Georgia-Pacific Packaging - Containerboard - Mill Information - Cedar Springs, GA


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Cedar Springs, GA

Located on the banks of the Chattahoochee River in southwest Georgia, Georgia-Pacific's Cedar Springs containerboard mill produced its first roll of linerboard in September 1963 and added a second linerboard machine and a corrugating medium machine in 1967.

In 1978, the mill expanded to increase production by 300 tpd and has continued to increase production to the present rate of more than a million tons annually.

A materials testing lab is also located at the Cedar Springs facility. The lab opened its doors in 1991 and serves as a testing and information resource for our independent customers, as well as Georgia-Pacific box plants and containerboard mills. The materials test lab also works to establish requirements for future products and provide technical product development expertise.

The Cedar Springs operations continue the GP heritage of quality papermaking that began decades ago. And just as it was back then, we are committed to meeting the needs of our customers.

Cedar Springs Key Statistics:
Location:	Cedar Springs, Ga., Early County
Mill Contact:	Communications office (229) 372-5541
Size of operation:	1,400 acres
Number of employees:	800
Products:	Linerboard and Corrugating Medium
Principal markets for products:	Domestic and export box plants
Purchase of local goods and services:	$100 million annually
Significant Mill Improvements:
1990	Completed replacement of No.1 and No.2 recovery boilers
1995	Completed replacement of No.3 recovery boiler precipitator Improved No.2 paper machine dryer drainage Completed replacement of No.2 paper machine winder On-going reinstrumentation of power house
1996	Finished building new line mud filter
1997	Longwood chipping facility No.1 paper machine gauging system
1999	No.1 paper machine drives upgrade
2001	No.3 machine reinstrumentation and drives upgrade
Key Mill Dates:
1963	Mill start-up (billed as largest containerboard operation in the world)
1970	Joined Great Northern Nekoosa Corp.
1990	Acquired by Georgia-Pacific