The new $35 million paper mill expansion was begun in the summer of 2005 and the new paper machine was commissioned in June 2006.  This expansion included a new 27,000 square foot facility to house the new paper machine and expansion of our existing deinking facility.  The new paper machine is a Recard, crescent former paper machine with a width of 102" and an 18' yankee dryer. 

The new paper mill facility has increased the quality, as well as the efficiency and capacity at Orchids.

Fast Facts:

• The new paper machine will produce over 500,000 miles of 102 inch wide tissue paper each year -- that's enough to wrap the earth 20 times.
• Paper will come off the new machine at 70 miles per hour.
• Over 8,000 truckloads of tissue products are sold by Orchids each year.
• A single parent roll weighs up to three tons.
• The new paper mill was orderd from Lucca, Italy, from a company that specializes in the custom engineering and fabrication of paper machines.