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Clearwater Paper Corporation

Publicly traded · NYSE: CLW

Clearwater Paper is a paperboard producer supplying independent converters. It is the smallest of the listed paper companies here by headcount and runs its own wood chipping facilities to hold its fibre position.

Ownership
Publicly traded
Listed as
NYSE: CLW
Headquarters
Spokane, Washington
People
About 1,900
www.clearwaterpaper.com (opens in a new tab)See the CLW quote

Does it buy timber from private landowners?

Yes - this company buys wood from outside its own ownership.

Wood fiber is its principal raw material - chips, sawdust and logs - and it owns or leases chipping facilities of its own to secure supply. Sawdust and chips mean sawmill residuals as well as roundwood.

This is a company-level answer taken from what the company itself publishes. Every mill sets its own specifications, haul radius and gate price, and any of them can stop buying without notice. Confirm with the mill before you put a crew on the ground — and for a real number on a real tract, let buyers bid against each other.

What it makes and sells

  • Bleached paperboard
  • Wood chips

In the U.S. South

Southern paperboard operations alongside its larger Lewiston, Idaho complex.

Find the mills in your county in the state agency directories.

Where these facts came from

Checked against these documents on 14 August 2026. AXE USA has no relationship with Clearwater Paper: nobody paid to be listed, this profile is not a recommendation, and nothing here is investment advice. If a fact disagrees with the company itself, the company is right.

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