American Eagle paper mills

Our Story

Nestled in the rolling hills of Pennsylvania’s eastern Allegheny Mountains rests the small town of Tyrone. For decades, this predominately blue collar community revolved around two things: the town’s cornerstone paper mill and the great outdoors. Life in Tyrone was a simple and predictable one. Most families worked at the Tyrone paper mill, affording them the opportunity to make an honorable living that could support their families. Weekends would be spent enjoying the scenic surrounding, fishing in the streams, and hunting in the nearby game lands. The Tyrone Paper Mill was the focal point of the town—more like a town hall than an actual mill.Built in the 1880s, the paper mill was an historical icon in Pennsylvania and is one of the oldest working paper mills in the country. Unfortunately in October 2001, everything changed for this small community when the paper mill unexpectedly shut its doors, an event that was catastrophic to hundreds of families. After the mill’s closure, all that remained were the vacant brick red buildings and lifeless smoke stacks, until the unprecedented happened...The community and mill employees saw a future and an opportunity to turn a business around and they mobilize to make it happen.

What We Are About

American Eagle Paper Mills is a dedicated community of environmental stewards, producing a wide variety of recycled and post-consumer-waste paper products. Our mission, since startup, has been focused on manufacturing high quality uncoated recycled paper products and providing excellent customer service while protecting the environment. We work diligently to provide the paper products that consumers need today and desire in the future. Our goal is to become the largest producer of recycled paper products with the smallest carbon footprint possible.