from left to right are: James D. Irving, Co-CEO of J.D. Irving; Robert K. Irving, President of Irving Tissue and Co-CEO of J.D. Irving; Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan, State of Georgia; and Mayor Robert Reichert, Macon-Bibb County. (submitted)
It is another huge feather in the cap for J. D. Irving Ltd. with the official opening of tissue plant in Georgia and the announcement of a major expansion.
The 470 million dollar plant, which employees more than 200 people, is in Macon, Georgia and was officially opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday.
At the same event, Irving Tissue President Robert K. Irving announced the company was investing even more in Macon.
The new second phase of the project represents an additional $400 million investment, adding another 150 jobs and will be completed by January 2022.
“We’ve already ordered an additional ThruAir Dry machine that will be a duplicate of what we already have in our Macon plant,” stated Robert Irving.
“This facility is part of an integrated value chain from sustainably managed forests to the store shelf. Most of the pulp for Macon products comes from our mill in Saint John, New Brunswick.”
Construction of the Macon plant doubled Irving Tissue’s annual ThruAir Dry capacity increasing it by 75,000 tonnes, the equivalent of 15 million cases; Phase Two will increase that to 30 million case capacity in Macon.
