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Onyx Papers history
Onyx Papers company history timeline
Many things have changed since paper making began in 1806 on the banks of the Housatonic River.
Onyx Specialty Papers has been manufacturing technically exacting papers since 1806.
1822: Charles Owen and Thomas Hurlbut assumed ownership and management of Church’s mill.
1836: Enlarged and re-equipped the mill with their first stack of calenders and a ruling machine.
1848: The railroad reaches South Lee adding another mode of transportation other than stage coach and oxen teams.
Early 1860’s: Thomas Hurlbut’s two sons assumed ownership of the Hurlbut Mill.
1872: The brothers embarked on a bold expansion and modernization that made the mill “one of the largest in the country”.
1899: The Hurlbut Paper Company became an operating unit of the American Writing Paper Company, Inc.
1927: Paul Zuhlke purchases the mill and returns to an independently owned enterprise, and started producing photographic paper.
1950’s: Saturating papers became the bulk of the production of the Hurlbut mills.
1956: Decision was made to expand Hurlbut Papers by building another mill about 1 mile down the road – Laurel Mill.
1958: Hurlbut Paper became part of the Mead Corporation.
2002: The Mead Corporation merged with the Westvaco Corporation, achieving a leading position in the marketplace for value-added, high-quality products.
December 2009 : MeadWestvaco sells Specialty Paper business, which becomes Onyx Specialty Papers, Inc.
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