Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. RYAM

What this company does

RYAM produces cellulose and derivatives commonly used in the production of filters, food, pharmaceuticals, high performance plastics, propellants and various industrial applications. It has production facilities in the U.S., Canada and France and sales offices in the U.S., Canada, France, United Kingdom, Japan and China. Of its approximately 2,325 employees, 68 percent belong to labor unions. It operates in five segments: Cellulose Specialties, Biomaterials, Cellulose Commodities, Paperboard, and High-Yield Pulp. Its Cellulose Specialties segment is the primary driver of its profitability and manufactures cellulose specialties products tailored to customers' precise and demanding chemical and physical specifications. Its Paperboard segment manufactures and sells Kallima Coated Cover Paperboard at the Temiscaming plant in Quebec, Canada, with an annual production capacity of 180,000 MTs. Its High-Yield Pulp segment manufactures and sells high-yield pulp produced at its Temiscaming plant, which has an annual production capacity of 290,000 MTs, approximately 60,000 MTs of which are used internally to produce paperboard. Before June 27, 2014, the company consisted of Rayonier Inc.'s wholly-owned performance fibers business, and on that date it separated from Rayonier Inc. to become an independent, publicly traded company.

Written from the business description in Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 5 March 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.