The American Forest & Paper Association announced that it has added four new members to its association. The four are ArborGen, Grays Harbor Paper, Marcal Paper Products and Thilmany Papers.
“The addition of these four new members strengthens our collective voice advocating on behalf of environmental policies that recognize our considerable carbon-neutral renewable energy creation—28.5 million megawatts annually, and our contributions to reducing greenhouse gases through recycling and sustainable forest management, and the nearly one million green jobs supported by the forest products industry. We are very pleased to welcome these four new members to the Association and to begin working with them to advance the industry’s public policy agenda,” said Donna Harman, AF&PA's president and CEO.
• ArborGen LLC is a Summerville, SC-based forest genetics research and development firm supported by more than 100 researchers and plant scientists from the United States, Brazil, and New Zealand.
• Grays Harbor Paper LP, based in Hoquiam, WA, is a locally owned and operated company founded in 1993 that produces printing & writing papers, as well as specialty paper.
• Marcal Paper Products LLC is based in Elmwood, NJ and manufacturers paper towels, tissues, and napkins from 100 percent recovered fiber.
• Thilmany Papers LLC was founded in 1883 and manufactures specialty lightweight packaging, pressure sensitive paper, and technical and industrial papers, with two mills in Kaukauna and De Pere, WI.