West Coast Pulp Making

摘要

Ten months ago,China-based Lee & Man Paper Co.acquired the shutdown Stockton Pacific Enterprises market pulp mill in Humboldt County,Calif,becoming the first Chinese company to own a pulp or paper complex in the U.S.After investing several million dollars to repair and upgrade its infrastructure,Lee & Man restarted the facility this past spring as Evergreen Pulp Inc.During the past 40 years,the mill,originally commissioned in 1964 by Georgia-Pacific,passed through a series of owners who struggled(in most cases unsuccessfully) to keep it operating as a TCP(Totally Chlorine Free) bleached kraft pulp mill.