Tissue Making and Converting Facility

Macon, GA

Industry: Pulp and Paper

Project Scope

CR Meyer was the General Contractor of a green field tissue making and converting facility followed by an expansion that included the installation of a second Valmet tissue machine.

The project included:

  • Preparation of roads, parking, site grading, utilities, rail service, steam production, fresh water supply, fire protection, and site security
  • Construction of Sub Station; Pulp Storage and Pulper Building/Process; Tissue Machine Building/Process; Parent Roll Storage Building; Tissue Converting Building/Process; Finished Product Warehouse, and an Effluent Treatment Plant
  • Installation of Parent Roll Handling equipment and Converting equipment including Packaging and Palletizing equipment; and a new Valmet Tissue Machine and associated stock preparation equipment
  • Construction of a new Finished Goods Warehouse (Design / Build), Administration and Maintenance Buildings.

Project Stats

  • 2 Phases
  • CR Meyer self-performed the concrete, steel erection, masonry, equipment installation, process piping, and electrical.
I want to send a sincere thank you to all CR Meyer’s people for the success of the project. The craftsmen that were brought in by CR Meyer were very skilled in their respective crafts, had excellent work ethics and all worked towards a common goal.
Paper Industry Customer