# Sappi to invest $418M converting Skowhegan paper machine to packaging board

Sappi will invest about $418 million to convert the No. 2 paper machine at its Somerset Mill in Skowhegan, Maine to produce solid bleached sulphate board, nearly doubling machine capacity to 470,000 tons per year by early 2025.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2022-11-10
- Where: Skowhegan, Maine, United States
- Value: $418.0M
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 470,000 tons per year
- Products: solid bleached sulphate board, packaging and specialty papers
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [wmtw.com](https://www.wmtw.com/article/major-investment-maine-paper-mill/41923125), 2022-11-10: "it will invest about $418 million to convert the No. 2 paper machine at its Somerset Mill in Skowhegan to manufacture packaging and specialty papers."
- [sunjournal.com](https://www.sunjournal.com/2022/11/10/sappi-announces-plan-to-invest-418-million-in-skowhegan-mill/), 2022-11-10: "Sappi North America announced Thursday that it plans to invest $418 million at its Somerset Mill in Skowhegan"

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