Graphic Packaging International’s new investment will include an expansion of
the facility’s fiber storage capacity. The project also will upgrade the dryer
section, coater and stock cleaning areas of the West
Monroe paper mill. The investment is expected to reduce the site’s
environmental footprint, including improvements in the handling of solid waste.
The paper mill project follows a previous Graphic Packaging International
enhancement of its consumer carton production in West
Monroe, where Gov. Jindal and the company announced an $8.6
million expansion in June 2012. The project created 47 new direct jobs and
retained 456 existing jobs at the company’s carton sites.
That expansion enabled the company to quadruple container production at the consumer carton plant and introduce innovative packaging for beverage product lines that saved 15,000 tons of paper annually and reduced carbon dioxide emissions by 32%.
