Wausau Paper To Close Specialty Paper Mill In MN

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Wausau Paper, Mosinee, Wisconsin, will close its technical specialty paper mill in Brainerd, Minnesota, this spring, ending the jobs of 130 people, and will shift production to two Wisconsin mills, reported The Wisconsin State Journal. The company had announced in January that it will focus on its tissue business and put its mills in Rhinelander, Mosinee and Brainerd up for sale, said the article. "A number of factors, including our accelerated exit from the print business, protracted global economic weakness and recent competitive paper capacity additions in Asia have impacted the viability of the Brainerd operations and created operational losses from the mill that were unsustainable," said Hank Newell, President and Chief Executive of Wausau Paper in a news release.