NewPage-Stora Integration Costs Jobs, ForcesPlant Closures

• The No. 95 paper machine in Kimberly, WI, will be permanently closed by the end of May. The mill produces coated freesheet papers for publication printing and specialty papers for pressure-sensitive or glue-applied labels. About 125 employees will be impacted.

• The Chillicothe, OH, converting mill will be shut down in November after some of its equipment is relocated to facilities in Luke, MD, and Wisconsin Rapids, WI. Approximately 160 positions will be eliminated.