Paper production in Escanaba will stop over the next ten days.
Friday, April 10, 2009 at 4:45 p.m.
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ESCANABA -- Due to the decline in market demand, the NewPage Paper Mill in Escanaba will be experiencing some downtime over the next couple of weeks. Paper production will stop over the next ten days.
Officials say they're requiring workers to use vacation time during those days to avoid layoffs.
This temporary shutdown ties into the 150,000 ton paper reduction already announced by NewPage for its second quarter.
"One of the things we've learned over the past year is predicting the market is really challenging," says Kelvin Smyth with NewPage. "We're hopeful and some officials are saying that by July, they expect the market to turn around, but there's really no way to be sure at this point."
Work at the paper mill is expected to return back to normal Monday, April 20.
