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Closures and cutbacks in 2026
May 2026: DS Smith packaging plant set to close with loss of 167 jobs due to 'tough trading conditions'
May 2026: Smurfit Westrock launches consultation process about future of UK paper mill
Apr 2026: Unifor calls on governments to act after Interfor announces wind down of Nairn Centre sawmill\
Apr 2026: Valmet to start layoff talks covering 40 percent of Finland staff
Apr 2026: Smurfit Westrock Chelmsford manufacturing site set to close with roughly 74 job losses
Apr 2026: Interfor to indefinitely curtail operations at two Ontario sawmills
Apr 2026: Longview, Washington NORPAC paper mill to stop making newsprint
Apr 2026: Clearwater Paper Reduces SBS Production at its Arkansas Facility
Apr 2026: Packaging Corporation of America closing full-line plant in Richmond, Virginia
Mar 2026: Domtar to idle Coosa Pines, Alabama fluff pulp mill
Mar 2026: Smurfit Westrock to lay off 91, close Mass. facility
Mar 2026: Valmet Plans Closure Of Sundsvall Manufacturing Site And Reduces Up To 170 Jobs, Proposes Changes Affecting More Jobs
Mar 2026: Metsä Fibre begins negotiations on potential layoffs at Joutseno pulp mill
Mar 2026: Production shutdown at Metsä Group's Joutseno pulp mill
Feb 2026: Ahlstrom's Mosinee, Wisconsin facility announces closure of two paper machines, pulp mill
Feb 2026: Remaining International Paper plant set to close in Georgetown, South Carolina, spokesperson says
Feb 2026: Smurfit Westrock announces permanent closure of a paper machine at La Tuque mill
Feb 2026: Cascades Announces Exit from Honeycomb Packaging and Partition Business Segments
Feb 2026: Roseburg Forest Products to cut 146 positions at Riddle, Oregon Plywood facility
Feb 2026: International Paper Company to Close Facility in Union Gap, Washington, 102 Jobs Leaving
Jan 2026: Thunder Bay Pulp and Paper Halts Newsprint Production, Cuts 150 Jobs
Jan 2026: Curtailment of Western Forest Products Chemainus sawmill will continue through 2026
Jan 2026: First Nations-owned Vancouver Island wood chip plant set to close in March
Jan 2026: Domtar to halt operations at Ignace sawmill in Ontario by March 2026
Jan 2026: An indefinite strike has been called at the Kruger plant in LaSalle
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