Ddomtar corporation to reduce papermaking capacity at two mills

Domtar corporation announced that it will permanently shut down two of its paper machines. the closures will take place at the ashdown, arkansas pulp and paper mill, and the port huron, michigan paper mill. these measures will reduce the company’s annual uncoated freesheet paper capacity by approximately 204,000 short tons, and will result in a workforce reduction of approximately 100 employees. the closure of the ashdown paper machine will be effective immediately and the closure of the port huron machine by mid-november. the ashdown mill will continue to operate one paper machine with an annual uncoated freesheet paper production capacity of 200,000 short tons and employ approximately 725 people. in addition, the mill operates fluff pulp machines, with the flexibility to produce softwood pulp depending on market conditions. as a result of the closure of the paper machine, the mill will produce an incremental 70,000 admt of softwood and fluff pulp, which will ramp up over the next 12 months. the port huron mill will continue to produce a wide variety of technical and specialty papers for a broad range of customers, utilizing three machines with a total annual production capacity of 95,000 short tons. following the closure, the mill will employ approximately 212 people.
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