NewPage Corp. announced today it will close the former Sora Enso North America paper mills in Niagara and Kimberly, Wis.
The Niagara pulp mill will be closed by the end of April, eliminating 319 jobs. The Kimberly mill will be closed by the end of May, eliminating 125 jobs.
The closures are part of a restructuring since Miamisburg, Ohio-based NewPage acquired Stora Enso's North American paper manufacturing operations.
NewPage spokeswoman Amber Garwood told SBT this morning that the firm will attempt to find jobs elsewhere in the company for employees whose jobs have been eliminated.
The company also announced it will close plants in Rumford, Maine, and Chillicothe, Ohio. Some of the work that was done at the Chillicothe converting facility will be shifted to the company's remaining Wisconsin plant in Wisconsin Rapids, Garwood said.
"These restructuring decisions will create the platform essential to become one company, remain competitive in the marketplace, serve our customers more efficiently and reach $265 million of synergies we have committed to achieve. Despite the permanent closures being announced today, we are merging the operations in a manner that will actually increase our 2008 North American production by 3 to 8 percent compared to the combined production in 2007," said Mark Suwyn, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of NewPage.
NewPage to close paper mills in Wisconsin
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