Paper company will slow production

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

NewPage Corp. will take downtime at its paper mill in Kimberly next month to further reduce production amid an economic slowdown.

Ohio-based NewPage said Tuesday it needs to slow production by 34,000 tons of coated paper. That’s in addition to the 25,000 tons it announced earlier this month that it would cut back.

Downtime at the Kimberly mill would account for about 18,000 tons, the company said. The other 16,000 tons would come from the closing last week of the company’s mill in Niagara. NewPage acquired the former Stora Enso North America operations, based in Wisconsin Rapids, in December, and in January announced it would close the Niagara mill, with 319 employees, and a machine in Kimberly employing about 125.