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WORKFORCE
WORKFORCE
Highly skilled employees, including 30% with advanced degrees
INNOVATION
INNOVATION
Patents awarded to Sappi Tech Center employees
LEGACY
LEGACY
CHouseholds supplied with heat by Gratkorn Mill
In continuous operation since 1926, Sappi North America’s history of innovation runs deep. Many first-in-the-industry technical innovations, including the invention of coated paper, have originated from our Technology Center in Westbrook, Maine. Scientists, chemists, technicians, and engineers use their experience, technical expertise, and state-of-the-art analytical equipment to help solve customer problems. We welcome partnerships in creating products that can provide innovative and sustainable solutions to our customers and the market.
Our opportunities
To sustain and improve our high standards, motivated and well-educated staff is essential. We offer a wide variety of positions across all experience levels.
There are currently no job opportunities available at this time.
Meet our people
What makes our employees so highly engaged and motivated?
We have a leadership culture where our employees can fully engage, freely express their opinions and contribute new ideas.
Manfred Hartinger
I’ve learned a lot in a short period of time – I think the positive environment provides a great opportunity for personal and professional development.
Alexandra Petru
About the Technology Center
With seven research-and-development facilities operating worldwide, Sappi leverages cutting-edge technology to create new innovations for our products and find solutions for our customers.
Our core expertise includes coating and calendering technology, barrier chemistries for packaging, and pulp and fiber development. We share our global technology across all regions, cultivate connections to the outside scientific community and provide rapid prototyping capability using state-of-the-art pilot coater operations for customer-centric innovations.
Sappi’s products are developed through cutting edge research and development with a commitment to innovation and sustainability. Our Technology Center is the heart of Sappi North America’s R&D efforts, discovering new ways to better utilize renewable resources. The scientists at the Tech Center have developed many new and innovative products and processes for our packaging, specialty and graphic papers, and pulp customers.
More about the mill
1872 - Devised and invented sand filter to clarify water
1879 - Produced first machine coated paper, coated one side
1881 - Produced first machine made, two-side coated, commercial printing paper
1900 - Identification by Dr Sutermeister of alum as the cause of deterioration of paper manufactured with wood pulp
1903 - Patented wood pulping process that increased fiber yield and reduced material and energy consumption
1903 - Developed the first dull coated paper. Patented Warren Cameo in 1903 and the idea of branded paper was born
1929 - Developed air knife coating principle for paper
1942 - Developed wet strength paper for military maps
1944 - Developed release paper for plastics
1945 - First use of synthetic latex as paper coating binder
1947 - First pre-sensitized printing plate in the US
1948 - First double coated (two layers) printing paper
1950 - First cast coated paper
1954 - First commercially manufactured alkaline paper
1954 - Patented and licensed the use of synthetic elastomers (latexes) in paper coatings
1958 - Developed inline resilient roll calendering
1965 - Developed and patented the automatic finishing machine for sheeting paper and stacking inline
1970 - First high bulk to weight coated paper – Warrenflo
1978 - Modified a paper machine for inline coater and soft calendar
1979 - Developed and patented high solids blade coating technology
1980 - Developed Ultracast (ability to impart high fidelity micro textures on paper
1982 - Dedicated Somerset PM1 – fundamentally changing the publishing business
1982 - Started up biomass power boiler at Westbrook Mill
1990 - Developed advanced online calendering method – Substrata Thermal Molding patent
1993 - Introduced LusterPrint
1997 - Introduced Opus
1998 - Introduced McCoy
2000 - Developed co-pulping technology and introduced Somerset Synergy
2003 - Patented improved calender roll rotary joint technology
2007 - Introduced Flo
2010 - Granted first of two patents for texturing powder coatings for metal surfaces
2010- Developed Mokka technology to create a finely engraved release paper feature which provides extraordinary hand feel and natural-worn softness to synthetic leathers
2011 - Patented innovative web curing technology for textured laminates
2013 - Dedicated Cloquet pulp mill upgrade and entered dissolving pulp business
2014 - Created new Specialty Packaging group and developed LusterCote
2018 - Somerset PM1 conversion to new innovative paperboard
2019 - Introduced Spectro and Proto
2020 - Introduced Ultra Cast Viva for solvent-free systems
2022 - Introduced Arrio
2023 - Introduced Proto Blister
Where to find us
Get in contact
Joe Bertolaccini
Director of R&D
Sappi North America Technology Center
300 Warren Avenue
Westbrook, Maine 04092
United States