CANTON, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2004--Blue Ridge Paper Products announced today it will host a conference call for investors to discuss 2003 results and current market conditions at 11 a.m. EST, Wednesday, March 31, 2004.
To participate in the conference call, dial (888) 422-7124 and enter the conference code 844169. A taped replay of the conference call will be available after 5:00pm Wednesday, March 31, 2004 until April 6, 2004. The number to call for the taped replay is (877) 471-6581 and the conference code is 114049.

Blue Ridge Paper Products Inc., headquartered in Canton, North Carolina, is a vertically integrated manufacturer of specialty paperboard packaging products and a broad range of specialty and commodity grades of paperboard and paper products. The company is a leading North American producer of gable top cartons used for packaging juice, milk and other products and of ovenable paperboard used for heating packaged foods in microwave and conventional ovens. The company's products also include polymer-coated bleached paperboard (including cup stock), envelope paper, specialty and offset printing paper and uncoated bleached paperboard. Blue Ridge Paper Products owns and operates a pulp and paper mill, an extrusion polymer coating facility and five packaging plants.