Company History

1914	W.J. Murphy, owner of the Minneapolis Tribune, completes study and decides to build a newsprint mill in Manistique, Michigan.
1920	Manistique Papers begins manufacturing newsprint.
1940	Manistique Papers is sold to the Mead Corporation.
1951	Mead Corporation sells Manistique Papers to the Trenton Times of Trenton, New Jersey.
1959	Field Enterprises owned by Marshall Field IV acquires the mill. His plan is to have Manistique Papers supply newsprint to the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Daily News.
1959	Field Enterprises in conjunction with Abitibi conducts trials at Manistique Papers to determine the feasibility of manufacturing newsprint from old newspapers. Manistique Papers begins the transition to produce recycled paper.
1984	Manistique Papers shuts down its wood processing operations and begins the manufacture of 100% recycled paper.
1986	Manistique Papers completes an extensive rebuild of its paper machine, replacing it with a state-of-the-art twin wire former and multi-nip press section. This improves quality and allows for major production improvements.
1991	Manistique Papers is sold by Marshall Field to Kruger, a Canadian paper conglomerate.
1998	A $13 million investment enables the mill to complete the conversion from recycled newsprint to high bright specialty papers.
2000	Manistique Papers introduces a 70 bright product to the marketplace.
2003	Manistique Papers begins manufacturing 75 and 80 bright products.
2005	Manistique Papers introduces 100% recycled 85 bright product to the marketplace.
2006	The Kramer family of Northbrook, Illinois purchases Manistique Papers from Kruger.
2007	Manistique Papers replaces its headbox, which is a $6 million investment, improving product quality and allowing for increased production.