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Domtar will close Port Edwards paper mill

December 13, 2007 By WRN Contributor

A Port Edwards paper mill will close next year. Nearly 500 employees will close their jobs when Canadian-based Domtar closes the mill's doors.

Spokesman Craig Timm says the decision is not a reflection on the employees at the facility. Instead, he says it's the result of a declining market. The company will gradually shift production to other more efficient facilities and is closing the mill as a cost-saving measure.

The mill has a 100 year history in Port Edwards.

Timm says the company is still working out whether to offer employees a severance package, job training skills or help looking for another job. He says the discussion will take place in as timely a manner as possible.

Timm says the mill will close sometime in the second quarter, although a specific date has not yet been determined.

Domtar also says it will reduce production at its Dreyden, Ontario paper mill and permanently lay off 125 employees. 

AUDIO: Matt Lehman reports (MP3 :37)

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