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| TABLE 2: New paper machines and mills in the U.S., 1997-1998. |
| Company |
Location |
Project |
Grade |
Capacity
(tpy) |
| For 1997 startup: |
| Boise Cascade Corp. |
Jackson, Ala. |
New machine |
Uncoated free-sheet |
300,000 |
| Consolidated Papers Inc. |
Stevens Point, Wis. |
New machine |
Coated free-sheet specialty |
64,000 |
| Creative Paper Co. |
Worchester, Mass. |
New machine |
Recycled medium |
53,700 |
| Fonda Group |
Gouverneur, N.Y. |
New machine |
Tissue |
17,000 |
| Kimberly-Clark Corp. |
Beech Island, S.C. |
New machine |
Tissue |
72,000 |
Ponderosa Fibres
of Pennsylvania |
Northampton, Pa. |
New mill |
Deinked pulp |
144,000 |
Ponderosa Fibres
of Washington |
Wallula, Wash. |
New mill |
Deinked pulp |
95,000 |
| Visy Industries |
New York, N.Y. |
New mill |
Recycled containerboard |
286,000 |
| For 1998 startup: |
| City Forest Corp. |
Ladysmith, Wis. |
New machine1 |
Tissue |
33,000 |
| Edwards Paper Co. |
Miami, Fla. |
New mill |
Tissue |
18,000 |
| Georgia-Pacific Corp. |
Crossett, Ark. |
New machine |
Tissue |
60,000 |
| Perkins Papers |
Rockingham, N.C. |
New machine |
Tissue |
25,000 |
| Procter & Gamble Co. |
Albany, Ga. |
New machine |
Tissue |
65,000 |
| Re-Box Paper Inc. |
DePere, Wis. |
New mill |
Recycled containerboard |
140,000 |
| Willamette Industries Inc. |
Hawesville, Ky. |
New machine |
Uncoated free-sheet |
300,000 |
| World Wide Recycling Inc. |
Miami, Fla. |
New mill |
Tissue |
10,500 |
1. Replacing one or more existing paper machines. Listed capacity is for new machine; net capacity gain is lower.
Source: Pulp & Paper Project Report. |
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