UPFRONT

Domtar Reduces Capacity

MONTREAL—Domtar Corp. announced that it will permanently shut down one of four paper machines at its Ashdown, AR, pulp and paper mill by July 1. This will reduce Domtar's annual uncoated freesheet paper production capacity by approximately 125,000 short tons. The mill's workforce will be reduced by approximately 110 employees. Following the shutdown, the Ashdown mill will 
continue to operate three fiber lines, a pulp dryer and three paper machines, with a staff of approximately 940 people.