Abstract:
North Carolina's pulp and paper industry is operated by five companies: Champion Paper & Fibre Company (Canton); Halifax Paper Company (Roanoke Rapids); Meade Paper Company (Sylva); North Carolina Pulp Company (Plymouth), now recently merged with Weyerhaeuser Lumber Company; and Reigel Paper Company (Acme). The companies employ from 500 to over 3,000 people at the plants and use thousands of cords of wood each week.