Rock-Tenn Begins Construction on $28 Million Wood Chip Mill in Alabama

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Rock-Tenn Company (NYSE:RKT) (Norcross, Georgia) has begun construction on a wood chip mill that will supply chips and bark to the company's pulp mill in Demopolis, Alabama. Rock-Tenn is building the mill on a site adjacent to the Demopolis Airport Industrial Park at an estimated cost of $25 million. Construction began last month, and the company expects the facility to be producing chips by January.

The Saltwell Chip Mill will produce 1.3 million tons per year of chips and 150,000 tons per year of bark for fuel. The company operates a biomass boiler, and plans future modifications to the unit to increase the use of biomass.

Burkes Mechanical Incorporated (Brent, Alabama) is the primary mechanical contractor for the chip mill. Rock Tenn will award an electrical contract in the coming week.

In operation since 1957, the Demopolis Mill is a highly efficient North American manufacturer of pulp and solid bleached sulfate.

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