Gateway Paper Machine

A Georgia based paper products company who is a leading provider in fiber-based consumer packaging solutions to the beverage and food service industry completed a $1 Billion, 640,000 SF state-of-the-art coated recycled paperboard machine on a 119 acre site in Waco, Texas. The Waco facility was built to redefine what recycled paperboard manufacturing can achieve. Using recovered materials, the plant produces high-performance paperboard for consumer packaging- delivering a more sustainable option with a substantially higher recycling rate than plastic-based alternatives.

The project consisted of hot-dip galvanizing structural steel for the new facility over a 7-month period. Communication is very important in working with fabricators on large projects that are time sensitive, the galvanizing team sorted and verified incoming and outbound shipments to the job site with minimal turn times due to the accelerated construction schedule. Storage of up to sixty loads at a time was required throughout the project. This allowed both the fabricator and the galvanizer to stay ahead of the steel erecting schedule.

The coordination of the project consisted of daily calls with the fabricator discussing the schedule and sequence coordination to meet the demands needed to keep the project running smoothly and on-time. This hot-dip galvanized steel in the project will offer many years of continued service life with its coating durability and corrosion performance. It is fantastic example of a Hot Dip Galvanized project for the paper products industry.