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The Lee Mills consist of four separate mill sites located along the Housatonic River in Lee,
Massachusetts. The mills produce a broad range of fine papers and are the North American
leader in the production of base tipping paper.
Combined, Schweitzer-Mauduits Lee and Ancram
mills are the North American leader in porous plug wrap paper production.
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Greylock Street Lee, Massachusetts 01238 |
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413-243-1000
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Columbia Mill
The Columbia Mill, built in 1827, was the first paper mill to furnish 100 percent
groundwood newsprint to the New York Times. Today the mill is the site of water
and effluent treatment, steam generation and distribution facilities that support
Schweitzer-Mauduits other mills in the Lee area.
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Eagle Mill
The Eagle mill was built in 1835 on the site of an inactive paper mill. The mill contains two paper
machines which produce a broad range of lightweight specialty papers including porous plug wrap, base
tipping, straw wrap and carbonizing bond papers.
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Niagara Mill
The Niagara mill was built in 1903 and has a single paper machine. This machine was rebuilt
in 1978 to produce porous plug wrap papers.
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Greylock Mill
The Greylock mill was built in 1966 and is home to Schweitzer-Mauduits largest and fastest base tipping paper machine.
The mill was initially built to produce carbonizing and lightweight printing papers but today produces base tipping,
furniture laminate, business forms, bible and other lightweight specialty papers.
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