Story of the Carolina Division

This 45-page booklet titled The Story of the Carolina Division, The Champion Paper and Fibre Company, created April 1959, outlines the more important phases of pulp and paper manufacturing. The booklet briefly introduces the top-level people, the mills in Ohio, Texas, and North Carolina, and goes into depth discussing the papermaking process. Includes photographs and illustrations.
Jhe Stor~ o/ the Caf'oAna ':lJirlidion THE CHAMPION PAPER AND FIBRE COMPANY CANTON, NORTH CAROLINA Mills Also at Hamilton, 0 hio and Pas adena, Texas - A Papermaking Giant Carolina Champion's new No. 20 Machine is one of the world's largest for the production of fine white business papers. This giant machine, which stretches nearly the full length of the SlS.foot building in which it is housed, is capable of producing more than a mile of paper every three minutes in a sheet 230 inches wide. No. 20 Machine has increased paper and paperboard production at this mill to nearly 1,000 tons every 24 hours. The machine manufactures principally bond, tablet and mimeograph papers. No. 20 Machine towers 27,0 feet into the air at the press section ~nd 25.0 feet at the calender stacks. The hooded dryer section is of latest des1~n, incorporating features that assure high efficiency and uniformity of dry~ng of the fast-moving sheet of paper. The hood also provides improved workmg conditions in the areas surrounding the machine. J rom Jore6l lo Jini6heJ P,.oducl J ms BOOKLET, briefly outlining the more important phases of pulp and paper manufacture, has been prepared for the information of those who are interested in our industry. May it also serve as a reminder of a pleasant trip for those whom we have been privileged to conduct through our mills. We are happy to have you observe an industry operating under our American sys­tem of free enterprise, employing men and women who live and work in a spirit of mutual understanding and cooperation. VICE PRESIDENT AND DIVISION MANAGER THE CHAMPION PAPER AND FIBRE COMPANY FOUNDER The Champion Paper and Fibre Company was founded in 1893 by Peter G. Thomson, a Cincin­nati printer who realized that the printing paper of that time had to be improved in order to use it for printing pictures. His original firm was known as the Champion Coated Paper Company located in Hamilton, Ohio. He was among the first to utilize Southern forests as a source o