NewPage to Close Mill, Drop Price Hike

NewPage Corp. announced that it will close its Whiting, WI, mill at the end of February 2011. Approximately 360 employees will be affected by the shutdown.

The Whiting mill currently operates two paper machines, which produce approximately 250,000 tons annually of coated paper used by the publishing and printing industry, with a primary focus on mail-order catalog, magazine and retailer end uses.