Hood Container is set to invest $118.9m to modernize its legacy paper mill in West Feliciana Parish in St. Francisville, LA, allowing the company to significantly boost production capacity and quality to meet evolving market demands.
The project will focuses on upgrading the primary paper machine, which will increase production capacity by 80,000 tons per year. With the manufacturing of more, higher-quality products, the company anticipates buying an additional 204,000 tons of wood chips and 22,000 tons of recycled boxes annually.
The investment will also include significant improvements to the facility’s recovery boiler, which is essential in powering the mill.
“Hood Container is proud to continue growing our containerboard business with a new investment to our St. Francisville mill,” said Wayne Morgan, Senior Vice President, Hood Container. “The State of Louisiana has been a valued partner since we acquired the facility in 2015, and we look forward to building on that strong relationship in the years ahead.”
