Domtar’s Steve Henry Shares Insights
tucky, paper mill in 2011. Most recently, he led Domtar’s entry into the packaging business and was responsible for building and leading the business structure needed to produce and sell containerboard with a winning customer value proposition. Steve recently shared his thoughts about the paper and packaging business’ 2023 performance and 2024 outlook. What are the paper and packaging business’ main objec- tives for 2024? First and foremost, it is to continue our safety journey. Nothing we do across our enterprise is worth getting hurt. In 2024, we want to reinforce our position as the essen- tial paper supplier to the best customers. To do that, we intend to maintain our leading market share in communi- cations papers and continue to evaluate ways to grow our thermal and specialty offerings. Earlier this year, we an-
As Domtar, Resolute Forest Products and Paper Excel- lence continue integrating into one company within the Paper Excellence Group, their legacy businesses have re-
structured into three business units — Paper and Packaging, Pulp and Tissue and Wood Products.
The Paper and Packaging busi- ness unit is led by Steve Henry whose career has spanned diverse roles in strategy, project manage- ment and general management in corporate and mill environments. He joined Domtar as general manager of the Hawesville, Ken- Steve Henry
nounced our decision to indefinitely curtail paper operations at the Ashdown Mill to align our production capacity with our cus- tomer demand. On the pulp side, our focus is to grow our softwood pulp productivity and have a safe, successful restart of the Ashdown pulp dryer. All of this requires a commitment to our customers as well as manufacturing excellence. How is the entry into the packaging mar- ket? In January, we celebrated the first an- niversary of the Kingsport Mill producing its first roll of 100-percent recycled con- tainerboard. The mill is now home to the second-largest recycled containerboard machine in North America and is the larg- est manufacturer of recycled products in the state of Tennessee. We’re very excited about our entry into the containerboard market. We are proud of the progress we made over the course of the year — and recognize there is more work to be done. Our customers are pleased with our prod- uct; we appreciate their ongoing support. Our focus for 2024 is to ramp the mill up to full productivity and to continue to build our domestic book of business with inde- pendent converting customers. We are also evaluating other potential future con- tainerboard conversion projects within our network. What are your thoughts on the integra- tion with Paper Excellence and Resolute? I’m grateful for the time and energy our teams have put into the integration efforts. I’m excited and encouraged by the level of collaboration and sharing that I see every day across the business.
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