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Article: Bowater plans to convert mill into coated paper-making plant.
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- Chattanooga Times/Free Press (Chattanooga, TN)
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- May 12, 2005
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Byline: Mike Pare
May 12--Bowater Inc. plans to invest $80 million to convert part of its Calhoun, Tenn., plant into making specialty grades of coated paper used in direct mail and advertising, officials said Wednesday.
The investment is the largest in the Chattanooga area by a company this year, and a Bowater official said it is one of the biggest in the Calhoun mill's recent history.
"It's an excellent opportunity," said Gordon Manuel, the company's director of governmental relations.
After the machinery is converted by mid-2006, the mill will make 465,000 tons of specialty grades of paper and 300,000 tons of newsprint annually, ...