Clearwater to Expand U.S. East Coast Tissue Converting with TAD Technology

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Clearwater Paper Corp., Spokane, Wash., USA, spun-off from Lewiston, Idaho-based Potlatch Corp. in December 2008, recently reported that as part of its growth strategy, the company plans to increase its capacity to produce "ultra-quality" tissue papers. Clearwater said that the technology necessary to drive growth in this segment of the market will be Through-Air-Dried (TAD), capable of competing with the ultra-quality branded products in the tissue and towel segments of the market.

The company noted that the first phase of this growth will be the construction of a new converting facility in the Southeast U.S., expected to run both conventional and TAD paper. This new East Coast converting facility is expected to cost approximately $30 million and should be completed in the second quarter of 2011.

Clearwater produces consumer tissue, bleached paperboard, and wood products at six facilities across the U.S. The company is a supplier of private label tissue to retail grocery chains. It has some 2,500 employees.