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Closures and cutbacks in 2025
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Oct 2025: Sappi Europe announces closure of PM2 at its Kirkniemi Mill in Finland

Oct 2025: Mativ to close Wilson, North Carolina facility by end of year

Oct 2025: Södra cuts 200 positions across Sweden in company-wide restructuring

Oct 2025: Packaging Corporation of America closing Salisbury North Carolina facility, 108 workers to lose jobs

Oct 2025: UPM ends paper production in Kaukas - Employee consultation processes concluded

Oct 2025: Packaging Corporation of America shuttering Lehigh County, Pennsylvania locations

Oct 2025: Metsä Board initiates change negotiations and discontinues the pre-engineering of investments to strengthen the company's profitability, cash flow

Oct 2025: Lenzing to cut 600 jobs by 2027 as part of major restructuring

Oct 2025: Magnera Announces Strategic Exit from Argentina as Part of Project CORE Transformation

Oct 2025: GreenFirst Announces the Temporary Curtailment of Some of its Operations

Oct 2025: Northern Ontario paper mill to idle operations, citing lack of financial support

Sep 2025: Stora Enso Announces Layoff Warning for Up to 60 Employees

Sep 2025: Roseburg Forest Products will close Oregon hardwood plant, lay off more than 100

Sep 2025: Western Forest Products cuts lumber output by 50 million board feet in second half of 2025

Sep 2025: Billerud to cut up to 650 jobs

Sep 2025: Pregis plans to permanently close Germantown, Wisconsin facility by late April 2026

Sep 2025: Production curtailments at UPM's pulp mills in Finland

Sep 2025: Setra to lay off 50 employees in Hasselfors, Sweden

Sep 2025: Interfor cuts lumber output by 145 million board feet through December

Sep 2025: Domtar to shut Glenwood, Arkansas sawmill with 167 million board feet capacity on October 10

Sep 2025: Domtar to suspend operations at Maniwaki, Quebec, sawmill in October

Sep 2025: UPM Adhesive Materials plans to discontinue label materials production in Nancy, France

Aug 2025: More layoffs coming at Pixelle Chillicothe, Ohio paper mill

Aug 2025: Kimberly-Clark to shift four production lines from Fox Crossing, Wisconsin to Malaysia, Vietnam

Aug 2025: International Paper announces facility closures, investment in Riverdale mill, sale of Global Cellulose Fibers Business

Aug 2025: Domtar to indefinitely idle Grenada, Mississippi Mill in September; 181 workers impacted

Aug 2025: Novolex closing Pactiv Evergreen plant in California, affecting 127 employees

Aug 2025: Kruger suspends Corner Brook Pulp & Paper operations for 3 weeks due to Canada wildfires

Aug 2025: End of an era: Pixelle Paper Chillicothe, Ohio Mill closure leaves hundreds jobless

Aug 2025: Sappi Europe initiates a consultation process for potential closure of PM2 at its Kirkniemi Mill in Finland

Aug 2025: Smurfit Westrock closing Cedar Rapids, Iowa location

Aug 2025: Greif to Permanently Close California Facility in Connection with Cost-Cutting Efforts

Jul 2025: UFP Industries to permanently close facility in Bonner, Montana

Jul 2025: UPM plans to end paper production in Kaukas, Lappeenranta and plans to shift coated mechanical paper production in Finland to its Rauma mill

Jul 2025: International Paper to close California facility, affecting 71 employees

Jul 2025: Sappi Europe plans to close paper machines at Alfeld mill in Germany; up to 200 jobs could be affected

Jul 2025: Cascades announces the permanent closure of its Niagara Falls corrugated medium manufacturing operations

Jul 2025: Metsä Tissue to cut 93 jobs at Kreuzau mill in Germany

Jul 2025: International Paper facility in Marion, Ohio closing, over 100 workers to be let go

Jun 2025: International Paper unveils restructuring for North American operations

Jun 2025: Canfor to close two South Carolina sawmills, cut 290 jobs amid weak market

Jun 2025: Unite: Proposed closure of Derbyshire DS Smith facility, utterly wrong

Jun 2025: Metsä Board shuts down board production at Tako mill in Finland

Jun 2025: 150 workers affected by upcoming curtailment at Western Forest Products' Chemainus sawmill

Jun 2025: Pratt Industries announces 53 layoffs in southeast Michigan

Jun 2025: Pixelle Specialty Solutions announces closure date for Chillicothe, Ohio paper mill

Jun 2025: UPM Plywood's change negotiations in Finland concluded

Jun 2025: Procter & Gamble to cut 7,000 jobs as part of broader restructuring

May 2025: Metsä Fibre plans temporary layoffs at Finnish mills

May 2025: International Paper to close five UK packaging sites; 300 jobs at risk

May 2025: Valmet cuts more than 400 jobs, mostly in Finland

May 2025: Rottneros cuts workforce by 26 positions

May 2025: Truvant to close one of its Wisconsin facilities, 74 employees impacted by layoffs

May 2025: Georgia-Pacific announces permanent closure of Cedar Springs containerboard mill

May 2025: Metsä Tissue completes change negotiations at Mänttä Mill in Finland

May 2025: Tolko's Armstrong and White Valley operations will shut down for one week

May 2025: International Paper Announces Facility Alignment in the Rio Grande Valley as Part of Strategic Growth Initiative in North America

May 2025: Metsä Fibre starts negotiations on possible temporary layoffs in Joutseno and Rauma

May 2025: Over 550 employees jobless after Georgia-Pacific announces closure of Emporia, Virginia facility

May 2025: Greif to close Los Angeles mill, end West Coast coated paperboard production

May 2025: Smurfit Westrock shutdowns to affect 650 employees at 4 facilities

Apr 2025: UPM Plywood starts change negotiations in Finland

Apr 2025: Hood Container facility to close in June, laying off 60 workers

Apr 2025: Pixelle Specialty Solutions Pauses Chillicothe Mill Closure

Apr 2025: International Paper shutters box plant near Hazleton, Pennsylvania

Apr 2025: Pixelle Specialty Solutions Announces Closure of Chillicothe, Ohio Mill

Apr 2025: West Fraser Timber's Williams Lake mill cut back to four-day work week

Apr 2025: Smurfit Westrock will close North Portland, Oregon box plant, lay off 72

Apr 2025: North Carolina workers affected by Pactiv Evergreen paper mill closure get an additional $2 million from Labor Department

Apr 2025: Pregis closing facility in Tupelo, Mississippi

Apr 2025: Valmet to cut 1,150 jobs globally, 395 in Finland

Apr 2025: Graphic Packaging to shut down Ohio facility in June

Mar 2025: Sonoco to close Scarborough, Maine manufacturing facility

Mar 2025: No solution in the labour dispute between UPM Plywood and the Industrial Union - UPM Plywood accepted but the union rejected the settlement proposal

Mar 2025: Setra restructures production at Långshyttan facility in Sweden

Mar 2025: Rottneros gives notice of redundancy after profit warning

Mar 2025: R.R. Donnelley: Seymour, Indiana location to close, 96 jobs lost

Mar 2025: UPM Communication Papers plans to cut 270,000 tonnes of paper capacity in Germany, impacting 462 jobs

Mar 2025: Metsä Board closes Tako mill, reducing 208 jobs

Mar 2025: Metsä Fibre's change negotiations at Lappeenranta, Renko and Vilppula sawmills ended

Mar 2025: B.C.-based Tolko cuts back consultant workforce

Feb 2025: Irving Paper shuts down 50 percent of N.B. operations due to electricity rates

Feb 2025: Clearwater Paper to cut 10% of positions across company; targets $30M-$40M cost savings in 2025

Feb 2025: Nippon Opal workers claim win as 30-day lockout at Maryvale paper mill ends

Feb 2025: Oji Fibre Solutions to close PM6 at Kinleith Mill in Tokoroa, New Zealand

Feb 2025: International Paper announces four more closures, cutting 675 jobs

Feb 2025: Pactiv Evergreen Kalamazoo, Michigan facility to close, lay off 153 workers

Feb 2025: Metsä Fibre starts change negotiations at Lappeenranta, Renko and Vilppula sawmills

Feb 2025: Hundreds rally to fight Nippon Opal paper cuts harming workers

Feb 2025: Australia: More than 300 workers locked out at Opal paper mill in Victoria

Feb 2025: Smurfit Westrock closing Illinois facility

Jan 2025: Greif Announces Permanent Closure of Austell and Fitchburg Facilities, Impacting 140 Jobs

Jan 2025: Clearwater Paper facility in Lewiston, Idaho lays off 23 employees

Jan 2025: Metsä Board plans to close Tako mill and enhance Kyro mill efficiency, affecting up to 215 employees

Jan 2025: Packaging Corporation of America to close Georgia corrugated facility, affecting 103 people

 

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