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Taiyo normalizes the budget of “Hood Container $118.9 Million Modernization Project” to USD 118900000.

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Hood Container $118.9 Million Modernization Project

Sector: Manufacturing (Industrial) • Location: St. Francisville, Louisiana, United States

Source: Lesprom Network

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Hood Container Corporation is investing $118.9 million to modernize its legacy paper mill in St. Francisville. The project will upgrade the primary paper machine to increase production capacity by 80,000 tons per year and improve the facility's recovery boiler. The modernization will be completed in two phases over two years, with the first phase in Q3 2026 and final installations during the May 2

Status: Prospective
Sector: Manufacturing (Industrial), Forest Products and Packaging
Location: St. Francisville, Louisiana, United States of America
Updated: 22 Jul 2026
Source: Lesprom Network

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The project “Hood Container $118.9 Million Modernization Project” is an infrastructure initiative in the Manufacturing (Industrial) sector, located in St. Francisville, Louisiana, United States. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Lesprom Network.

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Original status	planned
Taiyo status	Prospective
Taiyo last update	2026-07-22

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Description	Hood Container Corporation is investing $118.9 million to modernize its legacy paper mill in St. Francisville. The project will upgrade the primary paper machine to increase production capacity by 80,000 tons per year and improve the facility's recovery boiler. The modernization will be completed in two phases over two years, with the first phase in Q3 2026 and final installations during the May 2027 mill outage.
Original sector	Manufacturing
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Country	United States of America (USA)
State	Louisiana
City	St. Francisville

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Record type	Project
Sector	Manufacturing (Industrial), Forest Products and Packaging
Article published date	2025-09-16

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