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CTV News
16-07-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Georgia-Pacific breaks ground on $191M expansion of northern Ont. mill
Georgia-Pacific broke ground Tuesday afternoon on a $191 million expansion at its wood processing mill in Englehart, Ont.
CTV News
16-07-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Georgia-Pacific invests $191M in Englehart mill expansion
Northern Ontario Watch Georgia-Pacific Canada broke ground on a $191 million expansion at its mill in Englehart, Ont. - the company's largest global operation. The 70,000-sq. ft. upgrade will modernize a third of the facility.
Yahoo
15-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Georgia-Pacific Announces $140 Million USD Capital Investment in Englehart OSB Mill
State-of-the-art facility improvements will reduce costs and downtime ENGLEHART, ON, July 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgia-Pacific today announces a new capital project for the company's Englehart OSB (Oriented Strand Board) mill in Ontario. The approximately $140 million USD ($191 million CAD) investment will fund a new log processing system and include the expansion and construction of a new finished goods warehouse. This investment comes as Englehart OSB celebrates its fifteenth anniversary as a Georgia-Pacific facility. The first board was produced at the mill in 1983. "Georgia-Pacific is focused on the future and committed to exceeding the needs of our customers," said David Neal, executive vice president, building products. "This investment strengthens our operational capabilities and positions the Englehart mill for greater productivity in the years ahead. While we implement these improvements, the dedicated local team will continue operating the facility, ensuring we are able to meet current market demand." "By enhancing the log processing system and warehouse at the mill, we show our commitment to continuous improvement and our dedication to reinvesting in the mill, the town of Englehart, the surrounding communities, and our preferred partners," said John Beers, president – structural panels. "These improvements will continue our focus on staying competitive and ensures Englehart is an environmentally conscious, 21st century mill." The processing system in an OSB mill takes raw wood materials and prepares them for producing OSB. This includes sorting logs, debarking, and cutting them into strands to prepare them for drying. Design and engineering work has started, and the project is expected to be completed by the second quarter of 2027. About Georgia-PacificBased in Atlanta, Georgia-Pacific and its subsidiaries are among the world's leading manufacturers and marketers of bath tissue, paper towels and napkins, tableware, paper-based packaging, cellulose and building products. Our familiar consumer brands include Angel Soft®, Brawny®, Dixie®, enMotion®, Quilted Northern®, Sparkle® and Vanity Fair®. Georgia-Pacific has long been a leading supplier of building products to lumber and building materials dealers and large do-it-yourself warehouse retailers. Its Georgia-Pacific Recycling subsidiary is among the world's largest traders of paper, metal and plastics. The company operates more than 150 facilities and employs approximately 30,000 people directly and creates more than 80,000 jobs indirectly. For more information, visit: For news, visit: Follow Georgia-Pacific on LinkedIn, Meta, Instagram, X and YouTube. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Georgia-Pacific Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
15-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Georgia-Pacific Announces $191 Million CAD Capital Investment in Englehart OSB Mill
State-of-the-art facility improvements will reduce costs and downtime ENGLEHART, ON, July 15, 2025 /CNW/ -- Georgia-Pacific today announces a new capital project for the company's Englehart OSB (Oriented Strand Board) mill in Ontario. The approximately $191 million CAD investment will fund a new log processing system and include the expansion and construction of a new finished goods warehouse. This investment comes as Englehart OSB celebrates its fifteenth anniversary as a Georgia-Pacific facility. The first board was produced at the mill in 1983. "Georgia-Pacific is focused on the future and committed to exceeding the needs of our customers," said David Neal, executive vice president, building products. "This investment strengthens our operational capabilities and positions the Englehart mill for greater productivity in the years ahead. While we implement these improvements, the dedicated local team will continue operating the facility, ensuring we are able to meet current market demand." "By enhancing the log processing system and warehouse at the mill, we show our commitment to continuous improvement and our dedication to reinvesting in the mill, the town of Englehart, the surrounding communities, and our preferred partners," said John Beers, president –structural panels. "These improvements will continue our focus on staying competitive and ensures Englehart is an environmentally conscious, 21st century mill." The processing system in an OSB mill takes raw wood materials and prepares them for producing OSB. This includes sorting logs, debarking, and cutting them into strands to prepare them for drying. Design and engineering work has started, and the project is expected to be completed by the second quarter of 2027. About Georgia-Pacific Based in Atlanta, Georgia-Pacific and its subsidiaries are among the world's leading manufacturers and marketers of bath tissue, paper towels and napkins, tableware, paper-based packaging, cellulose and building products. Our familiar consumer brands include Angel Soft®, Brawny®, Dixie®, enMotion®, Quilted Northern®, Sparkle® and Vanity Fair®. Georgia-Pacific has long been a leading supplier of building products to lumber and building materials dealers and large do-it-yourself warehouse retailers. Its Georgia-Pacific Recycling subsidiary is among the world's largest traders of paper, metal and plastics. The company operates more than 150 facilities and employs approximately 30,000 people directly and creates more than 80,000 jobs indirectly. For more information, visit: For news, visit: Follow Georgia-Pacific on LinkedIn, Meta, Instagram, X and YouTube. SOURCE Georgia-Pacific View original content to download multimedia:
Associated Press
15-07-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Georgia-Pacific Safety Initiatives Earn Corrugated Industry Recognition
ATLANTA, July 15, 2025 /3BL/ - At Georgia-Pacific, safety is more than a priority – it's a mindset reinforced at every level of the organization and across all of our facilities. Our people are the driving force behind it, ensuring that they and their colleagues leave their shifts the same way they came in. This commitment to the safety of our employees is on full display at four of our corrugated facilities after earning recognition from the Fibre Box Association (FBA) for their innovative, bottom-up safety solutions. The Innovation in Safety Achievement Awards aren't just plaques on a wall — they're proof that when employees take ownership of safety, real, measurable change happens. From leveraging technology to improving tools and updating procedures based on frontline knowledge. Read on to see how they did it. The Georgia-Pacific Sheet plant in Denton, Texas, installed new Lock Tag Verify (LTV) procedures. LTV is a safety procedure used to ensure machinery and equipment are safely shut off and cannot be accidentally restarted during maintenance or repair. Data from employee memory and outdated documentation were previously used to input the procedures. This allowed for potential preventable employee errors and created a safety risk. The site currently uses digital tablets and the Parsable software to complete other inspections, and they tried an experiment to move LTV procedures to a digital format as well. Now, tablets are used during the LTV process, and each step is carefully documented as it is completed. For critical LTV steps, the system may require photos before employees can move to the next step. This helps bring attention to the process and ensures quality control. At the Georgia-Pacific Corrugated plant in Owosso, Michigan, the team installed four additional photo eyes, or sensors, at each corner of the transfer cart (T-Cart). Photo eyes project a beam of light that senses for a break in the light's path. If the light's path is broken, it sends a signal back to the receiver and effectively stops or slows down the object it's attached to – in this case, the T-Cart. Originally, the T-Cart only had two photo eyes on either end of its base that would detect obstructions at the floor level as the cart moved down the aisle. With the additional photo eyes, the T-Cart can now also detect objects above floor level including units hanging off a conveyor, forks of a forklift approaching, or a person. Employees at Georgia-Pacific Corrugated in Huntsville, Alabama installed a bridge walkway from the roof of the facility to the top of the starch silo, eliminating the need to use a straight ladder on the side of the silo which presented a fall potential. Utilizing the hierarchy of controls and the Georgia-Pacific Path to Zero strategy, the facility has reduced their fall risk while allowing employees to perform necessary tasks on the top of the starch silo. In box plants and sheet feeders, the wet end of the corrugator is a high-risk location. In this area, roll clamps deliver paper rolls right next to employees tasked with manually moving the rolls into the corrugator roll stands. The speed of the corrugator means rolls must be delivered frequently. The team at Georgia-Pacific Packaging in West Chester, Ohio, developed a plan to separate employees from mobile equipment. Permanent barricades were installed that can withstand a roll clamp strike and simultaneously protect employees. The structures also allow a roll of paper to enter, significantly reducing the risk of interaction. Georgia-Pacific employees are committed to their own safety and that of their colleagues. Employees not only adhere to processes, procedures and regulations, but also develop and implement plans to ensure safety. Congratulations to the employees at these facilities for earning industry-wide recognition. View original content here. Visit 3BL Media to see more multimedia and stories from Georgia-Pacific Corporation
