Closures and cutbacks in 2022
Dec 2022: 70 employees to be laid off as part of Wisconsin Rapids Sonoco closure
Dec 2022: Canfor to reduce Canadian production due to weak market conditions
Dec 2022: Western Forest Products to temporarily reduce lumber production levels in December
Nov 2022: Sonoco to end tube and core operations at Wisconsin Rapids facility
Nov 2022: The closing of Pixelle Jay, Maine paper mill has been delayed
Nov 2022: PCA lays off workers; idles mill
Nov 2022: Kruger Products to shut down older production assets in Memphis
Nov 2022: Redundancy negotiations at Rottneros Mill finalized
Oct 2022: Paper Excellence Crofton pulp mill to shut down following strike notice
Oct 2022: Interfor announces 17% lumber production cut in fourth quarter
Oct 2022: Rengo subsidiaries Kato Danboru and Sanwa Danboru to stop corrugated board production
Oct 2022: Georgia-Pacific closes facility in Oshkosh, Wisconsin; 38 jobs lost
Oct 2022: Canfor Pulp Temporarily Curtailing Intercontinental Pulp Mill
Oct 2022: Conifex Timber temporarily curtails production at Mackenzie sawmill in British Columbia
Oct 2022: Paper Excellence Announces Indefinite Curtailment of Catalyst Crofton Paper Mill Operations
Oct 2022: WestRock to close Corrugated Medium Operations at St. Paul, Minnesota Facility
Oct 2022: Lecta to take temporary downtime at several mills
Sep 2022: 16-day curtailment planned at West Fraser Cariboo Pulp and Paper due to forestry challenges
Sep 2022: Hundreds of jobs go as Arjowiggins Aberdeen paper mill goes into administration
Sep 2022: Stora Enso Oyj: Jiashan site to terminate operations in China
Sep 2022: Canfor Taylor pulp mill restart not expected until 2023
Sep 2022: Dunn Paper to close Port Huron mill after 98 years
Sep 2022: Cascades announces the temporary shutdown of one of its two paper machines at its St. Helens, Oregon tissue facility
Sep 2022: Pixelle Specialty Solutions to Close Mill in Jay, Maine
Sep 2022: Canfor Reducing Production Capacity in British Columbia Through End of 2022
Sep 2022: Weyerhaeuser Reports Work Stoppage in Oregon and Washington
Sep 2022: Paper Excellence laying off 95 employees amid two-week shutdown at Crofton mill
Sep 2022: Suzano Notice to the Market - Temporary Downtime in Aracruz
Sep 2022: Canfor Curtailing Operations in Sweden
Aug 2022: Metsä Group warns of toilet paper shortage as energy costs wipe out production
Aug 2022: Nordic Paper temporarily stops production at Greåker plant in Norway
Aug 2022: The groundwood line in Rottneros Mill to be closed down
Aug 2022: West Fraser Timber cuts production capacity at three mills in Canada
Aug 2022: Canfor Taylor Mill curtailment to extend until transportation levels "more normal"
Jul 2022: Tetra Pak to exit Russia, sell business to local management
Jul 2022: Conifex Timber delays restart of Mackenzie power plant due to turbine damage
Jun 2022: WestRock Panama City Paper Mill ceases operations
Jun 2022: Valmet to lay off 50% of its employees in Russia
May 2022: Canfor Provides Update on Operating Schedules for Western Canadian Sawmills
May 2022: Number two paper machine at WestRock Panama City Paper Mill makes last reel of paper
May 2022: Canfor Taylor Pulp Mill curtailment likely to persist into fall
Apr 2022: Essity to exit Russian market
Apr 2022: WestRock Panama City Paper Mill to close
Apr 2022: West Fraser Timber Permanently Reducing Capacity at Pulp Mill in Hinton, Alberta
Apr 2022: Smurfit Kappa to exit Russian market
Mar 2022: Canfor Announces Reduced Operating Schedules at Western Canada Sawmills
Mar 2022: Battle Creek Graphic Packaging paper mill set to close in May
Mar 2022: Canfor Pulp Announces Extension of Production Curtailment at Taylor Pulp
Mar 2022: Last straw for Mohawk Renewal Straw
Mar 2022: Graphic Packaging to close facility in Norwalk, Ohio
Mar 2022: Georgia-Pacific to shut down the 121-year-old Day Street paper mill in Green Bay
Mar 2022: Norske Skog: High energy prices necessitate temporary downtime at the Bruck paper mill
Mar 2022: UPM to suspend purchasing of wood in and from Russia and operations at its Chudovo plywood mill
Mar 2022: West Fraser temporarily adopts three day work week at B.C. lumber mills
Mar 2022: Metsä Group to end lumber production in Kyrö
Mar 2022: Sylvamo to Suspend Russian Operations
Mar 2022: Metsä Group's operations in Russia will be discontinued for the time being
Mar 2022: Svetogorsk Mill May Curtail or Temporarily Shut Down Production
Mar 2022: Stora Enso stops all production and sales in Russia
Feb 2022: Mondi temporarily suspends facility in Ukraine
Feb 2022: Graphic Packaging to Close in Battle Creek, Mich. in August 2022
Feb 2022: Columbia Pulp shuts down 'most operations'
Feb 2022: Canfor Pulp Announces Production Curtailment at Taylor Pulp
Feb 2022: Canfor Announces Capacity Reduction at Plateau Sawmill
Feb 2022: Paper Excellence slows down production at Meadow Lake mill due to lack of railway service
Feb 2022: Catalyst Paper Tis'kwat mill moves into indefinite curtailment
Jan 2022: Former Clearwater Paper mill sold
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