G-P to add 180,000 tpy of tissue/toweling capacity by 2008 -after eliminating 183,000 tpy in the last year at several mills

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America's largest tissue maker by capacity,Georgia-Pacific,last week said it would add 180,000 tpy of new tissue/toweling capacity at two U.S.plants by 2008 that it described as"significant,strategic investments to further strengthen"its position in premium paper towel and bath tissue products.G-P will install two tissue PMs using through-air-dried technology,with the first of two machines slated for startup in 2007 at an existing western U.S.location,possibly Wauna,Ore.,contacts said.