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Bowater to convert newsprint facility

Process and Control Today has reported that Bowater is going ahead with plans to convert its Calhoun, TX facility f…

Process and Control Today has reported that Bowater is going ahead with plans to convert its Calhoun, TX facility from a newsprint producer to churn out higher-margin specialty grades. The company’s board of directors approved the $80 million capital investment needed to carry out the conversion, which should be finished by mid-2006. Once the project is completed, the site will produce 465,000 tonnes of specialty grades and 300,000 tonnes of newsprint every year. The site once produced 730,000 tonnes of newsprint annually.