A manufacturer of paper towels and toilet paper is set to move into a South Carolina plant once occupied by another manufacturer producing similar products.
Barnwell Tissues Solution’s $12 million investment will restore 50 new jobs at 285 Midfield Road in Barnwell. That is the former home of the Cascades Tissue Plant.
It’s also good news for Barnwell County, which has struggled with a 4.9% unemployment rate, compared to Aiken County with a 3.8% rate and Edgefield County, which is 3.4%.
Cascades used to employ 300 workers.
Cascades Tissue Plant has shuttered two other plants in the past two years for underperforming, besides the Barnwell plant, including one in Oregon and one near Niagara Falls.
Barnwell Tissue Solutions is part of the ST Group of companies, founded in 2007 in Wisconsin. The company also has a manufacturing facility in Virginia. The Barnwell investment will establish its footprint in South Carolina.
“The city of Barnwell is excited about the announcement of Barnwell Tissue Solutions opening a plant in our community. We are looking forward to working with Barnwell Tissue Solutions and forming both an economic as well as a community partnership that will help us both grow now and, in the future,” said Barnwell Mayor Ron Still.
The company will manufacture large paper rolls from recycled paper, which will be converted into away-from-home tissue products, including toilet paper and paper towels. The Coordinating Council for Economic Development approved job development credits related to the project.
“This $12 million investment is a vote of confidence in South Carolina’s business climate and manufacturing expertise. By revitalizing an existing tissue mill in Barnwell County, Barnwell Tissue Solutions will restore 50 valuable jobs to the community. We are proud to welcome this company to our state and look forward to its continued success,” said South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster.
Operations are expected to be online in the third quarter of 2025. Individuals interested in joining the Barnwell Tissue Solutions team should visit the company’s careers page.
Editor’s Note:
Mitzi Oxford is a veteran broadcaster and features writer who also worked at the same television station in Columbus, Georgia as Augusta’s Brad Means! If you have a South Carolina story idea for Mitzi, please email her at mitzioxfordcreative@gmail.com.
