# Domtar to invest $60M in expansion of Jesup, Georgia absorbent materials plant

Domtar Corporation will invest more than $60 million to expand its Engineered Absorbent Materials (EAM) manufacturing operations in Jesup, Wayne County, Georgia. The project will increase employment from 90 to over 160 and boost exports through the Port of Savannah by 60 percent.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-06-09
- Where: Jesup, Wayne County, Georgia, United States
- Value: $60.0M
- Jobs: 70
- Status: announced
- Products: absorbent core solutions, airlaid nonwoven
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Domtar](https://endata.com/companies/7161.md)

## Sources

- [gaports.com](https://gaports.com/blog/domtar-expands-wayne-county-facility-adding-more-jobs/), 2020-06-09: "Domtar Corporation, the leading provider of fiber-based products, will invest more than $60 million towards an expansion of its Engineered Absorbent Materials (EAM) manufacturing operations in Jesup."

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