A History of Newsprint & Paper Manufacturing

Timber Makes Paper 1942 - A History of Newsprint & Paper Manufacturing in Australia.

This video was produced in 1942 and provides a summary of the Newspaper Manufacturing Process of this era, in Australia.

The Newsprint Mill (Boyer) is located on the Derwent River (Tasmania) and is still in operation as you watch this video, admittedly many of the manufacturing processes used in this video are now relevant to our modern society everything is running faster and more efficiently....

The technological demands as determined by the customers drive the need to produce more paper of greater quality while minimizing the impact on the environment.

Regardless of the industry, we are all responsible for the minimization of our carbon footprint and this company is committed to complying with all Legislative, social and community requirements / expectations as it has been for the past sixty or so years.

How do I know, well I work for the company.

The information contained within the video is specific to the way that it was done way back when.

The company was originally named Australian Newsprint Mills (ANM), then Fletcher Challenge and now it is currently owned by Norske Skog, a world leader in Newsprint manufacturer.