NewPage Announces Downtime Plans

NewPage Corporation will take 150,000 short tons of downtime in the second quarter to help maintain the supply and demand balance in the paper industry. The curtailment will be system wide, as customer commitments dictate over the next three months. NewPage had reported plans to take 150,000 tons of downtime in the first quarter as well, cutting production of coated mechanical, coated freesheet and supercalendered paper.