conserving fossil fuel and
diverting waste from landfills.
• 1
00 percent of the ash
generated from the mill’s
dedicated waste wood
boiler is beneficially applied
to agricultural lands as a
soil amendment.
• 7
0 percent of the mill’s
wastewater treatment plant
residuals are utilized for
energy recovery at the
mill’s energy plant.
• W
ater used in the
papermaking process
is continually cleaned and
reused in the process.
Escanaba Paper Company
7100 County Road 426 M.5 Road
Escanaba, MI 49829
906-786-1660
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• The mill invested significant
capital in 2011 to redesign
a portion of the wastewater
treatment plant aeration
systems. The project
substantially improved
treatment performance
while reducing specific
energy costs.
• We have established
partnerships with
organizations such as the
National Council for Air and
Stream Improvement and
the Council of Great Lakes
Industries on leading edge
projects such as a water
footprinting study.
• R
aw materials are substituted
to minimize emissions.
• We voluntarily participate in
the Pulp, Paper and Products
Pollution Prevention Program
(P5 Program). Under this
program, we set annual
pollution prevention goals
and report progress to the
state. Past projects include
implementing recycling
programs for mercury,
reducing phosphorus
usage, finding beneficial
uses for papermaking
residuals and reducing
chlorine usage.
460
million
to community
The Escanaba mill encourages
its employees to be involved
in their communities. The
total positive impact on the
community is estimated to be
over $460 million annually. We
work closely with community
leaders as active citizens.
Through volunteering, as
well as private and corporate
contributions, NewPage and
our employees support local
charities, organizations,
events and educational
causes that help make the
community strong.
Note: The data provided in this document is specific to the NewPage
Escanaba, Michigan, mill operations based on full year 2013.
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