Georgia-Pacific invested $1.8 billion in capital improvement projects throughout 2022
Projects include new facilities and additions as well as improvements to existing operations
As 2022 comes to an end, Georgia-Pacific has launched or completed approximately $1.8 billion in capital improvement projects throughout the company. Projects include new facilities and additions as well as improvements to existing operations. These investments lead to productivity and income opportunities for local contractors who help complete the projects, stimulating each facility location’s economy.
- Muskogee Tissue – $50 million
The company announced plans to upgrade parts of its 640-acre Muskogee, Oklahoma, bath tissue, towel, and napkin manufacturing operations in May. The more than $50 million investment over the next three years will improve safety, reliability and efficiency, and will add a new production line and converting equipment.
- Broadway Paper Mill – $500 million
A $500 million expansion began in July at the company’s Broadway mill in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The investments will significantly enhance the company’s retail consumer tissue and towel business.
Investments include building a new paper machine using through-air-dried (TAD) technology and adding associated converting equipment and infrastructure. The improvements will allow the expansion of Georgia-Pacific’s premium brands and support the growth of current and potential customers’ premium private label brands.
- Alabama River Mill – $80 million
GP Cellulose is investing about $80 million to add fluff capacity at its Alabama River mill near Monroeville, Alabama. The project is being implemented in phases and will increase the mill’s ability to produce fluff pulp.
Significant aspects of the project are complete, including investments in the headbox and forming table. The final phase is now underway and includes infrastructure, winding, and wrapping components. Plans call for the upgraded line to produce fluff pulp by late 2023.
- Jackson Dixie® – $425 million
In December, Georgia-Pacific broke ground on a state-of-the-art Dixie® facility in Jackson, Tennessee. The investment is worth more than $425 million and is the largest single investment in the city’s history. Once operational, the plant will employ more than 200 people and produce well-known tableware products, including the Dixie® and Dixie Ultra® lines of plates and bowls.
- Diboll Lumber – $7 million
Georgia-Pacific completed a $7 million upgrade that modernized the Diboll lumber mill in Texas and helped increase its overall production.
- Clarendon OSB – $40 million
Georgia-Pacific also announced a $40 million investment in its oriented strand board (OSB) facility in Alcolu, South Carolina.
The project will add a third strander to the facility, which will increase the annual output of quality OSB products by approximately 150 million square feet.
- Bradford Corrugated – $34 million
The Bradford, Pennsylvania, corrugated plant will undergo a significant upgrade with an investment topping $34 million for new equipment to modernize the plant’s operations.
The upgrades include a new corrugator, two new converting lines and upgrades to the shipping department, which will help the plant operate more efficiently.
- Lebanon Corrugated Sheets – $20 million
Georgia-Pacific is investing more than $20 million at its plant in Lebanon, Tennessee. Its existing corrugator will be replaced with a new one to give the plant more throughput and provide customers with a better-quality product.
- Pineland Lumber – $120 million
GP completed modernizing one of its premier sawmills in its Pineland, Texas, lumber complex with a $120 million investment.
- Sweetwater East Gypsum – $300 million
Georgia-Pacific continued to work on its state-of-the-art gypsum wallboard production facility near Sweetwater, Texas. More than $300 million has been invested in the new plant and will be Georgia-Pacific’s second gypsum wallboard facility near Sweetwater.
- Sweetwater West Gypsum – $7 million
The company’s Sweetwater West Gypsum plant, located in Texas, also has been upgraded. The plant has completed board-drying equipment enhancements that are anticipated to result in carbon dioxide reduction, energy savings, and the lowering of resource consumption. This investment was approximately $7 million.
- Brewton Containerboard Mill – $160 million
Georgia-Pacific’s Brewton, Alabama, containerboard mill recently announced its plans to invest $160 million to modernize its operations.
The project involves upgrades to the facility’s pulp processing systems that will reduce energy and chemicals consumption, other environmental emissions, and allow for more paper production.
Construction is slated to start next year, with an estimated startup by spring 2024.
