Domtar converts PM to fluff
Domtar Invests $160 Million to Convert UFS Paper Machine to Fluff Pulp Line at Ashdown Mill in Arkansas.
The planned conversion is expected to come online by the third quarter 2016 and will allow for the production of up to 516 000 metric tons of fluff pulp per year once the machine is in full operation. The project will also result in the permanent reduction of 364 000 short tons of annual uncoated freesheet production capacity in the second quarter of 2016.
“The fluff pulp conversion project at the Ashdown mill is an important step in advancing our strategy to generate $300 to 500 million of EBITDA from growth businesses,” said John D. Williams, Chief Executive Officer.
“We are expanding our presence in a growing business that will allow us to support our top‐tier supplier position with some of the world’s largest producers of absorbent hygiene products. Once completed, Ashdown, together with our Plymouth mill will provide a platform to further strengthen our leading position as an effective producer of high quality fluff pulp with nearly one million tonnes of total production capacity.”
The conversion work is expected to commence during the second quarter of 2016 and the fluff pulp line is scheduled to start‐up by the third quarter 2016.