National Fiber Supply

What National Fiber Supply does

National Fiber Supply is a privately held, US-incorporated recovered fiber broker and processor founded in 1911 and headquartered at 20 N Martingale Rd, Schaumburg, Illinois. The company connects paper generators (small printers, office buildings, warehouse operations, and large paper converters) with paper mills and converters, buying a wide variety of paper grades including high-grade pulp substitutes, ledger and deinking grades, and roll stock for repulping. Operations are delivered through a network that includes a 100,000 sq ft Kansas City recycling plant with 21 truck docks and a rail spur, a Dayton, Ohio plant, a Schaumburg headquarters, and ten regional sales offices across the US plus a Mexico sales office.

The company's core technology is industrial material processing equipment: a high-volume shredder, conveyor belt guillotine, advanced balers and hoggers, and roll handling systems for job lot, prime, and repulping rolls. Its product surface is organized into four core services: Material Processing & Recycling (baling, document destruction, roll cutting), Logistics & Supply Chain (freight, rail, warehousing, transloading), Brokerage & Consulting (waste paper and roll stock brokerage plus equipment consulting), and Sustainability & Reporting. Distribution is direct to enterprise and mid-market paper generators via B2B sales, dedicated account managers, a customer portal, and industry association memberships (AICC, ICG, IMFA, PPC, and a core membership in ReMA).

Revenue is generated through transaction fees on material flows and through professional services for consulting and sustainability reporting. Pricing is custom and quote-based with no public tiers. The company is privately held, appears to be founder/employee-owned with no identified institutional investors or parent company, and operates with 11-50 employees per disclosed firmographics.

Name

National Fiber Supply

Legal name

National Fiber Supply, Inc.

Website

https://nationalfibersupply.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1911

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

National Fiber Supply is a 114-year-old privately held recovered fiber broker and processor headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois that buys, processes, and resells paper grades and roll stock for paper generators and mills across North America through plants and a regional sales office network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Paper Recycling & Fiber Recovery Services

NAICS

Materials Recovery Facilities (562920)

SIC

Paper Mills (2621)

akta.pro primary industry

Fiber Recycling & Pulping (Paper, OCC, Mixed Paper) (BPALADAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Paper & Fiber Recovery Facilities (Old Corrugated Containers, Mixed Paper) (EUAIADAH), Recycled Fiber, Recovered Paper & Secondary Fiber Trading (IMAMAIAK)

Keywords

• Recovered fiber recycling
• Waste paper brokerage
• Roll stock processing
• Paper recycling services
• Material processing logistics

Headquarters

HQ city

Schaumburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Waste Paper Brokerage: Connecting suppliers and consumers of recovered fiber through brokerage services, facilitating transactions between paper generators and paper mills/consumers
2. Roll Stock Solutions: Handling and processing of roll stock materials including job lot, prime, and repulping rolls with dedicated storage facilities
3. Material Processing Services: Baling, document destruction, and roll cutting services for recovered fiber materials
4. Logistics and Transportation: Freight, rail, warehousing, and transloading services ensuring seamless movement of materials
5. Equipment Consulting and Placement: Expert consulting services to help businesses equip operations with right tools for efficient processing
6. Sustainability Reporting: Detailed environmental impact reporting and consulting services tracking material usage, waste reduction, and carbon footprint

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

National Fiber Supply is a recovered fiber recycling broker and processor that buys and recycles all grades of paper and roll stock materials for businesses across North America. The company operates material processing and recycling services (baling, document destruction, roll cutting), logistics and supply chain services (freight, rail, warehousing, transloading), waste paper and roll stock brokerage, equipment consulting and placement, and sustainability reporting. Its physical infrastructure includes a 100,000 square-foot Kansas City recycling plant and an Ohio plant, supported by a nationwide network of regional sales offices.

Product overview

National Fiber Supply offers a comprehensive suite of paper recycling and fiber recovery services centered around four core offerings: Material Processing & Recycling (baling, document destruction, roll cutting), Logistics & Supply Chain Services (freight, rail, warehousing, transloading), Brokerage & Consulting (waste paper and roll stock brokerage, equipment consulting), and Sustainability & Reporting. The company operates physical facilities including the Kansas City Recycling Plant (100,000 sq ft processing and roll storage facility) and the Ohio Plant. Services are delivered through a nationwide network of branch offices and complemented by a customer portal for account management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Material Processing & Recycling Material processing and recycling services including baling, document destruction, and roll cutting that efficiently sort, prepare, and repurpose recovered fiber and other materials for reuse. Offered to businesses that generate recovered fiber materials.
• Logistics & Supply Chain Services End-to-end movement of recovered fiber and materials through freight, rail, warehousing, and transloading solutions, optimizing transportation, reducing costs, and providing reliable, timely delivery for recycling operations.
• Brokerage & Consulting Waste paper and roll stock brokerage services that connect businesses with buyers and sellers to optimize material value, combined with equipment consulting and placement to ensure operations are equipped with the right tools for efficient processing and recycling.
• Sustainability & Reporting Sustainability services that help businesses minimize environmental impact and maximize material value, including detailed environmental impact reporting and strategic sustainability solutions tracking material usage, waste reduction, and carbon footprint.
• Kansas City Recycling Plant 100,000 square-foot recycling facility equipped with 21 truck docks, a rail spur, high-volume shredder, conveyor belt guillotine, advanced balers, hoggers, and roll handling systems, providing processing of all grades of loose or baled paper and dedicated roll storage for job lot, prime, and repulping rolls.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• AICC (Association of Independent Corrugated Converters)minorOthersCorporate membership supporting industry collaboration and professional development in the corrugated packaging sector
• ICG (Independent Carton Group)minorOthersCorporate membership supporting independent carton manufacturers through industry advocacy and networking
• IMFA (Independent Materials Handling Association)minorOthersCorporate membership supporting materials handling industry standards and best practices
• PPC (Paper & Packaging Coalition)minorOthersCorporate membership supporting paper and packaging industry advocacy and sustainability initiatives
• Pine (Paper Industry International Association)minorOthersCorporate membership supporting international paper industry networking and professional development
• ReMA (Recycled Materials Association)coreOthersPrimary industry association membership for recovered materials recycling, providing advocacy, standards development, and industry leadership for the recycling sector

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Waste Management Inc. Largest North American waste and recycling services provider, operating numerous materials recovery facilities (MRFs) that aggregate and trade recovered fiber. Its scale and vertical integration into brokerage are a structural pressure on independent paper-focused brokers.
• Casella Waste Systems: Regional Northeast US waste and recycling operator with significant materials recovery and recycled commodity trading operations. Its smaller, more regionally focused footprint makes it a closer strategic comparable to NFS than national majors.
• Smurfit Westrock: The world's largest paper-based packaging company, formed through the merger of Smurfit Kappa and WestRock. It is a major consumer of recovered fiber and operates internal recycling and brokerage networks, making it both a key buyer and a structural competitor to NFS.
• Packaging Corporation of America: Major US containerboard and corrugated packaging producer with substantial recycled fiber consumption. PCA's procurement of OCC and mixed paper directly competes with NFS for supplier relationships and broker margins.
• Republic Services: Major US waste and recycling company with extensive MRF operations that recover and resell paper and OCC. Comparable to NFS in the recovered fiber trading layer but with vastly larger hauling and sorting infrastructure.
• GFL Environmental: Major North American environmental services company with recycling and materials recovery operations. Its MRF outputs compete with NFS in the recovered fiber commodity stream.
• Sonoco Products: Global packaging company with significant recycled paper and paperboard consumption across its consumer and industrial packaging segments. Comparable to NFS as a downstream consumer of recovered fiber and a participant in the same paper recycling value chain.
• Greif Inc. Global industrial packaging producer with significant recycled fiber inputs. Greif's containerboard and paper-based packaging operations make it a comparable buyer-side peer for recovered fiber and a comparable seller of recycled-content products.
• International Paper: One of the largest pulp and paper manufacturers globally, with significant US recovered fiber consumption. Its scale and vertical integration into fiber sourcing make it a direct counterparty — and indirect competitor — to independent brokers like NFS.

Direct peers

• Tradebe: Privately held environmental services and recycling company with significant US paper recycling and brokerage operations. Its mid-sized, multi-site recovery and brokerage profile is the closest strategic structural analog to NFS in the private market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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