Exhibit 99.1

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                      

February 3, 2016 

Contact: Keith Schroeder

Chief Financial Officer

(918) 824-4605

ORCHIDS PAPER PRODUCTS COMPANY ANNOUNCES RECORD

TWELVE-MONTH NET SALES AND EARNINGS;

DECLARES DIVIDEND OF $0.35 PER SHARE

 PRYOR, OKLAHOMA (February 3, 2016) – Orchids Paper Products Company (NYSE MKT: TIS) today reported the following.

Jeff Schoen, President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, “Orchids achieved a record setting year in 2015. Following our record setting results in the third quarter of 2015, our fourth quarter performance resulted in annual records in Net Sales, Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted EBITDA. Our results for the quarter were negatively affected by an incident that damaged a section of one of our converting lines, which restricted production in the face of strong open orders, causing a reduction in sales in the quarter. This is an insured incident which we believe will result in an approximate $1.0 million claim, or $0.06 per share, related to these lost sales under our business interruption insurance, which has not been included in our 2015 results.”

Mr. Schoen continued, “In 2015, we continued to work toward our vision to be recognized as a national supplier of high quality consumer tissue products in the value, premium and ultra-premium tier product segments. This year, we began to execute our long-term goal to increase Orchids’ Adjusted EBITDA and earnings per share by maximizing sales and profitability across our manufacturing sites in Oklahoma and South Carolina and our operations in Mexico. We successfully implemented a new converting line and a new paper machine in our Oklahoma location, resulting in capacity and cost improvements, and began construction on our greenfield site in South Carolina. Additionally, our first full-year of sales from our supply agreement with Fabrica provided a significant increase in sales and EBITDA, as expected. We believe the opportunity for growth in our converted product business is strong, and we will continue to focus on maximizing sales, improving the manufacturing capacity of our current assets while also improving operating costs, and bringing converted product production on-line in South Carolina. Our South Carolina facility is progressing as planned, with start-up of the first converting line expected in February and start-up of the second line in the second quarter of 2016. Engineering of the paper machine is underway and it is expected to become operational in early 2017.”

Three-month period ended December 31, 2015

Net sales of converted product decreased primarily due to:

Net sales of parent rolls increased due primarily to:

Gross profit as a percent of net sales increased primarily due to:

Gross profit was negatively affected by:

Twelve-month period ended December 31, 2015

Net sales of converted product increased primarily due to:

Net sales of converted product were negatively affected by:

Net sales of parent rolls increased primarily due to:

Gross profit as a percent of net sales decreased primarily due to:

Income Taxes

As of December 31, 2015, our effective tax rate is 30.9%, as compared to the 33.9% effective tax rate estimated at the end of the third quarter of 2015. The lower estimated effective tax rate is the result of the December 2015 ratification of the Indian Employment Tax Credits for 2015 and 2016 and state investment tax credits that were higher than previously estimated. A change in our estimated state tax liabilities had a positive effect of $0.05 on net income per diluted share for the twelve-months ended December 31, 2015.

Liquidity

Cash provided by operations was primarily impacted by:

Cash used in investing activities in 2015 includes:

Cash provided by financing activities in 2015 was primarily impacted by:

Total long-term debt outstanding as of December 31, 2015 was $75.6 million and cash totaled $4.4 million. As a result, Net Debt outstanding as of December 31, 2015 was $71.2 million.

Dividend Declared

On February 3, 2016, the Orchids Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.35 per share to be paid on March 1, 2016 to stockholders of record at the close of business on February 16, 2016.

Conference Call/Webcast

The Company will hold a teleconference to discuss its third quarter results at 10:00 a.m. (ET) on Thursday, February 4, 2016. All interested parties may participate in the teleconference by calling 888 346 7791 and requesting the Orchids Paper Products teleconference. A question and answer session will be part of the teleconference’s agenda. Those intending to access the teleconference should dial in fifteen minutes prior to the start. The call may also be accessed live via webcast through the Company’s website at www.orchidspaper.com under “Investors.” A replay of the teleconference will be available for 30 days on the Company’s website.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This press release contains non-GAAP financial measures. A non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of a company’s financial performance that excludes or includes amounts so as to be different than the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) in the United States in the statement of income, balance sheet or statement of cash flows of a company. The five non-GAAP financial measures used within this press release are: (1) EBITDA, (2) Adjusted EBITDA, (3) Adjusted Net Income, (4) Adjusted Diluted Net Income Per Share and (5) Net Debt.

EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Diluted Net Income Per Share are not measurements of financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to net income, operating income, diluted net income per share or any other performance measure derived in accordance with GAAP, or as an alternative to cash flow from operating activities or a measure of our liquidity. EBITDA represents net income before net interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA excludes stock-based compensation expense, expenses related to business acquisitions and costs to demolish property, plant and equipment. Adjusted Net Income excludes after-tax stock-based compensation expense, expenses related to business acquisitions, costs to demolish property, plant and equipment and the effects of a change in our estimated state tax liabilities. Adjusted Diluted Net Income Per Share is calculated by dividing Adjusted Net Income by the number of diluted weighted average shares outstanding. Management believes EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Diluted Net Income Per Share facilitate operating performance comparisons from period to period and company to company by eliminating potential differences caused by variations in capital structures (affecting relative interest expense), tax positions (such as the impact on periods or companies of changes in effective tax rates or net operating losses), the age and book depreciation of facilities and equipment (affecting relative depreciation expense) non-cash compensation (affecting stock-based compensation expense) and sporadic expenses (including costs of business acquisitions, demolition costs and changes in estimated state tax liabilities).

Net Debt is not a measurement of financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to total debt outstanding, total liabilities or any other performance measure derived in accordance with GAAP. Net Debt represents total debt outstanding reduced by cash and short-term investments on hand. Management believes the presentation of Net Debt provides the reader with additional information regarding the Company’s liquidity and debt leverage positions.

Forward-Looking Statements

This release contains forward-looking statements that involve certain contingencies and uncertainties. The Company intends these forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provision for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements relate to future events or future financial performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause its actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “expects,” “plans,” “intends,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “will” or “continue” or the negative of such terms or other comparable terminology. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. These statements are only predictions.

Factors that could materially affect the Company’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements include, without limitation, those detailed under the caption “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2015 and the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, June 30, and September 30, 2015, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 8, August 5, and November 9, 2015, respectively.

The Company’s actual results may be materially different from what it expects. The Company does not undertake any duty to update these forward-looking statements after the date hereof, even though the Company’s situation may change in the future. All of the forward-looking statements herein are qualified by these cautionary statements.

About Orchids Paper Products Company

Orchids Paper Products Company is a customer-focused, national supplier of high quality consumer tissue products primarily serving the at home private label consumer market. The Company produces a full line of tissue products, including paper towels, bathroom tissue and paper napkins, to serve the value through ultra-premium quality market segments from its operations in northeast Oklahoma and Mexicali, Mexico and beginning in 2016 from its Barnwell, South Carolina greenfield site. The Company provides these products primarily to retail chains throughout the United States. For more information on the Company and its products, visit the Company’s website at http://www.orchidspaper.com.

Orchids Paper Products Company and Subsidiaries

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Orchids Paper Products Company and Subsidiaries

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