TEXAS (News release) -- Georgia-Pacific has completed a $7 million upgrade at Diboll Lumber Mill in Texas that will modernize the mill and help increase its overall production. The capital project focused on the mill's boiler reliability and maintenance and the rebuild of two drying kilns.

Danny Wright, Diboll Lumber Plant Manager says: "Our kilns were actually built in the early 80s. From replacing kiln panels and roof vents to the installation of a new heating coil system and the manual baffle lift system, the kilns will be more reliable and as a result will lead to fewer downtime events and minimize continuous repairs.

"We've basically rebuilt our boiler by replacing tubing, adding a new air heat exchanger and scrubber stack, soot blower, ID fan, condensation tank, pumping system and water softening system. Our boiler was installed in 1973 and we are very fortunate to have been able to get about 50 good years out of it. With these updates we will have a more reliable machine with less maintenance issues."

Two hundred contractors plus employees completed the multi-million-dollar improvement project in a little over two weeks.

Georgia-Pacific is one of the world's leading makers of tissue, pulp, packaging, building products and related chemicals.