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PAPER-MILL [1 record]

Record 1 2008-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pulp and Paper
  • Types of Industrial Operations
DEF

A factory or plant location where various pulps in slurry form are mechanically treated, mixed with the proper dyes, additives, and chemicals, and converted into a sheet of paper by the processes of drainage, formation, and drying on a paper machine.

OBS

Some paper mills also finish the paper in various ways.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pâtes et papier
  • Types d'exploitation industrielle
DEF

Usine où l'on fabrique le papier.

CONT

Le recyclage au Canada se pratique depuis près de 200 ans. En 1805, les vieux vêtements et les chiffons de coton étaient ramassés à Montréal et à Québec et expédiés à la première fabrique de papier au Canada à St-André, Québec, où l'on en fabriquait du papier-journal et du papier d'emballage.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pasta y papel
  • Tipos de explotación industrial
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