WestRock Company will close operations for their paper mill in North Charleston, South Carolina on August 31, 2023. With a capacity of 550,000 TPA, the mill produces containerboard, uncoated kraft paper and unbleached saturating kraft paper and employs approximately 500 people.
May 2, 2023
Fiber-based packaging solutions leader WestRock Company has announced that it will permanently cease operating its paper mill in North Charleston, South Carolina, on August 31, 2023. The North Charleston mill produces containerboard, uncoated kraft paper KraftPak®, and unbleached saturating kraft paper DuraSorb®, with a combined annual capacity of 550,000 tons. The North Charleston mill employs approximately 500 people.
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The company intends to exit the unbleached saturating kraft paper business when the mill shutdown is completed. Containerboard and uncoated kraft currently produced at the mill will be manufactured at other WestRock facilities. The combination of high operating costs and the need for significant capital investment were the determining factors in the decision to cease operations at the mill.
