Cloquet Mill
Our integrated pulp and paper mill in Cloquet, Minnesota, is the most modern pulp mill operating in the US. By utilizing Continuous Batch Cooking, we are able to achieve extended delignification while maintaining high yield and strength properties. Also in 2013, we further modernized the pulp mill by adding two additional batch digesters as well as an acid pre-hydrolysis stage and an ozone bleaching stage. These changes, along with modifications to our wood yard and pulp dryer, enable the mill to make either dissolving wood pulp for the textile market or bleached kraft pulp used for papermaking.
Mill information
Activity and products
Cloquet Mill is home to the production of our premium publication grades, GalerieArt, Opus and McCoy, as well as one of Sappi North America’s newest products, dissolving wood pulp (DWP), which entered the market in 2013.
Cloquet Mill at a glance
- Annual production capacity: 340,000 metric tons of coated woodfree paper and 340,000 metric tons of dissolving wood pulp
- Products: McCoy, Opus, Flo sheets and dissolving wood pulp
- Paper end uses: Advertising brochures, direct mail, fine art books, sustainability reports
- Pulp end uses: Textiles, pharmaceutical, household products
- Employees: Approximately 730
Employees at the Cloquet Mill are committed to giving back to their local communities. They regularly volunteer their time and make financial contributions to a range of community organizations. Our mill-based Community Relations Committee coordinates outreach efforts to non-profit groups such as the United Way, the local fire and police departments, as well as over 20 local school programs.
Mill leadership is also very committed to the local community with several of the Mill Leadership Team Members serving on various boards for a number of local organizations such as, Fond Du Loc Tribal Community College Scholarship Foundation, United Way, Chamber of Commerce, Cloquet Community Memorial Hospital, and Cloquet Planning Board, to name a few.
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