American Kraft Paper

American Kraft Paper is a world-class supplier of unbleached sack kraft paper, and is located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

Certified Forest Management

We carefully plan, monitor and report our forestry activities to protect the health of our valuable, renewable resources.

Our Products

American Kraft Paper products utilize Southern Pine. The long fiber of this species provides the strength characteristics necessary to produce consistent unbleached sack kraft papers that meet the tough demands of today’s packaging requirements.

Our Careers, Your Future

American Kraft Paper is innovative by design and always on the lookout for likeminded individuals to join our winning team!

Our Company.

The American Kraft Paper Industries pulp and paper mill located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas is a producer of unbleached sack kraft paper. Our product is sold to converters throughout North America for various demanding applications, such as cement bags and food grade applications.

Our collaboration with AIAC’s Canadian Kraft Paper Industries, located in The Pas, Manitoba, permits us to better serve our domestic and international packaging industry customers with superior speed, quality, reliability, and efficiency. We are committed to meeting our customers’ needs, 24-7-365.

We are proud to offer a sustainable, recyclable and renewable choice that reliably serves a wide range of market segments and applications:

  • Industrial + Construction

  • Agriculture + Landscaping

  • Pet Food + Feed & Seed

  • Grocery + Retail

  • Lawn & Leaf + Refuse

  • E-commerce Mailers + Tape

  • Corrugated + Roll Wrapping

  • Food Services

Operating within Forest Management and Environmental Management Certification Standards provides assurance we are operating legally, sustainably, and in compliance with world-recognized standards and ensures that the forests we manage today will contribute to future generations and to the communities where we live and operate.

Our Products.

  • Applications:

    Agricultural: Animal Feed + Seed

    Retail: Charcoal

    Food: Sugar, Flour, Grains

    Industrial: Cement, Lime, Chemicals, Adhesives

    Advantages:

    Engineered to meet Rule 40 specifications

    Long Fiber kraft furnish delivers exceptional strength characteristics

    Ideal for outer ply when high tensile strength in machine direction is needed (open mouth sacks)

    Features:

    Unbleached kraft paper, delivering a natural look and feel

    Complies with US FDA food contact standards:

    • 21 CFR 176.170

    • 21 CFR 176-180

    Certified to Sustainable Forestry Initiative® Fiber Sourcing Standards

    Recyclable and renewable substrate

  • Applications:

    Agricultural: Potato + Other

    Vegetable Balers

    Advantages:

    Engineered to meet Rule 40 specifications

    Excellent outer wall printability due to surface quality

    Uniform roll quality results in converting efficiency

    Features:

    Unbleached kraft paper, delivering a natural look and feel

    Complies with US FDA food contact standards:

    • 21 CFR 176.170

    • 21 CFR 176-180

    Certified to Sustainable Forestry Initiative® Fiber Sourcing Standards

    Recyclable and renewable substrate

  • Applications:

    Agricultural: Animal Feed + Seed

    Retail: Charcoal

    Food: Flour

    Industrial: Cement, Chemicals, Adhesives

    Advantages:

    Engineered to meet Rule 40 specifications

    This highly porous sheet is designed to allow pasted valve

    bags to be filled quickly without rupture or breakage.

    Ideal when high tensile strength in machine direction is needed

    Features:

    Unbleached kraft paper, delivering a natural look and feel

    Complies with US FDA food contact standards:

    • 21 CFR 176.170

    • 21 CFR 176-180

    Certified to Sustainable Forestry Initiative® Fiber Sourcing Standards

    Recyclable and renewable substrate

  • Applications:

    Retail: Grocery Bags and Sacks, Fruit + Vegetable Bags, Retail Shopping Bags, Carryout Bags

    Advantages:

    Ideal for SOS (Self Opening Satchel) bags with a flat bottom

    Product consistency roll to roll. Driving converting efficiency

    Quality control systems designed minimize product variation

    Features:

    Unbleached kraft paper, delivering a natural look and feel

    Complies with US FDA food contact standards:

    • 21 CFR 176.170

    • 21 CFR 176-180

    Certified to Sustainable Forestry Initiative® Fiber Sourcing Standards

    Recyclable and renewable substrate

  • Applications:

    Retail: Lawn + Leaf Bags, Potato Bags, Refuse Bags

    Advantages:

    Provides high tear and puncture resistance in moist, humid conditions

    Ideal when high tensile strength in machine direction is needed

    Features:

    Unbleached kraft paper, delivering a natural look and feel

    Complies with US FDA food contact standards:

    • 21 CFR 176.170

    • 21 CFR 176-180

    Certified to Sustainable Forestry Initiative® Fiber Sourcing Standards

    Recyclable and renewable substrate

  • Applications:

    E-commerce: Mailers, Water-activated Tape (WAT), Void Fill, Cold Chain

    Industrial: Roll Wrapping, End Caps, Dunnage

    Retail: Sugar, Flour, Baking Mix, Gift Wrap

    Advantages:

    Ideal for paper mailers and protective packaging

    Engineered for resiliency, puncture and tear resistance

    Used for smaller, lighter bags

    Features:

    Unbleached kraft paper, delivering a natural look and feel

    Complies with US FDA food contact standards:

    • 21 CFR 176.170

    • 21 CFR 176-180

    Certified to Sustainable Forestry Initiative® Fiber Sourcing Standards

    Recyclable and renewable substrate

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