Metso to Supply 200" TAD Machine at Shelby
SPOKANE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Clearwater Paper Corporation (NYSE: CLW) today announced it has
selected Metso Corporation of Helsinki, Finland, to manufacture its new
Through-Air-Dried (TAD) tissue machine to be located at the company's
previously announced Shelby, North Carolina, tissue converting and
distribution facility.
"We chose an industry staple, a proven supplier, a machine used by many
tissue companies around the world," said Brian Hoaglund, expansion
project leader for Clearwater Paper. "Our team looked at all of the
leading suppliers, but in the end we were most comfortable with Metso,
due to their excellent engineering and quality end-product as well as
top notch customer service."
In June 2010, Clearwater Paper announced it would build the new
through-air-dried (TAD) tissue machine and converting facility at
Shelby, North Carolina. The new production and distribution capabilities
of the facility will increase the company's ultra and premium offerings
to existing Southern and East Coast customers and create new
opportunities to expand the company's private label consumer tissue
business to other retail grocery chains in the region.
Construction of the first phase — converting and warehouse areas of the
facility — is on schedule and the company expects to begin converting
production at the facility in the second half of 2011. The new Metso
paper machine is expected to begin production during the second half of
2012.
The company believes that TAD technology is the most efficient and
effective way to provide softness, strength, convenience and absorption
in tissue products. Metso's machine will comprise a complete tissue
production line with stock preparation equipment and an Advantage
ThruAir 200 TAD tissue machine including an OptiFlo II TIS multi-layer
headbox, Thru-Air dryers and air system, and an Advantage WetDust dust
management system. The production line will also feature Metso's
patented AdvantageSoftReel-B belted reel technology. The
production line will be optimized to produce ultra TAD quality tissue
and towel products at high speed and efficiency.
ABOUT CLEARWATER PAPER
Clearwater Paper manufactures quality consumer tissue, away-from-home
tissue, hard roll tissue, machine glazed tissue, bleached paperboard,
pulp and wood products at 14 manufacturing locations in the U.S. and
Canada. The company is a premier supplier of private label tissue to
major retailers and wholesale distributors. This includes grocery, drug,
mass merchants and discount stores. The company also produces bleached
paperboard used by quality-conscious printers and packaging converters.
Clearwater Paper's 3,800 employees build shareholder value by developing
strong customer partnerships through quality and service.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 as
amended, including statements regarding enhancement of product
offerings, increased production and distribution capabilities, customer
relationships, expansion of business and customer opportunities,
completion of new facilities and the technology being deployed by the
company. These forward-looking statements are based on current
expectations, estimates, assumptions and projections that are subject to
change, and actual results may differ materially from the
forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially include, but are not limited to, the company's ability
complete its new facilities; customers' product preferences; changes in
the United States and international economies; changes in raw material
and energy costs; cyclical industry conditions; competitive pricing
pressure for the company's products; changes in freight costs and
disruptions in transportation services; unanticipated manufacturing
disruptions; changes in general and industry-specific laws and
regulations; unforeseen environmental liabilities or expenditures; labor
disruptions; and other risks and uncertainties described from time to
time in the company's public filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. The forward-looking statements are made as of the date of
this press release and the company does not undertake to update any
forward-looking statements.
For additional information on Clearwater Paper, please visit our
website at www.clearwaterpaper.com.
Clearwater Paper
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Source: Clearwater Paper Corporation
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