Riverdale Mill
Riverdale Mill · also known as Selma Mill
Riverdale Mill is an operating kraft pulp mill in Selma, United States, with a capacity of 700 000 tonnes per year.
- Company
- International Paper
- Group
- International Paper
- WoodComp ID
- 00453 (how IDs work)
- Country
- United States
- City
- Selma
- Status
- Operating
- Capacity
- 700 000 t/y pulpTrade press for 2024Paper: not recorded (integrated papermaking; no paper capacity figure recorded)
- Type
- Kraft
- Region
- Alabama
- Website
- internationalpaper.com
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Riverdale Mill is the 3rd largest pulp mill in United States of the 28 with a pulp capacity figure in WoodComp's register.
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Timeline
- 2026conversion
The No. 16 machine conversion was completed in the second quarter of 2026, ahead of the original third quarter target, leaving the mill focused on packaging grades.
Source ↗ - 2026conversion
No. 16 machine converts from freesheet to containerboard Q3 2026, $250-300M
Source ↗ - 2026capacity reported
Capacity reported: 700 000 t/y (mill scope, observed 2026-07-22).
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- 2025conversion
In August 2025 International Paper announced a 250 million dollar conversion of the Riverdale No. 16 machine from uncoated freesheet to containerboard, scheduled for completion by the third quarter of 2026.
Source ↗ - 2017-09-22conversion
International Paper announced on 22 September 2017 an investment of about 300 million dollars to convert the No. 15 machine at Riverdale from uncoated freesheet to whitetop linerboard and containerboard, adding 450,000 tons of packaging capacity and cutting uncoated freesheet capacity by 235,000 tons, with completion targeted for mid 2019.
Source ↗ - 1986ownership change
International Paper acquired the Hammermill Paper Company in 1986, taking over the mill Hammermill had established near Selma, Alabama during the 1960s.
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Sources
Data confidence: Medium (74 of 100) how this is computed
- industry presschecked 2026-07-22madeinalabama.com
- company websitechecked 2026-08-24internationalpaper.com
- newschecked 2026-07-23selmatimesjournal.com
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- company websitechecked 2026-07-23internationalpaper.com
- company websitechecked 2026-08-24internationalpaper.com
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