Evergreen Packaging Plans Temporary Layoffs

Evergreen Packaging, formerly Blue Ridge Paper, announced it would lay off 138 workers from its Canton, NC mill for one week as part of a cost-cutting plan. Employees have been given the option to either take paid vacation time or file for unemployment. The plants capacity is approximately 300,000 tons/yr of uncoated freesheet and about 300,000 tons/yr of SBS.