NewPage-Stora Integration Costs Jobs, ForcesPlant Closures

• The No. 11 paper machine in Rumford, ME, will close permanently by the end of this month. Shutting down the machine, which produces coated freesheet and groundwood paper for magazines and catalogs, will impact 60 jobs.

• The pulp mill and two paper machines (Nos. 43 and 44) in Niagara, WI, will shut down for good by the end of April. The machines produce 230,000 tons of lightweight coated groundwood papers used in magazines and catalogs. Roughly 319 employees will be affected by that shutdown.