NewPage to Idle PM at Luke Mill

NewPage will take downtime on one of the two paper machines at its Luke, MD mill next week. The closure is part of the 150,000 tons of downtime plan at various mills in the second quarter. The week long shut down will curtail about 5,500 tons of coated freesheet output. NewPage has already scheduled its Escanaba, MI, mill for ten days of downtime in April, curtailing about 20,500 tons of coated paper production.