Buckeye Technologies Inc. is a leading producer of value-added cellulose-based specialty products. We have leading positions in many of the high-end niche markets in which we compete. Our expertise in polymer chemistry and fiber science, combined with advanced manufacturing practices, has enabled Buckeye to provide innovative and proprietary products to our customers around the globe.

Buckeye is the only manufacturer in the world offering cellulose-based specialty products made from both wood and cotton and utilizing wetlaid and airlaid technologies. As a result, we produce and market a broader range of cellulose-based specialty products than any of our competitors.

Specialty cellulose generally commands higher prices, and demand for specialty cellulose is less cyclical than commodity cellulose. The more demanding performance requirements for products requiring specialty cellulose limit the number of participants in our niche markets. Our focus on niche specialty cellulose markets has enabled us to maintain positive cash flows even during cyclical downturns in the commodity cellulose markets.

Now, due to a breakthrough in fiber technology with a patent granted and patents pending, Buckeye is providing a new superior fiber product to the concrete industry -- Buckeye UltraFiber 500^™.

UltraFiber 500^® is a cellulose based concrete reinforcing fiber. It has several key performance advantages over synthetic fibers. It is made from one of the strongest natural fibers known to man, and in concrete is approximately twice as strong as polypropylene fiber. A patented coating technology is utilized to enhance the alkali resistance of UltraFiber 500^® .

Buckeye UltraFiber 500^™ - Designed with Architects and Engineers in Mind

Architects and engineers want reliability, great performance, and no bad surprises in the fiber they specify.

• unsurpassed temperature and plastic crack reduction
• superior bonding with cement and rebar
• patented alkali resistant fiber
• superior dispersion throughout concrete, no clumping in the mix
• higher fiber tensile strength than polypropylene
• improved impact resistance
• provides internal curing and more complete hydration
• better strength and durability
• superior finishing
  • no balling
  • no blemishing
  • no surface fuzz
  • invisible in finished concrete
• lab-proven
• field-proven

With over 20 times more fibers and 28 times more surface area than typical synthetic fibers, UltraFiber 500^® is the unique, revolutionary, patented fiber with greater performance, reliability, and consistency.