Keystone produces approximately 80,000 rolls of paper per week (4.3 million per year) to the Commonwealth of PA for the correctional facilities across the state. The actual paper is purchased on parent rolls weighing between 2,500 and 3,000 pounds each and measuring 8.5 feet in height by 5 feet in diameter. The paper is placed on a converting machine which wraps 1,000 sheets around a cardboard core to form a long log. The log is then cut into standard 4-inch toilet paper widths, and the “tail” of the roll is glued down to prevent unraveling before it is transported to a wrapping machine that wraps every roll in a protective tissue wrap. Our employees then fill boxes with 80 rolls to a case, seal the cases, and prepare them for shipment.
The toilet paper project is housed at the warehouse facility of Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, in Chester, PA.
In 2022, Keystone produced 4,343,520 rolls of toilet paper, which generated over $2.2 million in sales and employed ten individuals, of which nine are blind and / or disabled.
