Seaman Paper Company of Massachusetts, Inc. is a privately owned paper manufacturer operating two paper machines producing up to 100 tons per day of specialty light weight papers. The mill was purchased in November 1945 with one machine producing napkin and toweling paper. Since then, the mill has been continuously upgraded and improved to include:

• a second paper machine (1954)
• the first water de-pollution plant on Otter River (1970)
• new primary water clarifier and secondary treatment system (1990)
• renovation of #2 paper machine including new headbox and yankee dryer. (1994)

Over the years, the product line was also upgraded to more specialized and technically demanding grades such as one-time carbonizing tissue. In 1980, the mill diversified into lightweight groundwood, opaque free-sheet printing grades, and specialty lightweight wrapping tissues.

In 1985, Seaman Paper Company decided to develop a "value-added" tissue line, thus, SatinWrap Premium Quality Wrapping Tissue was born. Over the past 13 years, many converting capabilities have been added to provide quality paper, quality printing, and quality products to the retail packaging industry:

• sheeting and rewinding (1985)
• waxing(1986)
• folding for resale packaging (1987)
• shredding (1988)
• automated folding and packaging (1991)
• drum sheeting (1993)
• consumer resale rolls (1994)
• creped tissue products (1994)
• small roll converting (1996)

In January, 1987 Garlock Printing and Converting Corporation was founded to add value to Seaman Paper's solid color wrapping tissue by printing designs or logos on the paper, and then shipping out printed master rolls for converting, primarily for in-store packaging use. The company was located in 5,000 Sq. Ft. of space with one 4-color printing press.

Since then, Garlock Printing and Converting Corporation has grown significantly by expanding and upgrading, including:

• move to 25,000 Sq. Ft. at current location (1990)
• 6-color printing (1991)
• expanding current location to 50,000 Sq. Ft. (1992)
• expanding current location to 80,000 Sq. Ft. (1997)
• 30,000 Sq. Ft. distribution warehouse (1997)
• 8 Color Printing (1998)

The Company currently has six central-impression flexographic printing presses, as well as a full array of converting equipment for sheeting, folding, and rewinding of printed Tissue Paper and OPP/Mylar Films.