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Clearwater Paper cuts Q3 net loss to $2M as sales fall to $385M

🇺🇸 Clearwater Paper Corp (CLW) · Mon 26 Oct 2026

The bleached paperboard maker refinanced all its debt and booked $17.5M in insurance proceeds, but an Augusta mill disruption extended into October.

Clearwater Paper (NYSE:CLW) reported third-quarter 2026 results on 26 October, showing net sales of $385 million. The company attributed the decline to lower market pricing.

The quarter ended with a net loss of $2 million, a sharp improvement on the $53 million loss reported in the same period a year earlier.

Clearwater also said it refinanced all of its debt during the period and received $17.5 million in proceeds from representation and warranty insurance.

The company reported an operational disruption at its Augusta mill late in the quarter, which it said continued into October. Its summary, as provided, gives no further detail on the cause, duration or financial effect of the disruption.

Clearwater is a bleached paperboard supplier and not a pharmaceutical company, so the results carry no direct regulatory implications. Bleached paperboard is widely used in folding cartons and similar packaging.

What it means for your team

  • Clearwater is not a pharma manufacturer; the news is relevant only to teams that buy paperboard-based packaging.
  • Packaging and supply-chain teams may wish to check with their carton suppliers whether Augusta mill output affects their supply, as the disruption continued into October.
  • No details on the disruption's cause or financial effect were provided, so any assessment of supply risk would need to be confirmed with suppliers directly.

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