Georgia-Pacific completes USD 110m log handling upgrade at Monticello containerboard mill

Georgia-Pacific has completed a USD 110m modernisation of the log handling system at its Monticello, Mississippi containerboard mill, with the new equipment in operation from 13 October 2026. The project, launched in April 2023 with an initial budget of USD 91m, added new weigh scales, two 35-ton radial cranes, debarkers and chippers, and cuts truck unloading time by about 50%.

Why this mattersFaster log intake and new debarking and chipping lines at Monticello secure wood-chip supply to the pulping line rather than adding containerboard capacity.

• Investment totalled about USD 110m, up from an initial USD 91m budget announced in April 2023.
• The upgrade was completed and in operation on 13 October 2026 at the Monticello, Mississippi containerboard mill.
• Two new radial cranes with 35-ton lifting capacity can unload a full truckload of logs in one lift.
• Truck unloading time is cut by about 50%.
• The project covers log weigh-in, unloading, debarking and chipping, feeding wood chips to the mill's pulping system.
• Log trucks now enter via GP Road and Cytex Road instead of the NA Sandifer Highway main entrance.

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