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