Papermaking
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| 2025 |
Paper mills
Chillicothe Paper Mill in Chillicothe, Ohio is scheduled to be closing.
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| 2024 | Mill suddenly laid off 70% of their 223 employees. |
| October 2024 | Federal lawsuit filed against the company for violating the WARN Act by providing only 3-day notice during layoffs. |
| 2023 |
Paper mills
Espanola Mill in Ontario was indefinitely idled by Domtar, marking a significant change in the paper production landscape in Canada.
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| 2021 |
Paper mills
Port Huron Paper Mill in Port Huron, Michigan closed.
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| February 10 2021 | A portion of the mill site was leased to Standard Biocarbon Corp. to build a pyrolysis facility for converting low-grade biomass into biocarbon. |
| July 21 2020 | The town of East Millinocket purchased the Great Northern Paper site for $1.45 million. |
| 2019 |
Paper mills
Norske Skog Albury mill in New South Wales was sold to Visy.
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| November 2019 | Mill reopened as Willamette Falls Paper Company with 97 employees, focusing on paper production using wheat straw waste under investor Ken Peterson's Columbia Ventures. |
| May 2019 |
Paper mills
Luke Paper Mill in Luke, Maryland closed.
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| October 2017 | West Linn Paper Company announced shutdown due to unexpected pulp supply shortage. |
| January 12 2017 | Our Katahdin, a non-profit organization, purchased all remaining former Great Northern Paper Company assets in Millinocket from Cate Street Capital's subsidiaries. |
| December 2015 |
Paper mills
Lincoln Paper and Tissue finally closed completely.
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| July 2015 |
Paper mills
Shoalhaven Mill in Bomaderry, New South Wales was closed.
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| January 2015 |
Paper mills
Verso Corporation acquired NewPage, adding several paper mills including those in Duluth, Escanaba, Luke, Quinnesec, and Wisconsin Rapids.
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| 2014 |
Paper mills
Courtland Paper Mill in Courtland, Alabama closed completely.
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| December 2014 |
Paper mills
Lincoln Paper and Tissue was fully closed in December.
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| September 28 2014 |
Paper mills
Lincoln Paper and Tissue filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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| August 2014 | The over-100-year-old paper mill permanently closed down, with WARN Act notices sent to workers, indicating the closure was not temporary. |
| 2013 |
Paper mills
Lincoln Paper and Tissue in Lincoln, Maine closed its paper production, with only the tissue part recommissioned in 2014.
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| 2013 | Cate Street Capital announced plans to tear down mill buildings at the Millinocket plant and replace them with structures for a Torrefaction wood operation under Thermogen Industries. |
| 2012 |
Paper mills
Franklin Paper Mill in Franklin, Virginia was recommissioned after closing in 2009.
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| 2012 | The mill supplied 3,000 tons of Baxter Brite paper for printing the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy. |
| May 2012 |
Paper mills
Luke Paper Mill in Luke, Maryland was closed in May.
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| 2011 |
Paper mills
Great Northern Paper Company in East Millinocket, Maine closed.
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| 2011 | Cate Street Capital acquired the Katahdin Paper Company LLC holdings in Maine and revived the Great Northern Paper name. The East Millinocket mill was relaunched with over 250 people hired. |
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