I told ya so cardboard

snowstorm · February 15, 2018, 06:15:35 PM

Verso Jay to invest 17 mill. To restart paper machine. To make cardboard

Firewoodjoe · February 15, 2018, 06:25:16 PM

Always good to here. Location?

snowstorm · February 15, 2018, 06:37:19 PM

Jay maine. The other mill they were looking at to convert to cardboard was Duluth

snowstorm · February 15, 2018, 06:42:23 PM

The advantage with the Jay Mill was that machine was already shut down so they wouldn't lose any production by converting it

thecfarm · February 15, 2018, 07:09:18 PM

Good news indeed

clearcut · February 15, 2018, 08:10:04 PM

They need the cardboard to box up all of the stuff my wife buys on Amazon.

coxy · February 15, 2018, 09:21:55 PM

they need all the cardboard they can get for the deportations ;D

starmac · February 15, 2018, 09:53:27 PM

I don't care why they need it, just glad they have a need and the economic conditions are good enough for them to go for it.

Southside · February 15, 2018, 10:07:13 PM

Softwood pulp?

BargeMonkey · February 15, 2018, 10:11:24 PM

Made out of chips or run thru a horizontal ?

Maine logger88 · February 15, 2018, 10:28:31 PM

Quote from: Southside logger on February 15, 2018, 10:07:13 PM
Softwood pulp?

That's what I heard 8)

barbender · February 15, 2018, 11:39:54 PM

Well, that would be a win-win because the plan Verso had before was to convert the Duluth mill to use recycled paper, and not even take any roundwood anymore. That would have been a real bummer for our spruce and balsam market.

Firewoodjoe · February 16, 2018, 03:12:04 AM

Well the construction on our new arauco plant here is really something. Very large mill that will change things in the Great Lakes region forever. And it already seems as though our two current pulp mills are running lower on inventory then usual.

sprucebunny · February 16, 2018, 05:45:29 AM

Arauco plant. Im-press-ive ! get it ;D
Arauco North America

News release from Verso
Verso Papers Investors Press Release Verso Announces Plans to Restart Paper Machine in Jay, Maine - Feb 15, 2018

snowstorm · February 17, 2018, 12:31:46 PM

Just got the official word. Number 3 machine will be using softwood. Lots of it.several hunered cd. A day

Ken · February 17, 2018, 03:46:45 PM

It's great news to hear of a pulp mill reopening or expanding. Not a common occurrence.

JJ · February 17, 2018, 04:34:04 PM

Boxes for Amazon

jocco · February 17, 2018, 06:31:20 PM

Well one extreme follows another and it all goes full circle!! Also herd about some laminated beam making mill in Millinockett :laugh:

Quote from: snowstorm on February 15, 2018, 06:15:35 PM
Verso Jay to invest 17 mill. To restart paper machine. To make cardboard

coxy · February 19, 2018, 08:08:51 PM

if this takes off wonder if they will kick them selfs for selling off there land

nativewolf · February 20, 2018, 08:30:48 PM

why? they still buy the wood if they need it.

coxy · February 20, 2018, 09:27:37 PM

i keep forgetting there not in ny most all the paper co sold there land to the state and no trees can be cut

Maine logger88 · February 20, 2018, 09:32:26 PM

Even most state land here is harvested.

coxy · February 20, 2018, 09:44:20 PM

not here in the land of death,taxes and tree huggers :D

Maine logger88 · February 20, 2018, 09:50:24 PM

Quote from: coxy on February 20, 2018, 09:44:20 PM
not here in the land of death,taxes and tree huggers :D

That sucks so it's just wasted land after the paper company sells it to the state?

Skeans1 · February 20, 2018, 10:03:32 PM

Sounds like Oregon, we did a government job a while back that was productive ground that they had us convert to a bird area to keep people from out to the area. After we did that job they bought most of the farms out ripped out the drainage to flood the rest that were below them to take them out of AG land to wetlands.