VIRGINIA (News release) -- CellMark has partnered with the company Total Fiber Recovery (TFR) to construct an $80 million recycled pulp production facility in the city of Chesapeake, Virginia.

The new facility and company is called Total Fiber Recovery of Chesapeake (TFRC) and is a joint venture between CellMark and Bulk Handling Systems, an affiliate of Total Fiber Recovery, and the ones who are furnishing the equipment for the facility.

CellMark Recycling will supply 300,000 tons of mixed paper and Old Corrugated Containers (OCC) annually as feedstock to the facility. All Recycled Brown Pulp produced will be sold exclusively by CellMark Pulp.

The Total Fiber Recovery of Chesapeake facility, which will be operational in Q4, 2023, will increase the region's capacity to process recycled fiber and produce a clean recycled pulp for consumption in paper mills around the world.