Blue Ridge Paper Products is a subsidiary of Evergreen Packaging, America's largest producer of gable-top juice and milk cartons in addition to a variety of papers for other uses.
The Canton, North Carolina manufacturer operates a pulp and paper mill, a plastic-coating extrusion facility, and four packaging plants employing more than 2000 workers.
It makes a wide range of paper, board, and packaging products.
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Blue Ridge Paper Products is a subsidiary of Evergreen Packaging, America's largest producer of gable-top juice and milk cartons in addition to a variety of papers for other uses.
The Company
The Canton, North Carolina manufacturer operates a pulp and paper mill, a plastic-coating extrusion facility, and four packaging plants employing more than 2000 workers.
It makes a wide range of paper, board, and packaging products. Its paper products include envelope, covering kraft, forms, offset, and specialty papers. The company's paperboard includes polycoated and uncoated versions. Blue Ridge Paper Products also makes gable top and folding forms of packaging.
Recent History
According to filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the unlisted company incurred a net loss of $US1.4 million in 2006, an improvement on a $US20.7 million loss in 2005.
On June 15, 2007, BRPPI issued a press release announcing that it had been purchased by the Rank Group for $338 million (USD). The acquisition passed US federal Anti-Trust review on July 2, 2007. The company now operates as a division of Evergreen Packaging.
Environmental Issues
The history of the paper mill in Canton, North Carolina has been a tumultuous one. The
Pigeon RiverThe Pigeon River of western North Carolina and east Tennessee rises above Canton, North Carolina. Below this, it flows roughly parallel to Interstate 40 for many miles and is impounded by a dam belonging to Progress Energy before entering Tennessee, where it flows into the French Broad River.The...
, the mill's water source, has been the topic of many studies and debates concerning levels of pollutants, mainly dioxin.
See also
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- Canton, NC
- Haywood County, North Carolina
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