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INDUSTRY NEWS 7


Containerboard reorganisation at Packaging Corporation of America


corrugated products and sheet feeder companies in the US for the equivalent of US$265 million. The Illinois-based corrugated


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products manufacturer will be buying most of the assets of Sacramento Container Corporation, and 100 per cent of the interests of Northern Sheets and Central California Sheets, including full line corrugated products and sheet feeder operations in McClellan and Kingsburg, California.


ackaging Corporation of America (PCA) has agreed to acquire the assets of three


PCA is also planning to convert the 200,000 ton per year PM3 paper making machine at its Wallula, Washington, mill to a high- performance 100 per cent virgin kraft linerboard machine with an annual output of 400,000 tons per year. Prior to the conversion PCS will stop production of uncoated freesheet (UFS) and coated one-side (C1S) grades. The mill’s PM2 paper machine will continue to produce up to 150,000 tons per year of semi- chemical corrugating medium. The Wallula mill’s year-end 2016 annual estimated paper production was 147,000 tons. In 2016, the mill


produced 133,000 tons of semi- chemical medium. The conversion of the PM3 paper machine will result an initial production of approximately 60 per cent of capacity. Ultimately, production will increase to 1,150 tons per day, once a new headbox, forming section, and shoe press are added in the fourth quarter of 2018. The conversion of the Wallula mill will help Packaging Corporation of America to integrate more than 200,000 tons of containerboard at the Sacramento Container acquisition, and enable further


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optimisation and enhancement of the current mill capacity and box plant operations. The conversion will significantly enhance the mill’s profitability and viability, says PCA. PCA’s Packaging segment includes five containerboard mills, the containerboard machine at Wallula, and 92 converting operations. In 2016, PCA produced about 3.7 million tons of containerboard and shipped about 51.3 billion square feet of corrugated products. PCA’s Paper segment operates under the trade name Boise Paper. PCA’s sales in 2016 were $5.8 billion.


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