ND Paper Plans New Recycled Pulp Operation
ND Paper, an Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois-based producer of pulp, paper and packaging, plans to launch a new recycled pulping operation at its division in OldTown,Maine, in com- memoration of Earth Day. ND Paper is the U.S. division of Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Ltd., a large containerboard producer in China and Asia with $10 billion of annual sales. The new production line will make about 200 metric tons of unbleached recycled pulp per day at full capacity.The Old Town mill plans to consume regionally sourced recovered paper,mostly old corrugated containers (OCC), as its prima- ry feedstock for the new recycled pulping operation. ND Paper said it expects to be at full capacity for both produc- tion and staffing of this line by the third quarter of the year. At full operation, the recycled pulping operation will support about 20 new jobs. ND Paper also plans to spend money locally and elsewhere in Maine on services such as fiber sourcing, operational and maintenance supplies and logistics. According to ND Paper, the Old Town mill began opera- tions in 1860 as a sawmill, moving into pulp products in 1882 as the Penobscot Chemical Fiber Co. After multiple ownership changes over the years, the facility was idled in October 2015. ND Paper purchased the shuttered mill in October 2018 and has since invested millions of dollars into its restart. In addition to unbleached recycled pulp, the mill produces unbleached softwood kraft pulp.
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