Closures and cutbacks in 2025


Jun 2025: Pixelle Specialty Solutions announces closure date for Chillicothe, Ohio paper mill

Jun 2025: UPM Plywood's change negotiations in Finland concluded

Jun 2025: Procter & Gamble to cut 7,000 jobs as part of broader restructuring

May 2025: Metsä Fibre plans temporary layoffs at Finnish mills

May 2025: International Paper to close five UK packaging sites; 300 jobs at risk

May 2025: Valmet cuts more than 400 jobs, mostly in Finland

May 2025: Rottneros cuts workforce by 26 positions

May 2025: Truvant to close one of its Wisconsin facilities, 74 employees impacted by layoffs

May 2025: Georgia-Pacific announces permanent closure of Cedar Springs containerboard mill

May 2025: Metsä Tissue completes change negotiations at Mänttä Mill in Finland

May 2025: Tolko's Armstrong and White Valley operations will shut down for one week

May 2025: International Paper Announces Facility Alignment in the Rio Grande Valley as Part of Strategic Growth Initiative in North America

May 2025: Metsä Fibre starts negotiations on possible temporary layoffs in Joutseno and Rauma

May 2025: Over 550 employees jobless after Georgia-Pacific announces closure of Emporia, Virginia facility

May 2025: Greif to close Los Angeles mill, end West Coast coated paperboard production

May 2025: Smurfit Westrock shutdowns to affect 650 employees at 4 facilities

Apr 2025: UPM Plywood starts change negotiations in Finland

Apr 2025: Hood Container facility to close in June, laying off 60 workers

Apr 2025: Pixelle Specialty Solutions Pauses Chillicothe Mill Closure

Apr 2025: International Paper shutters box plant near Hazleton, Pennsylvania

Apr 2025: Pixelle Specialty Solutions Announces Closure of Chillicothe, Ohio Mill

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