NewPage Takes Additional Downtime

NewPage announced it will take approximately 34,000 tons of coated paper downtime next month in addition to the 25,000 tons the company announced on June 5. The two coated freesheet machine at the Kimberly, Wisconsin mill will account for approximately 18,000 tons of the 34,000 tons of downtime. The balance will come from closure of the Niagara mill on June 21, which produces lightweight coated (LWC) groundwood papers.