Mill Conversions

The Boise Cascade mill in Jackson, Alabama, converted February 20, making it the second B-C mill to convert to alkaline papermaking. The first was Wallula, Washington. The two mills make 240 and 590 tons per day, respectively. Other B-C mills making fine paper are in International Falls, MN; Rumford, ME; St. Helens, OR; and Vancouver, WA.
Willamette's mill in Hawesville, Kentucky converted December 5, 1989. It makes 500 tons per day of uncoated freesheet, much of it computer forms.
International Paper's Mobile mill converted to alkaline papermaking on February 1, by one report, and January 9-11, by another. Pfizer's onsite KC plant was in operation by October 1989. This is a big mill--1000 tpd--but not the largest in the country.