Tasman Mill

The Tasman Mill site is the largest single employer in the Eastern Bay of Plenty region[citation needed].

[3] In 1952 the Tasman Pulp and Paper Company established a mill to process timber from maturing stands of Radiata Pine in the state-owned Kaingaroa Forest.

In August 2012, Norske Skog announced that it intended to cut production in the face of declining global and regional demand for newsprint.

The company stated that it was currently exporting two thirds of its annual production to Asia, but that low newsprint prices, unfavourable exchange rates and oversupply to the Asian region has made this market unprofitable.

[13] On 9 June 2021 Norske Skog announced the paper mill that produces newsprint would close at the end of that month, with the loss of 160 jobs.

[16] Currently Oji Fibre Solutions process approximately 1.25 million cubic metres of wood annually, converting it into specialty bleached and unbleached pulp for use in the manufacture of paper, tissue and building products.

Essity also purchases pulp from Oji Fibre Solutions for manufacture of base paper for their brands Purex and Libra, among others.