Verso Paper Recieves Federal Stimulus Funding

Verso Paper Corp. was awarded $9.3 million in federal funding through the Department of Energy from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for infrastructure improvements at its plants in Maine and Minnesota. The company will install waste energy recovery equipment at its plants in Jay and Bucksport, Maine, and one in Sartell, Minn., as part of 12 waste energy recovery projects.