NewPage to Initiate Downtime at Port Hawkesbury Mill

“Despite the continued dedication and efforts of our team at Port Hawkesbury to drive cost improvements, extremely challenging economic conditions at this location have forced us to make this difficult, but necessary business decision,” said George Martin, president and CEO for NewPage.

According to Mark Lukacs, senior vice president, operations, “The Port Hawkesbury mill makes great newsprint, improved newsprint and supercalendered paper for the printing and publishing industries. We have a very dedicated and talented workforce and this downtime is in no way a reflection on them.”