Sonoco Provides Project Horizon Update
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Sonoco, a diversified global packaging company based in Hartsville, South Carolina, has released a progress report on Project Horizon, its investment to transform its corrugated medium machine in Hartsville to an uncoated recycled pa- perboard (URB) operation with 180,000 tons of annual pro- duction capacity. “The conversion of our corrugated medium machine (No. 10 machine) to URB is expected to be completed by the end of the second quarter of 2022, and there are a num- ber of significant construction projects underway that will modernize the infrastructure of the entire Hartsville Mill Complex and allow for more efficient and safe handling of raw materials and finished goods,” said Sonoco’s Tim Davis, DivisionVice President and General Manager, Paper &Adhe- sives, U.S./Canada. Huge Investment The company has invested $115 million in Project Hori- zon, up from $83 million it initially invested when it first announced the project in April 2020. For Project Horizon, the company is constructing a new stock prep system to provide about 650 tons per day of re- cycled fiber to the rebuilt No. 10 paper machine and other Hartsville cylinder machines. The new stock prep system will allow for increased consumption of lower cost mixed paper along with old corrugated containers (OCC). Davis said this machine should be operational in October. To reduce paper finishing and warehouse complexity cost, Sonoco also is building a new offline winding operation and 102,000-square-foot finished goods warehouse on the Harts- ville complex. Sonoco also plans to exit the corrugated medium market by early 2022 and expects URB capacity through its U.S. and Canada mill network to remain neutral at about 1.2 million tons per year. Based on the progress of Project Horizon, the company expects to permanently shut down its Hartsville No. 1 and No. 9 URB cylinder machines, which will reduce annual capacity by about 70,000 tons. In 2020, the company says it also permanently shut down a 30,000-tons-per-year machine in Hartsville and a 95,000-tons-per-year paper mill in Trent Valley, Ontario. Davis said that Project Horizon is expected to drive $30 million in annual cost savings by 2023. Biehn Family Acquires Barclay Roto-Shred The Biehn family, investors in multiple industrial compa- nies, including Miamisburg, Ohio-based industrial machine knife company American Cutting Edge, has acquired Barclay Roto-Shred Inc., a Stockton, California-based tire shredder equipment manufacturer, from former owner and CEO Mark Diemunsch.The acquired company will operate under the name Barclay Roto-Shred LLC. Barclay’s sales and customer service remain in Stockton, though manufacturing will move to the Dayton, Ohio area.
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