# Sappi announces $165M paper machine rebuild at Somerset Mill, Maine

Sappi will invest US$165 million to rebuild Paper Machine No. 1 at its Somerset Mill in Skowhegan, Maine, to make consumer packaging products. The project adds 180,000 metric tons of capacity and is slated to come online in early 2018.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-02-08
- Where: Skowhegan, Maine, United States
- Value: $165.0M
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 180,000 metric ton capacity increase
- Products: consumer packaging paper, graphic paper
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sappi-limited-announces-165-million-paper-machine-rebuild-at-its-somerset-mill-in-skowhegan-maine-300404053.html), 2017-02-08: "the approval of a US$165 million capital project to expand Sappi North America's manufacturing capabilities and flexibility to include a variety of consumer packaging products."

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