A job fair for Pixelle workers who will lose their jobs and the general public will be held from 3-7 p.m. on Dec. 5 at Spruce Mountain Adult Education in Livermore Falls.
Androscoggin Mill
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Jay once again trying to develop a plan to brace for closing of Androscoggin Mill
Jay has been through many legal challenges with past mill owners, International Paper and Verso Corp. It is now owned by Pixelle Specialty Solutions of Pennsylvania.
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Worker who lost 2 paper mill jobs encourages those at Jay
Curtis Brooks of Jay remembers the loss, but says there are good-paying jobs out there.
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Jay’s tax rate to remain the same as last year
Select Board sets rate at $20.50 per $1,000 of property valuation.
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Owner of Jay mill to enter agreement to sell to another investment firm
Pixelle Specialty Solutions Holding and investment firm Lindsay Goldberg, announced the pending sale of four mills to H.I.G. Capital.
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OSHA declines to issue fine in connection to Jay mill explosion
The administration did not fine Pixelle Specialty Solutions because no OSHA standard applied, but a hazard alert letter was filed.
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Jay paper mill owners file lawsuit against Florida company connected to 2020 explosion
Pixelle Specialty Solutions and related companies claim that on April 15, 2020 a digester ruptured at the Androscoggin Mill as a result of failed welds, holding Trico Mechanical Contractors, Inc. responsible.
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Why are so few displaced Androscoggin Mill workers utilizing resources?
Less than 40 of Pixelle’s 177 laid-off employees have inquired about workforce training and college tuition resources available to them.
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Logging organization disappointed Jay pulp mill will not be rebuilt
Members report a 30% to 40% reduction in wood markets this year.
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Jay mill announces it will permanently idle paper machine, not rebuild pulp mill
Pixelle also announced it has established a $1 million fund to support job retraining for former mill employees displaced as a result of the Androscoggin Mill pulp digester explosion in April.