# Sappi completes $500M Project Elevate paperboard expansion at Somerset Mill, Maine

Sappi North America completed Project Elevate, a $500 million rebuild of Paper Machine No. 2 at its Somerset Mill in Maine that doubled capacity for SBS paperboard. Full volume is expected by 2026 as customer qualifications continue.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2025-07-29
- Where: Somerset Mill, Maine, United States
- Value: $500.0M
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 520,000 short tons per year
- Products: SBS paperboard, folding cartons, food service boards, cups
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Sappi North America](https://endata.com/companies/13330.md)
- [Sappi Limited](https://endata.com/companies/912.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [worldbiomarketinsights.com](https://worldbiomarketinsights.com/sappi-north-america-launches-full-production-of-sustainable-packaging-following-500-m-expansion/), 2025-07-29: "This $500 million project expanded and converted Paper Machine No. 2 (PM2) at the Somerset Mill in Maine."

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