Businessweek

Badger Paper Mills, Inc. produces paper and paper products in Wisconsin. The company also provides printing and converting services to customers throughout North America, with concentrations in the Midwestern States of Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan and Ohio. The Company manufactures paper on its Yankee paper machine and Fourdrinier paper machine, and converts paper in accordance with customer specifications. Converting operations include punching, sheeting, trimming, sealing, perforating, rewinding, waxing and drilling of paper for uses in several applications. Products produced on the Yankee paper machine include converted printed and unprinted waxed papers for service restaurants, grades used in laminating applications, colored papers, specialty-coated papers and papers used in applications where twisting is required to seal product. The Fourdrinier paper machine produces fine paper grades utilizing fiber purchased on the open market, including pre- and post-consumer recycled fibers. Papers produced on the Fourdrinier paper machine are used in several applications including business papers, printing, writing papers, book publishing stock, reply card, industrial and consumer papers that require water-oil-grease resistant attributes, copier papers and specialty papers. The Company offers colored papers and specializes in color matching. The Company’s two paper machines produce papers that have different characteristics. Paper produced on the Yankee paper machine has a very smooth surface on one side of the paper, which is referred to as machine glazed (MG). The smooth finish on MG paper allows the paper to work well in certain coating and printing applications. Paper produced on the Fourdrinier paper machine has a machine finished (MF). MF paper works well in applications including publishing, writing paper and certain printing applications. The Company produces printed products on paper and plastic substrates and laminates substrates to foil. Competition The Company's major competitors include International Paper Company, Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Domtar, Inc., and Wausau Paper.