Boise Inc

Boise Inc

1 North Field Court, Lake Forest, Illinois, 60045, United States

AboutBoise Inc

Paper You Can Trust From A Company You Can Depend On
At Boise Paper, we live our values. It’s how we’ve become America’s best-selling paper brand.

Quality You Can Trust for Over 100 years

We’re honored to be part of America’s great industrial legacy. We’ve been making high-quality, dependable paper for over a century.

International Falls Mill Profile
The mill located in International Falls, Minnesota, is an integrated pulp and paper facility with a 110 year operating history. Over 475,000 tons of commodity and specialty papers are produced annually on two paper machines, including one of the world’s largest machines.
The Minnesota mill sits on the south banks of the Rainy River, and locals enjoy the rewards of living in an environment that is clean, safe and filled with breathtaking natural scenery and year-round recreational opportunities.
The plant operation consists of wood yard and chip manufacturing facility, batch digesters (8), bleach plant (3-stage), recovery boiler (recausticising), multi-fuel boiler and gas boilers (4), steam turbine generators (4).

  • Dam with hydroelectric generation
  • Water filtration plant
  • Primary and secondary waste treatment system
  • Two paper machines 
  • 1 Valmet twin wire (1050 tpd)
  • 1 GL&V fourdriner (270 tpd)
  • Five sheeters

As the largest employer in Koochiching County, the mill has approximately 581 employees, covers a site of 55 acres, and is owned by Packaging Corporation of America with headquarters in Lake Forest, Illinois.