Closures and cutbacks in 2026


Mar 2026: Metsä Fibre begins negotiations on potential layoffs at Joutseno pulp mill

Mar 2026: Production shutdown at Metsä Group's Joutseno pulp mill

Feb 2026: Ahlstrom's Mosinee, Wisconsin facility announces closure of two paper machines, pulp mill

Feb 2026: Remaining International Paper plant set to close in Georgetown, South Carolina, spokesperson says

Feb 2026: Smurfit Westrock announces permanent closure of a paper machine at La Tuque mill

Feb 2026: Cascades Announces Exit from Honeycomb Packaging and Partition Business Segments

Feb 2026: Roseburg Forest Products to cut 146 positions at Riddle, Oregon Plywood facility

Feb 2026: International Paper Company to Close Facility in Union Gap, Washington, 102 Jobs Leaving

Jan 2026: Thunder Bay Pulp and Paper Halts Newsprint Production, Cuts 150 Jobs

Jan 2026: Curtailment of Western Forest Products Chemainus sawmill will continue through 2026

Jan 2026: First Nations-owned Vancouver Island wood chip plant set to close in March

Jan 2026: Domtar to halt operations at Ignace sawmill in Ontario by March 2026

Jan 2026: An indefinite strike has been called at the Kruger plant in LaSalle