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Segments
 3 Months Ended
Apr. 01, 2023
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segments
16. Segments
The Company operates in the following business segments: High Purity Cellulose, Paperboard and High-Yield Pulp. Corporate consists primarily of senior management, accounting, information systems, human resources, treasury, tax and legal administrative functions that provide support services to the operating business units. The Company allocates a portion of the cost of maintaining these support functions to its operating units.
The Company evaluates the performance of its segments based on operating income (loss). Intersegment sales consist primarily of High-Yield Pulp sales to Paperboard. Intersegment sales prices are at rates that approximate market for the respective operating area.
Net sales, disaggregated by product line, was comprised of the following:
Three Months Ended
 April 1, 2023March 26, 2022
High Purity Cellulose
Cellulose Specialties$226,665 $183,554 
Commodity Products124,040 70,755 
Other sales(a)
23,489 26,636 
Total High Purity Cellulose374,194 280,945 
Paperboard58,994 54,237 
High-Yield Pulp41,860 22,141 
Eliminations(8,287)(5,607)
Net sales$466,761 $351,716 
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(a)    Other sales include sales of bioelectricity, lignosulfonates and other by-products to third parties.
Operating income (loss) by segment was comprised of the following:
Three Months Ended
April 1, 2023March 26, 2022
High Purity Cellulose$12,934 $(7,804)
Paperboard9,734 5,839 
High-Yield Pulp7,256 (371)
Corporate (13,330)(13,456)
Operating income (loss)$16,594 $(15,792)
Identifiable assets by segment were as follows:
April 1, 2023December 31, 2022
High Purity Cellulose$1,589,328 $1,654,214 
Paperboard115,642 112,757 
High-Yield Pulp44,123 50,947 
Corporate560,876 529,610 
Total assets$2,309,969 $2,347,528