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Ashdown Mill

Domtar Ashdown Mill

OperatingDomtardomtar.comID 00082

Ashdown Mill is an operating kraft pulp mill in Ashdown, United States, owned by Domtar. With a capacity of 775 000 tonnes per year it is the 1st largest of the 32 pulp mills in United States with a recorded capacity.

Location and logistics

Location
Ashdown, Arkansas, United States
Nearest port
Beaumont · 396 km
Straight-line distance to the nearest major port. Method
Rail siding
Own siding
Verified by satellite 2026-10-02
OpenStreetMap track way/12849122 ↗, 39 m from the site point. Method
Map

Capacity and output

Capacity
775 000 t/y pulp
Company figure
Paper: not recorded (integrated papermaking; no paper capacity figure recorded)
Production
Not reported
Type
Kraft

Raw material and products

Fibre
Pine
Pulp grades
BSKPFluff Pulp
Certifications
FSCPEFC

History and sources

Data confidence: High (100 of 100) · methodology

Timeline

  1. curtailment2024
    A62 paper machine indefinitely idled June 2024; pulp dryer restart added 165 kt fluff capacity
    Source ↗
  2. conversion2014-12-10
    Domtar announced on 10 December 2014 a 160 million dollar project to convert an Ashdown paper machine from uncoated freesheet to fluff pulp, adding up to 516,000 tonnes of fluff pulp per year and removing 364,000 short tons of paper capacity, with start up planned for the third quarter of 2016.
    Source ↗
  3. ownership change2001
    Domtar acquired the Ashdown mill in August 2001 as part of a purchase of four integrated pulp and paper mills from Georgia-Pacific for 2.53 billion Canadian dollars.
    Source ↗
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  1. startup1968
    The Ashdown mill in Little River County, Arkansas opened in 1968 and has since grown into one of the largest fluff pulp producers in the world.
    Source ↗

Sources

  1. company websitechecked 2026-11-04
    domtar.com ↗
  2. newschecked 2026-07-23
    paperage.com ↗
  3. otherchecked 2026-10-02
    openstreetmap.org ↗

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Nearby
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