Paper mills in North Carolina
North Carolina has 20 paper mills in EPA records, facilities that list codes for pulp, paper and paperboard. The most are in Plymouth and Sylva. That is 3% of the 642 such facilities nationwide, and North Carolina ranks #10 of 42 states.
- Product
- Paper mills
- Facilities
- 20
- State rank
- #10
- NAICS
- 322110 and 4 related codes
- Revised
- November 1, 2026
Facilities in North Carolina
These are active facilities in EPA's ECHO database that list a code for pulp, paper and paperboard.
| Facility | City | What EPA lists |
|---|---|---|
| Global Cellulose Fibers - Riegelwood Mill | Riegelwood | Pulp Mills |
| Global Cellulose Fibers New Bern Mill | Vanceboro | Pulp Mills |
| Roanoke Rapids Mill Wwtp | Roanoke Rapids | Pulp Mills |
| Domtar Paper Co LLC Plymouth Mill | Plymouth | Pulp Mills |
| Blue Ridge Paper Products LLC | Canton | Pulp Mills |
| Terra-Mulch Products, LLC | Conover | Pulp Mills |
| Clearwater Paper | Shelby | Pulp Mills |
| Jackson Paper Manufacturing Company | Sylva | Paperboard Mills |
| Weyerhaeuser Nr Company | Plymouth | Paper Mills |
| Buckeye Mt Holly Limited Liability Company | Mount Holly | Paper Mills |
| Fcc (North Carolina) Paper Plant | Laurinburg | Paper Mills |
| Lumberton Cellulose, LLC | Lumberton | Pulp Mills |
| Patterson Mill | Patterson | Paper Mills |
| Cascades Tissue Group North Carolina | Rockingham | Paper Mills |
| Charlotte Mecklenburg Utility Department | Huntersville | Paperboard Mills |
| International Paper Richmond | Raleigh | Paperboard Mills |
| Gibraltar Packaging, Inc. DBA Paperworks Industries | Mount Gilead | Paperboard Mills |
| International Paper Co. | Norlina | Paper Mills |
| Marcal | Cordova | Paper Mills |
| Sylva Plant | Sylva | Paperboard Mills |
Industry codes are reported by facilities to EPA programs and are not checked here. A few listings may be repair shops, distributors or recyclers. How these records work.
Where they are
- Plymouth: 2
- Sylva: 2
- Riegelwood: 1
- Vanceboro: 1
- Roanoke Rapids: 1
- Canton: 1
By product code
- Pulp Mills (NAICS 322110): 8
- Paper Mills (NAICS 322120): 6
- Paperboard Mills (NAICS 322130): 5
- Paper Mills (NAICS 322121): 1
All paper manufacturing in North Carolina: 117 facilities and Census job counts.