| Company to increase investment to $522 million for mill |
International Paper, a Tennessee-based company, is investing millions more into a mill in central Alabama.
Al.com reports that the pulp and paper company plans to invest $552.7 million in its Riverdale Mill to boost productivity. The company, located in Memphis, planned a $300 million conversion of its No. 15 paper machine at the mill.
The initial conversion would have allowed the mill to produce high quality whitetop linerboard and containerboard, adding 450,000 tons of annual capacity. With the additional investment, the mill will convert a line making uncoated freesheet, or copy paper, to linerboard and containerboard.
The products are important to the packing industry, the company said.
“This project is another indication of International Paper’s strong commitment to its Riverdale Mill and its workforce there,” Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield said. “It’s a great example of a company preserving its investment in a facility, and the jobs there, by pivoting output from one product to another that is in greater demand.”
