Closures and cutbacks in 2021


Dec 2021: Canfor Pulp Announces Extended Production Outage at Northwood Pulp Mill
Dec 2021: Resolute Announces Indefinite Idling of Pulp and Paper Operations at Calhoun, TN Mill
Dec 2021: More than 100 jobs at risk after Saica Ellesmere Port packaging facility earmarked for closure
Dec 2021: Canfor Pulp curtailing in face of supply chain trouble
Dec 2021: Paper Excellence Catalyst paper mill in Powell River shutting down indefinitely
Nov 2021: West Fraser Quesnel pulp mill to shut down due to flooding and transportation issues
Nov 2021: Domtar Kamloops mill bracing for temporary curtailment due to ongoing washouts to rail lines, highways
Nov 2021: Pratt closing N.C. facility
Nov 2021: Paper Excellence Announces Temporary Curtailment of Catalyst Paper Tiskwat Mill in Powell River, BC
Nov 2021: Downtime a possibility at Clearwater Paper's Lewiston, Idaho mill
Oct 2021: Paper Excellence announces upcoming curtailment at Crofton mill
Oct 2021: Closure Of Nippon Paper Industries' Kushiro Mill Leaves Workers In Limbo
Sep 2021: UPM has transferred its Shotton paper mill site to Eren Paper Ltd, newsprint production has ended
Sep 2021: Schweitzer Mauduit facility to close
Sep 2021: RR Donnelley plant in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania to close
Sep 2021: Ahlstrom-Munksjö to temporarily idle paper machine
Sep 2021: West Frasier announces production cuts
Aug 2021: Job cuts: Stora Enso completes the union negotiations in Kvarnsveden
Aug 2021: Roseburg to close particleboard plant in Dillard, Oregon
Aug 2021: Canfor to reduce production capacity at its BC facilities
Aug 2021: Conifex Temporarily Curtailing Mackenzie Lumber Production
Jul 2021: Pactiv Evergreen to Exit Coated Groundwood Paper Business
Jul 2021: Canfor to curtail production at Canadian sawmills due to extreme wildfire conditions
Jul 2021: Update on impact of civil unrest in South Africa on Sappi's South African operations
Jul 2021: Sonoco Announces Pending Closure of Two URB Machines
Jul 2021: Neenah Paper closing Appleton mill
Jul 2021: Job cuts: Stora Enso completes co-determination negotiations at Kvarnsveden site
Jun 2021: Job cuts: UPM Raflatac has completed employee consultation processes
Jun 2021: Job cuts: Stora Enso completes co-determination negotiations at Veitsiluoto site
Jun 2021: Norske Skog to close the Tasman mill in New Zealand and sell mill assets, 160 staff to lose jobs
Jun 2021: Job cuts: UPM has completed employee consultation process in Finland
Jun 2021: Clearwater Paper to lay off 290 employees with closure of Wisconsin facility
May 2021: Nippon Paper to shut down paper machine at Ishinomaki mill in Japan
May 2021: Nordic Paper decides on discontinuation of pulp production in Säffle, Sweden
May 2021: Clearwater Paper to pull back on production
Apr 2021: Stora Enso initiates a plan to permanently close down pulp and paper production at Kvarnsveden and Veitsiluoto mills
Apr 2021: Paper Excellence permanently closes pulp mill in Mackenzie, B.C., at a cost of 250 jobs
Apr 2021: UPM plans to ax 51 jobs in Finland, Germany and Austria
Apr 2021: Stora Enso to globally exit dissolving pulp business
Mar 2021: Stora Enso to stop pulp production after Xinjiang concerns reported
Mar 2021: UPM Timber has completed employee consultation process
Feb 2021: SCA closes its last publication paper machine
Feb 2021: Clearwater Paper Suspended Arkansas Operations Due to Severe Weather Conditions
Feb 2021: Appvion closing Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania mill; 293 jobs lost
Feb 2021: Paper making ends at Domtar Port Huron, Michigan mill
Feb 2021: SCA permanently closes paper machine at Ortviken paper mill in Sweden
Jan 2021: Stora Enso will close its Virdia operations in the United States
Jan 2021: Spartanburg, S.C. LSC Communications plant to close, idle 401 workers
Jan 2021: SCA stops PM5 at Ortviken paper mill
Jan 2021: Georgia-Pacific to Expand Dixie Capacity in Lexington, Ky.; Will Close Operations in Easton, Pa., End of 2021