Pratt Invests $400 Million In New Recycled Paper Mill Pratt Industries plans to open a new $400 million paper mill in Henderson, Kentucky. Pratt plans to build two facilities totaling 1.15 million square feet along Kentucky Highway 425 in Henderson County. The company’s initial investment will support the construction of a 450,000-square-foot paper mill that will manufacture 100-percent-recycled products. Pratt plans to make a future investment to construct a 700,000-square- foot corrugator plant to produce corrugated sheet and box- es using paper sourced from the new mill. Pratt plans to begin construction on the new mill in March 2022, with completion slated for the fall of 2023. The corrugator facility is expected to be completed by the end of 2026. As a result of these investments, the new mill will add about 320 new full-time jobs to the area along with about 700 jobs related to the construction of the facility.The cor- rugator will add about 200 jobs to the area. This latest initiative brings the company’s total cumulative investment value in the United States to about $10 billion since Pratt came to the United States 30 years ago. The company last added a paper mill inWapakoneta,Ohio, in 2019. That mill also makes 100-percent-recycled paper and consumes old corrugated containers and mixed paper. Currently, Pratt Industries operates paper mills in Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, New York and Ohio. The company em- ploys more than 10,000 people in 30 states. Pratt is a sister company toAustralia-basedVisy,which was founded in 1948 and employs about 7,000 people. BHS To Supply MRF System To America Waste Control Oklahoma-based American Waste Control (AWC) has se- lected Eugene, Oregon-based Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) to supply a replacement of the company’s single-stream recycling system that was heavily damaged by a fire this spring. The new material recovery facility (MRF) system in Tul- sa, Oklahoma, will boost throughput by 33 percent and increase AWC’s targeted recovery performance on its fiber and container lines with the addition of the latest BHS opti- cal and robotic sorting. The new design includes BHS “no wrap”Tri-Disc screens, National Recovery Technology (NRT) optical and Max-AI artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. Max-AI technology has been designed to identify recyclables similar to the way a person does, plus collect and report material characteriza- tion information. As part of the newAWC system,nine Max-AI AQC (Autono- mous Quality Control) robotic sorters will identify and pull residue and return recyclables from sort positions. The robotic sorters include a Max-AI AQC-C unit, plus a CoBot that is designed to work alongside people and can be installed on narrow walkways and other tight locations with minimal structural requirements and footprint.
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