Baldwin Paper, Ontario's leading custom sheeting organization, was founded in 1961 by Hector C. Baldwin (1911 - 1984). Hector was a journeyman printer, tool and die maker and printing machine salesman before he decided to open Baldwin in a small 2,000 square foot building near Spadina and Bloor in Toronto. At Baldwin we originally printed and die cut products for the dry cleaning industry. This consisted of paper bow ties, shirt boards, collar supports, hatboxes and even some laundry tags. For stock, we purchased seconds and trim from Hind and Dock, a paper mill located in Toronto.
  In the early 60's a fire almost destroyed the company, however, with perseverance and hard work, Hector rebuilt the company bigger and better than before. We moved into a 5,000 square foot building at 292 Eddystone Ave. in Downsview. As the shirt board business grew, so too did our inventory. All of the paper was bought in sheet form and we guillotined it down to 8 ½" x 11" or 8 ½" x 14". It was at this time that we received our first quote to supply Guelph Paper Box (GPB). We showed GPB the samples (Hector was so excited he jumped into his car and delivered them in person that same day!), and Baldwin received its first order from a folding carton manufacturer. At this time all of the mills were the exclusive distributors of board to the folding carton industry, agents and convertors did not exist. So a new working relationship had to be forged with Domtar as Baldwin's supplier. This was the turning point in Baldwin's evolution as a sheeting company.
   
  In 1970 we moved to a 10,000 square foot building on Steeles and Hwy. 400. It was at this time that Bruce Baldwin started with the company full time. Within three years we moved again, this time next door to 4309 Steeles Ave. W. Here we bought our first sheeter from Sunoco Paper in Atlanta. This was the premier off machine sheeter in Canada, a stationary bed knife Hamblet sheeter that could run at a top speed of 450 feet per minute with a sheet length variation of +/- ½ inch. We began to purchase paper from the US, as Canadian mills did not make rolls, only sheets.
   
  Somerville approached us to do the sheeting for their Pampers products within a year, and we became the first sheeter to sheet customers' products for them.
   
  We purchased our first double-fly knife sheeter from Alton Box Board of St. Louis, Illinois 1978. This 87" sheeter vaulted us to the forefront of the sheeting industry in all of North America. Our sheet length variation improved to +/- 1/16th of an inch and gave us running speeds of up to 800 ft. per minute. We were now able to cut .018 caliper board and higher with a clean cut. In fact our quality improved so dramatically we began to sheet for the who's who of the folding carton industry as well as becoming the only sheeter of choice for the paper mills of North America.
   
  In 1980 we began to sell Gilman's Magicote. With this new product line, we seriously ventured into the sale of SBS. Sadly on December 26th, 1984, the president and founder of Baldwin Paper, died of cancer. Although Hector had been mostly retired, Bruce Baldwin formally took over as president at this time.
   
  In 1987 we took a very bold step and bought the first ever brand new sheeter in Canada. This new Valmet sheeter received widespread attention for its unique ability to cut short sheet lengths at high speeds while still using the double fly knife technology. This machine cost us over $1,000,000, an unheard of amount of money for a convertor to spend. This new sheeter improved our sheet length variation to +/- 1 mm, and gave us running speeds of up to 1150 feet per minute. Baldwin Paper was now the most modern sheeting operation in North America.
   
  The Sheeting Edge in Mississauga was founded in 1987, and allowed us to separate the sheeting of customers' board with that of our own. It was the first venture of any kind where the customer had the ability to have his product sheeted by a high quality convertor using double-fly knife technology. This endeavour was just what the industry needed, and soon The Sheeting Edge had doubled and tripled its sales in meeting its customers' requirements. Four more sheeters were added in the following years, both at Baldwin and The Sheeting Edge: 1990 (Langston); 1995 (59" Marquip); 1996 (72" Marquip); and 1998 (Hamblet). It was at about this time that we also added our slitter and rewinder equipment.
   
  In January 1999, we created the most cost efficient and productive manufacturing operation in the North American converting industry by merging the two operations into one at 820 Gana Court. This facility was custom built for us, giving us access to four major highways to efficiently transport our products anywhere in North America.
   
  Today we are aggressively embarking on many opportunities. We are now working on our ISO certification, Internet accessibility and E-Business to name just a few. Baldwin Paper is committed to leading the marketplace to a better way of doing business.