Paper manufacture

Rolls of newsprint after cutting to width at the UPM paper mill, Shotton, Deeside. In the background paper flows off one of the two papermaking machines in the plant. The mill produces about 22% of the UK newsprint requirement.

There has been a paper mill on this site in Ramsbottom since James and Samuel Broadbent Ingham built one here in the 1850s. This is its last form as it was already recently closed when I took this photo in 2009 and the majority of the site has since been cleared.

A prominent landmark in Ellesmere Port is this concrete water tower at the Bridgewater paper mill site. The mill is long gone but the tower remains due to the aerials attached to it.

The Holmen Iggesund integrated pulp and paperboard mill at Workington. Bleached mechanical pulp is processed to suit the special demands of paperboard manufacture and is combined with purchased bleached chemical pulp into a multi-layered board construction which is ideally suited to the demands of modern paperboard packaging. Under the trade name 'Incada' folding board from the mill is used in packaging for confectionery, cosmetics, wine, spirits, frozen and dried foods and tobacco products, plus greetings cards and covers. Other products incluse fibre based ready-made food packaging and specialist card for a range of applications and printing techniques. Since 2013 it has been powered entirely by biofuels including locally grown willow.

Boiler house at the Romiley Board Mill which recycles waste paper into cardboard products such as cardboard sheets, tubes, coils and edge protection.

Romiley Board Mill recycles waste paper into cardboard products such as cardboard sheets, tubes, coils and edge protection.