TABLE 3: New paper machines and mills in the U.S., 1999-2000+.
Company Location Project Grade Capacity
(tpy)
For 1999 startup:
Fort James Inc. Rincon, Ga. New machine Tissue 65,000
Marcal Paper Mills Inc. Elmwood Park, N.J. New machine Tissue 65,000
For 2000 and beyond startup:
Inland Empire Paper Co. Millwood, Wash. New machine1 Newsprint 205,000
Procter & Gamble Co. Cape Girardeau, Mo. New mill Tissue 130,000
Solvay Paperboard LP Solvay, N.Y. New machine Recycled containerboard 250,000
Proposed Projects:
Aspen Bay Pulp & Fibre Inc. Menominee, Mich. New mill BCTMP2 250,000
Boundary Paper Ltd. Sumas, Wash. New mill Recycled linerboard 200,000
Connecticut Newsprint LLC Bridgeport, Conn. New mill Newsprint 220,000
Enviroprint LLC Lowell, Mass. New mill Newsprint 154,000
Evergreen Paper Co. Poughkeepsie, N.Y. New mill Newsprint 305,000
Formosa Chemicals
& Fibre Corp.
Wallace, La. New mill Dissolving pulp 635,000
Heartland Fibers Kearney, Neb. New mill Market pulp 140,000
Kenaf Paper Manufacturing Raymondville, Texas New mill Newsprint 90,000
Kenaf Paper Manufacturing Southern Calif. New mill Newsprint 90,000
Neches Fiber Inc. Beaumont, Texas New mill Deinked pulp 155,000
NYC Paper South Bronx, N.Y. New mill Newsprint 242,000
Southeast Paper Shreveport, La., or Helena, Ark. New machine Newsprint 220,000
Southland Newsprint Co. Longview, Texas New mill Newsprint 550,000
Weyerhaeuser Co. Fulton, Ark., or Valliant, Okla. New mill Containerboard 650,000
1. Replacing one or more existing paper machines. Listed capacity is for new machine; net capacity gain is lower.
2. BCTMP = Bleached chemithermomechanical pulp.
Source: Pulp & Paper Project Report.