Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM) continues to expand its industrial and biomaterials portfolio, reinforcing its long-term strategy to build a diversified cellulose-based platform.
In 2025, the company reorganized its operations into five business units—Cellulose Specialties, Biomaterials, Cellulose Commodities, Paperboard, and High-Yield Pulp—reflecting a sharper focus on innovation and value-added markets.
Within Biomaterials, RYAM is advancing several green-technology initiatives in the U.S. and France. Its bioethanol facility in Tartas has been operational since early 2024, while the lignosulfonate powder plant restarted in 2025. Engineering continues for a potential bioethanol plant in Fernandina Beach, Florida, and crude tall oil (CTO) projects in Jesup (Georgia) and Tartas (France) are under development. The company also purchased CTO plant equipment for Jesup earlier this year.
RYAM’s Jesup site may also host a prebiotics facility, backed by GRAS certification from the U.S. FDA and a memorandum of understanding with a feed additive producer. Animal tests have shown more than twice the efficacy of existing additives.
The company is also a partner in Altamaha Green Energy (AGE), a renewable-power project designed to convert forestry waste into green electricity for the State of Georgia. Air permits and EPC agreements are secured, and financing discussions are underway.
To explore next-generation biofuels, RYAM has signed memoranda of understanding with Verso Energy for sustainable aviation fuel opportunities and GranBio for an ethanol-to-jet pilot plant in Jesup, potentially funded by a U.S. Department of Energy grant.
At the same time, RYAM continues to defend fair competition in the dissolving pulp market through trade petitions against unfair imports from Brazil and Norway.
CEO De Lyle Bloomquist reaffirmed the company’s confidence in its roadmap: “Our strategic pillars are in motion—strengthening our cellulose specialties franchise, advancing biomaterials execution, and driving structural cost improvements.”
Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM) is a global leader in cellulose-based technologies. Its high-purity cellulose specialties are key ingredients in filters, food, pharmaceuticals, and various industrial applications. The company also produces biofuels, bioelectricity, lignin-based biomaterials, and paperboard products used in packaging. With operations in the United States, Canada, and France, RYAM generated $1.6 billion in revenue in 2024.
