Closures and cutbacks in 2025
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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