Key Cluster Drivers:
Kimberly Clark
Bemis
SCA Tissue North America
Alcan Packaging
Great Northern
Total Businesses in Cluster: 81
Total Cluster Estimated Employment: 11,486
Total Cluster Estimated Sales: $8,763,880,092
Supportive Strengths/Assets identified by businesses in this cluster:
1) Existing base of paper-related industries;& converters; Qualified, skilled, productive workforce with high work ethic.
2)Access to resources & transportation; Reliable, available, abundant utilities w/ overcapacities; State of the art telecom network.
3) FVTC with its curriculum, courses, training and focus on the paper industry; Regional & state support for the paper industry.
4) Paper & plastics are target industry cluster of the State Interrelationship with & synergistic to other target industry sectors & clusters; such as printing, packaging, business services, data processing & headquarters, commercial & industrial machinery.
5) Quality of life of the area & proximity to major markets.
Learn more about the Specialty and Converted Paper and Plastics Business NAICS code descriptions.
