AFR International announced that it is looking to increase the incremental deinking capacity between its two deinking mills. The company’s mills go under the names American Fiber Resource, in Fairmount, WV; and Great Lakes Pulp, Menominee, Mich.
The company expects to increase production by between 100,000-150,000 air dried metric tons per year.
Ginger Bower, a spokeswoman for AFR, said that the company has identified some bottlenecking issues and is working to optimize the operations.
The two facilities also are operating at maximum production at the present time.
"Our expansion projects will increase our combined capacity from 350,000 ADMT/Y to 450,000 to 500,000 ADMT/Y, further increasing our efficiencies and ability to service the global needs for recycled content,” said Rob Garland, president and CEO of the holding company American Fiber Resources International.
These projects also include additional pulping equipment, which will handle recovered fiber that other mills cannot process such as wet strength, food board packaging, double sided poly, etc.
No other de-inking facility on the planet has the economies of scale or technical capabilities and resources of our mills,” said Garland.
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