Sappi North America, a Northeast-based manufacturer of paper and packaging products, just completed a year-long rebuild and upgrade of one of their paper machines at their Somerset Mill in Skowhegan, Maine. This upgrade provides a significant improvement to Sappi’s capabilities and services for customers around the globe.

This update not only increases Sappi’s Somerset mill to nearly 1 million tons annually, but it also expands the paper grades available, allowing Sappi to provide luxury packaging and folding applications.

“We are excited to bring Paper Machine 1 back online after a successful rebuild over the last year,” says CEO and president Mark Gardner, via a press release. “Thanks to an extraordinary amount of work and effort by everyone involved throughout the year, we now look forward to bringing new, innovative paper-based packaging solutions to the market.”