Making Renewable to Remarkable Possible

Promoting a More Sustainable World

From cell phones and computer screens to eyeglasses and medicine, RYAM helps transform renewable resources into remarkable products.

We are committed to providing sustainable solutions that empower manufacturers worldwide to create environmentally-efficient products that help them achieve their own sustainability goals.

RYAM is proud to work with environmentally-minded customers toward a more sustainable future, where responsible choices meet business success.

World Leader in Environmentally-Efficient High-Yield Pulp

Sustainable paper products start with RYAM’s High-Yield Pulp (HYP). Using fewer trees to make the same amount of paper products, our highly efficient plants yield nearly double the amount of traditional market pulps. Plus, its superior bulk allows manufacturers to use less fiber while maintaining durability and meeting sustainability goals.

From trees to these:

  • Coated and Uncoated Printing and Writing Paper
  • High-Quality Paperboard
  • Specialty Papers
  • Tissue Products
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Better for the Environment — Certified Sustainable

RYAM takes immense pride in being recognized as a world leader in environmentally-efficient, high-yield pulp. Few companies are as invested in working forests as RYAM, so we work hard to conserve, maintain, and enhance the forests we all depend on. That’s why we’re Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) Certified and Programme for the Endorsement of Forest (PEFC™) Certified. This certification reflects our unwavering commitment to sustainability and environmentally-responsible practices. By choosing our FSC and PEFC-certified high-yield pulp, customers can confidently incorporate sustainable inputs into their products.

Our high-yield pulp has a significantly lower environmental impact than our competitors. Trees are a renewable resource, and ours are harvested from working forests, which clean the air, recharge aquifers, and capture carbon.  That carbon remains sequestered even after trees are transformed into sustainable pulp and paper products—and for every tree harvested, three more are planted.

Product Characteristics and Applications

The unique characteristics of Aspen and Maple trees play an important role in the creation of our environmentally-efficient High-Yield Pulp.

Aspen Trees

Aspen Tree

Characteristics:
  • Short fiber with good bulk and strength properties.
  • Can meet a wide range of freeness, brightness and strength specifications.

These:

  • Printing and Writing Paper
  • Coated multi-ply paperboard
  • Specialty Paper
  • Tissue
  • Towelling

Maple Tree

Characteristics:

  • Short fiber with fast-draining and superior bulk properties.
  • The fiber of choice worldwide to produce for multi-ply paperboard, allowing for a stiffer, lightweight product.
  • Excellent opacity, bulk, formation, and improved surface qualities when added to regular kraft furnish in production of fine papers.

These:

  • Coated multi-ply paperboard
  • Printing and Writing Paper
  • Specialty Paper
  • Towelling
Maple Tree