Resolute Shifts Calhoun, TN, Mill Away from Newsprint to Tissue

According to the Times Free Press, the shift from paper to tissue production at one of America's biggest pulp mills, in Calhoun, TN, should help ensure the future of the Resolute Forest Products facility in McMinn County despite the ongoing decline in the demand for the newsprint also produced at the plant, company CEO Richard Garneau says.

Following the company's annual meeting and a board tour of the Calhoun facility, Garneau said he is encouraged by the start of the tissue production lines in Calhoun. Although the initial investment at the pulp and paper mill ended up costing about 10 percent more than originally forecast, Garneau said production and packaging of the new tissue products started about a month ahead of schedule and the new technology should give Resolute an advantage in capturing more of the growing tissue business.