Friday, September 9, 2016 10:15 am

CALHOUN, Tennessee -- Resolute has announced the commissioning of the first tissue converting line at its state-of-the-art tissue facility currently under construction in Calhoun, Tennessee.

The remaining two lines will be commissioned by year-end.

At full capacity, the facility will produce approximately 66,000 short tons per year of at-home, premium bath tissue and paper towel, focused on the private-label market.

Resolute Forest Products owns or operates over 40 pulp, paper, tissue and wood products facilities in the United States, Canada and South Korea, as well as power generation assets in Canada and the United States.