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Segment and Geographical Information (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Schedule of Reconciliation of Net Sales by Product Line | Net sales, disaggregated by product line, was comprised of the following:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
High Purity Cellulose |  |  |  |  |
Cellulose Specialties | $ | 871,752 |  |  | $ | 783,424 |  |  | $ | 866,225 |
Commodity Products | 341,128 |  |  | 431,902 |  |  | 354,612 |
Other sales(a) | 88,742 |  |  | 97,438 |  |  | 115,009 |
Total High Purity Cellulose | 1,301,622 |  |  | 1,312,764 |  |  | 1,335,846 |
Paperboard | 227,628 |  |  | 219,408 |  |  | 250,167 |
High-Yield Pulp | 126,897 |  |  | 135,954 |  |  | 159,704 |
Eliminations | (25,839) |  |  | (24,796) |  |  | (28,450) |
Net sales | $ | 1,630,308 |  |  | $ | 1,643,330 |  |  | $ | 1,717,267 |
(a)Include sales of bioelectricity, lignosulfonates and other by-products to third parties.
Schedule of Reconciliation of Operating Income (Loss) | Operating income (loss) by segment was comprised of the following:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
High Purity Cellulose(a) | $ | 75,593 |  |  | $ | (41,567) |  |  | $ | 31,498 |
Paperboard | 31,431 |  |  | 37,160 |  |  | 37,158 |
High-Yield Pulp | (7,594) |  |  | (3,155) |  |  | 16,199 |
Corporate | (59,949) |  |  | (57,702) |  |  | (58,720) |
Operating income (loss) | $ | 39,481 |  |  | $ | (65,264) |  |  | $ | 26,135 |
(a)In 2024, included a $25 million non-cash impairment recorded during the third quarter related to the indefinite suspension of operations at the Temiscaming High Purity Cellulose plant. In 2023, included a $62 million non-cash impairment recorded during the fourth quarter related to an asset realignment. See Note 8—Property, Plant and Equipment, Net for further information regarding these impairments.
Schedule of Significant Segment Operating Expenses and Other Segment Financial Information | Significant segment operating expenses and other segment financial information included:
| Year Ended December 31, 2024
| High Purity Cellulose |  | Paperboard |  | High-Yield Pulp |  | Corporate(a) and Eliminations |  | Total
Cost of sales |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Key input costs (wood, chemicals, energy) | $ | 535,055 |  |  | $ | 117,393 |  |  | $ | 71,890 |  |  | $ | (26,220) |  |  | $ | 698,118 |
Freight | 75,382 |  |  | 20,512 |  |  | 20,380 |  |  | — |  |  | 116,274 |
Depreciation and amortization | 115,963 |  |  | 7,832 |  |  | 2,329 |  |  | — |  |  | 126,124 |
Fixed and other general costs(b) | 443,086 |  |  | 41,802 |  |  | 38,589 |  |  | 733 |  |  | 524,210 |
Total cost of sales | 1,169,486 |  |  | 187,539 |  |  | 133,188 |  |  | (25,487) |  |  | 1,464,726 |
Selling, general and administrative expense | 20,515 |  |  | 11,021 |  |  | 2,912 |  |  | 57,810 |  |  | 92,258 |
Asset impairment | 25,169 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 25,169 |
Indefinite suspension charges | 16,630 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 16,630 |
Other operating (income) expense(c) | (5,771) |  |  | (2,363) |  |  | (1,609) |  |  | 1,787 |  |  | (7,956) |
Identifiable assets(d) | $ | 1,503,268 |  |  | $ | 93,600 |  |  | $ | 49,798 |  |  | $ | 482,991 |  |  | $ | 2,129,657 |
Depreciation and amortization | 117,749 |  |  | 14,701 |  |  | 2,451 |  |  | 2,272 |  |  | 137,173 |
Capital expenditures(e) | 100,797 |  |  | 5,644 |  |  | 2,156 |  |  | 8,553 |  |  | 117,150 |
| Year Ended December 31, 2023
| High Purity Cellulose |  | Paperboard |  | High-Yield Pulp |  | Corporate(a) and Eliminations |  | Total
Cost of sales |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Key input costs (wood, chemicals, energy) | $ | 607,773 |  |  | $ | 113,678 |  |  | $ | 75,144 |  |  | $ | (25,486) |  |  | $ | 771,109 |
Freight | 83,390 |  |  | 18,131 |  |  | 29,312 |  |  | — |  |  | 130,833 |
Depreciation and amortization | 125,522 |  |  | 5,848 |  |  | 2,103 |  |  | — |  |  | 133,473 |
Fixed and other general costs(b) | 454,306 |  |  | 35,021 |  |  | 29,402 |  |  | 1,032 |  |  | 519,761 |
Total cost of sales | 1,270,991 |  |  | 172,678 |  |  | 135,961 |  |  | (24,454) |  |  | 1,555,176 |
Selling, general and administrative expense | 18,243 |  |  | 9,570 |  |  | 2,893 |  |  | 45,006 |  |  | 75,712 |
Asset impairment | 62,300 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 62,300 |
Other operating expense(c) | 2,797 |  |  | — |  |  | 255 |  |  | 12,354 |  |  | 15,406 |
Identifiable assets(d) | $ | 1,510,076 |  |  | $ | 105,804 |  |  | $ | 43,811 |  |  | $ | 523,009 |  |  | $ | 2,182,700 |
Depreciation and amortization | 122,925 |  |  | 12,933 |  |  | 2,025 |  |  | 2,100 |  |  | 139,983 |
Capital expenditures(e) | 118,665 |  |  | 776 |  |  | 1,421 |  |  | 12,281 |  |  | 133,143 |
| Year Ended December 31, 2022
| High Purity Cellulose |  | Paperboard |  | High-Yield Pulp |  | Corporate(a) and Eliminations |  | Total
Cost of sales |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Key input costs (wood, chemicals, energy) | $ | 659,855 |  |  | $ | 135,128 |  |  | $ | 75,609 |  |  | $ | (28,916) |  |  | $ | 841,676 |
Freight | 93,952 |  |  | 22,434 |  |  | 29,636 |  |  | — |  |  | 146,022 |
Depreciation and amortization | 115,117 |  |  | 5,998 |  |  | 2,322 |  |  | — |  |  | 123,437 |
Fixed and other general costs(b) | 409,587 |  |  | 39,967 |  |  | 32,814 |  |  | 681 |  |  | 483,049 |
Total cost of sales | 1,278,511 |  |  | 203,527 |  |  | 140,381 |  |  | (28,235) |  |  | 1,594,184 |
Selling, general and administrative expense | 19,683 |  |  | 9,471 |  |  | 3,084 |  |  | 59,237 |  |  | 91,475 |
Other operating (income) expense(c) | 6,154 |  |  | 11 |  |  | 40 |  |  | (732) |  |  | 5,473 |
Depreciation and amortization | $ | 117,017 |  |  | $ | 13,130 |  |  | $ | 2,364 |  |  | $ | 2,065 |  |  | $ | 134,576 |
Capital expenditures(e) | 136,866 |  |  | 3,413 |  |  | 2,210 |  |  | 3,790 |  |  | 146,279 |
(a)Includes ERP and certain lease expense and assets shared across operating segments. (b)Includes salaries, wages and benefits, maintenance costs and other costs of sales. (c)Primarily includes foreign exchange gain (loss), environmental expense, gain (loss) on disposal of property, plant and equipment and income (loss) from equity method investments. (d)In 2024, included a $25 million non-cash impairment recorded during the third quarter related to the indefinite suspension of operations at the Temiscaming High Purity Cellulose plant. In 2023, included a $62 million non-cash impairment recorded during the fourth quarter related to an asset realignment. See Note 8—Property, Plant and Equipment, Net for further details. (e)Amounts exclude the impact of changes in capital assets purchased on account and government grants. In 2024 and 2023, Corporate reflects expenditures associated with the Company’s ERP transformation project.
Schedule of Long-lived Assets by Country | Long-life assets by country were as follows:
| December 31,
| 2024 |  | 2023
United States | $ | 719,386 |  |  | $ | 710,896 |
Canada | 611,647 |  |  | 683,468 |
France | 197,290 |  |  | 213,180 |
Other | 373 |  |  | 98 |
Total long-life assets | $ | 1,528,696 |  |  | $ | 1,607,642 |
Schedule of Geographical Distribution of the Company's Sales | Net sales geographical distribution was as follows:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2024 |  | % |  | 2023 |  | % |  | 2022 |  | %
United States | $ | 560,119 |  |  | 34 |  |  | $ | 544,864 |  |  | 33 |  |  | $ | 569,265 |  |  | 33 |
China | 352,290 |  |  | 22 |  |  | 473,778 |  |  | 29 |  |  | 346,026 |  |  | 20 |
Europe | 280,261 |  |  | 17 |  |  | 222,778 |  |  | 13 |  |  | 343,058 |  |  | 20 |
Other Asia | 174,208 |  |  | 11 |  |  | 126,072 |  |  | 8 |  |  | 181,952 |  |  | 11 |
Japan | 121,879 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 158,106 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 149,373 |  |  | 9 |
Canada | 90,572 |  |  | 6 |  |  | 62,657 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 72,510 |  |  | 4 |
Latin America | 17,659 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 11,073 |  |  | — |  |  | 23,886 |  |  | 1 |
All other | 33,320 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 44,002 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 31,197 |  |  | 2 |
Net sales | $ | 1,630,308 |  |  | 100 |  |  | $ | 1,643,330 |  |  | 100 |  |  | $ | 1,717,267 |  |  | 100 |

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