ND Paper LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Limited, completed its acquisition of the Fairmont, West Virginia recycled pulp mill from Resolute Forest Products Inc. Under the terms of the asset purchase agreement, ND Paper paid $62 million in cash, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.
“We are pleased to complete this acquisition and welcome the Fairmont employees to the ND Paper team,” said Ken Liu, group deputy chairman and CEO of ND Paper. “The portfolio of Fairmont pulp grades aligns exceptionally well with our long-term strategy of environmentally-sustainable papermaking.”
The Fairmont mill manufactures and distributes recycled pulp used in a wide range of products, from packaging to tissue paper. Located in the northern part of West Virginia, the mill has an annual production capacity of approximately 218,000 metric tonnes, and is one of only three in the world that produces air-dried recycled pulp.
ND Paper is a recently-formed, wholly-owned subsidiary of Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Limited, a leading global paper product manufacturer. ND Paper operates three pulp and paper mills in North America with diverse capabilities and combined annual production capacity exceeding 1.1 million metric tonnes.
