Major Expenditures

The company's expansion of its Ackerman sawmill will increase its production capacity from 120 million board feet per year to 300 million board feet per year. To facilitate the project, Southeastern Timber Products will install a new sawmill line, new dry kilns and storage facilities.

Investment doubles site's workforce, introduces industry-first equipment, and drives digital printing evolution.

Georgia-Pacific continues its investment in its plywood mill located in Prosperity, South Carolina through $14 million worth of upgrades and improvements to mill operations. One of the major focuses of this project will be to upgrade the existing boiler, which will increase fuel efficiency, reduce environmental impact, and help boost the local economy through the jobs the project will create during the renovation.

Sylvamo announces major investments at its two South Carolina facilities. The company plans to invest approximately $145 million in high-return projects to reduce costs and significantly enhance the capabilities at its mill in Eastover, South Carolina.

Domtar plans to start construction on the new treatment system later in 2025.

Kruger Inc. announced a $6.5-million investment to implement an innovation project aimed at diversifying production at its Wayagamack Mill in Trois-Rivières.

The enhanced facility will include spiral wound tube and core production and recutting capabilities, further reinforcing Ox Industries' commitment to supporting the Midwest market.

The provincial government says the loan saves 2,500 jobs in the region, including 300 at the mill.

Nearly 500 employees lost their jobs when the International Paper facility shut down without warning last fall.

Lindenmeyr Munroe plans to expand operations into the Florida market with a Tampa-based distribution facility.

The biofuel plant will be upgraded and a new pellet factory will be built.

International Paper, which owns the nation's largest cardboard recycling mill in Cedar Rapids, will be building a $260 million facility in Waterloo near the city's airport.

The Södra Foundation for Research, Development and Education has granted a total of SEK 12.5 million this year to 11 different research projects that, in a significant way, will promote the development of both forestry and forest industry operations.

Mondi has made good progress on the previously announced €20 million investment programme at its Neusiedler uncoated fine paper mills (Austria). The full benefit of the upgrades is expected from the first quarter of 2025, including reduced greenhouse gas emissions and increased energy efficiency and operational safety.

The investment totaled close to $34 million and funded new equipment to modernize the plant's operations.

The upgrades included a new rooftop cyclone, a new corrugator and a state-of-the-art specialty gluer. This new equipment gives the plant improved efficiency, the ability to run digital print, and the capability to handle harder-to-run business.

The new plant is anticipated to generate approximately 125 jobs when operating at full capacity, offering positions from production line workers to management.

The expansion works at the industrial complex located in the state of Durango include a new impregnation center and a melanin line, which will supply value-added products to the subsidiary's eight plants in Mexico, the United States and Canada.

Swedish pulp and paper company Billerud announced it's investing in upgrades worth 1.4 billion Swedish kronor, about $127 million, at its U.S.-based production facilities. The majority, worth about $109 million, will go toward its graphic paper mill in Escanaba, Michigan, where earlier this year the company canceled a project to convert the plant into a cartonboard production facility.

Green Bay Packaging Inc. on Wednesday announced a multi-year investment to modernize its 59-year-old pulp and containerboard mill about 40 miles northwest of Little Rock, Arkansas.

The investment at the Crossett mill will add 50 new jobs and will increase converting capacity for high quality bath tissue, including Georgia-Pacific's valued Angel Soft® brand. Initial production from this investment is expected in 2026. By the end of this project, Georgia-Pacific will have invested more than $250 million at Crossett since 2019.

Metsä Board is advancing with its significant investment to modernise the Simpele folding boxboard mill, focused on further enhancing product quality, production efficiency, and reducing the carbon footprint of its operations and products.

Announces strategic investment to build new TimberStrand® facility in Arkansas.

Irving Tissue said it needs to expand in Macon because the mill is currently selling all the bath tissue and paper towels it can make. The privately held firm will add a third paper machine, increasing output by 50%.

Huhtamaki´s site in Lurgan, Northern Ireland, marked a major milestone recently with the official opening of its smooth molded fiber (SMF) lid production line.