1. Jackson Paper Manufacturing
Nicki Slusser, Chief Operating Officer

2. History of the Site/Mill
1901 – Armour Leather - opened a tannery
1927 – 1974 Mead Corporation operated the paper mill
(Cooked wood chips under pressure to make paper.)
1978 - Dixie Container purchased the site
(Jackson County helped underright the cost to reopen the site)
1983 – Dixie Container restarted the mill as a 100% recycle
operation (No discharge to Scott’s Creek and no odor from the pulping
process.)
1990 – Tenneco/PCA purchased Dixie Container
1995 – Tim Campbell and Jeff Murphy purchased the mill
from PCA

3. Significant Facts about the Mill & Process
1. Jackson Paper in Sylva has 122 employees
2. Sustainable Corrugated in Dalton, Ga has 57 employees (This is
operation takes the paper made in Sylva and converts it to
corrugated board used to make boxes)
3. In April of this year we are starting a sheet feeder in Morganton, NC
which will employee another ~50 people.
4. Tons/Year of wastepaper consumed – 119,000 tons per year
5. Our supply radius for OCC is 275 miles
6. Tons/Year of wood waste consumed – 81,000 tons per year
7. Our radius of supply area for wood waste – 105 miles Overall the
reuse of both wood waste and old boxes which reduces landfill
volume by 200,000 tons per year
8. The mill has a closed loop water system. No process water leaves
the mill. Each day we use about 200,000 gallons of make up water,
but do not discharge any water.
(A large amount of water goes out as exhaust steam from the process. This is the steam
that see when you go bye the mill.)

4. Hourly Employment at Jackson Paper
1. New Employees start as temporary employees - $15.15/hour
2. Permanent Employees (after 90 days) make - $16.16/hour
3. Additional Employee Benefits:
a) Health Care Benefit – Employees pay less than half of the cost
b) 401K match on the dollar for dollar on the first 5% contributed
c) Two weeks of paid vacation the first year
d) Gain Sharing Program that results in an additional 4% of pay if
the safety and production goals are met
4. We promote from within so employees have career paths as they
learn skills they can increase there pay rate most employees earn
over $20/ hour
5. Employees receive increasing amounts of vacation pay as they stay
with the company. Up to 20 years of service – 5 weeks of vacation

5. Papermaking 101

6. Rolls of Medium are sent to the converting
plant
Medium is combined with linerboard in various flute arrangements to make corrugated boxes
The medium
made at Jackson
Paper helps the
box pass DOT
requirements

7. Economics of Jackson Paper
1. Annual Pay Roll - $9.9 million per year
2. Fringe Benefits – Health Insurance, 401K match, etc. - ~$3.1 million
3. Tons/Year of wastepaper consumed – 119,000 tons per year ($15 million cost)
4. Radius of supply area for OCC – 275 miles (Reuse of this material reduced landfill
volume in this area)
5. Tons/Year of woodwaste consumed – 81,000 tons per year ($1.2 million cost)
6. Radius of supply area for woodwaste – 105 miles (Reuse of this material reduced
landfill volume in this area)
7. Total Freight expenditures per year (inbound and outbound) - $5,600,000
(One of our main carriers is Grant and Holden; locally owned.)
8. Maintenance expenditures per year - $2,700,000
(Numerous local contractors are employed at the mill during outages.)
9. According to the NC Department of Commerce, Jackson Paper’s (Sylva Mill only)
indirect effect on our area is an additional 174 employees and $24 million.

8. The reason Jackson Paper is still here!