Sylvamo Corporation operates as a global uncoated papers company.
The company has a broad portfolio of top-tier brands and low-cost, large-scale paper mills located in and serving the most attractive geographies, including Europe, Latin America and North America, which are the company’s business segments.
The company produces uncoated freesheet (‘UFS’) for paper products such as cut size and offset paper, as well as market pulp. The company’s industry-leading brands, known for their long-stand...
Sylvamo Corporation operates as a global uncoated papers company.
The company has a broad portfolio of top-tier brands and low-cost, large-scale paper mills located in and serving the most attractive geographies, including Europe, Latin America and North America, which are the company’s business segments.
The company produces uncoated freesheet (‘UFS’) for paper products such as cut size and offset paper, as well as market pulp. The company’s industry-leading brands, known for their long-standing reputation in their respective markets for product quality and performance, allow it to maintain the company’s long-term relationships with top-tier customers throughout economic cycles. The company’s international reach and strong positioning across retail, merchant and e-commerce channels optimally positions it to meet the paper needs of the company’s end-users around the world.
Marketing and Distribution
The company sells products directly to end users and converters, as well as through agents, resellers and paper distributors.
Segments
The company’s reportable business segments are Europe, Latin America and North America.
Europe
The company’s Europe segment produces a broad portfolio of uncoated freesheet papers for numerous uses and applications, and market pulp. The company operates two integrated mills in the region, one in Saillat, France and one in Nymölla, Sweden. Located in the Limousin region of France, the company’s Saillat mill produces both paper and market pulp. It is the only mill in France to cover the entire production process from wood harvesting to paper and is one of the leading cutsize producers in France and Western Europe. The Saillat mill produces UFS papers, such as copy paper, and value-added products such as tinted paper and colored laser printing paper under leading brands such as REY Adagio and Pro-Design. The company also produces graphic and high-speed inkjet printing papers under the brand Jetstar. The Saillat mill has some of the highest environmental credentials for the company’s products. In January 2023, the company acquired a paper mill in Nymölla, Sweden. The integrated mill has two pulp lines and the capacity to produce approximately 500,000 short tons of uncoated freesheet on two paper machines. The mill produces several brands, including Multicopy, and paper used for office printing, business forms, digital printing, offset for printing books and much more. The Nymölla mill has an excellent environmental footprint, which complements Sylvamo’s purpose to produce paper in the most responsible and sustainable ways.
Latin America
The company’s Latin American operations focus on uncoated freesheet paper and market pulp, supported by the management of approximately 250,000 acres of certified eucalyptus forestlands in Brazil. With a total uncoated freesheet paper capacity exceeding 1.1 million short tons, its three mills in Brazil serve both regional and international markets, being a key supplier in Latin America and a solid global exporter, reaching customers in over 130 countries. The company’s portfolio includes market-leading brands such as Chamex and Chamequinho copy papers, widely recognized by consumers and distribution channels for their superior quality. Additionally, Chambril offset papers are trusted by printers and converters for their versatility and reliability across various applications. Chambril is available in a wide range of basis weights and specifications to meet the demands of books, notebooks, inserts, leaflets, and industrial end-use requirements. All the products are primarily made from sustainably sourced eucalyptus, which is cultivated and harvested in less than seven years. Latin America operations combine sustainable forestry practices, operational excellence, strong brands and global distribution network.
North America
The North American paper business manufactures uncoated freesheet papers at its mills in Eastover, South Carolina and Ticonderoga, New York and has an offtake agreement to purchase the uncoated papers produced by International Paper’s Riverdale mill in Selma, Alabama. The North American papers business comprises three product lines, Imaging Papers, Commercial Printing Papers and Converting Papers. The imaging papers business, which comprises roughly half of the North American segment’s volume, produces copy paper for use in copiers, desktop and laser printers and digital imaging. These products are important for office use, home office use and in businesses such as education, healthcare and financial services. The commercial printing business comprises about 13% of the North American segment’s volume, and end-use applications in the commercial printing business include advertising and promotional materials such as brochures, pamphlets, greeting cards, books, annual reports and direct mail. The converting business manufactures a variety of grades that are converted by its customers into envelopes, tablets, business forms, file folders and several specialty grades. Uncoated papers are sold under private label and brand names that include Hammermill, Springhill, Williamsburg, Accent, DRM and Postmark.
Environmental and Other Regulation
The company’s United States mills are in compliance with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (‘EPA’) maximum achievable control technology (‘MACT’) standards that require owners of specified pulp and paper process equipment and boilers to meet air emissions standards for certain substances.
The company is subject to the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), which has a compliance deadline of December 30, 2025.
Regional, national, state and local regulations apply to the company in Europe, Latin America and North America that regulate the licensing and inspection of the company’s facilities, including in the United States, compliance with the Occupational Safety and Health Act that sets health and safety standards to protect the company’s employees from accidents, and Department of Labor regulations that set employment practice standards for workers.
The company’s global operations subjects to complex and evolving privacy and information security laws and regulations such as the EU General Data Protection Regulation, Brazil's Lei Geral de Proteçao de Dados Pessoais, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, and the California Privacy Rights Act. These laws require the company to comply with a range of obligations regarding the handling of personal data.
The company’s operations around the world are subject to anti-corruption laws and regulations, such as the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the U.K. Bribery Act of 2010.
History
Sylvamo Corporation was founded in 1898. The company was incorporated in 2021.