Members report a 30% to 40% reduction in wood markets this year.
Androscoggin Mill
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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.
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Androscoggin Mill in Jay to lay off 67 more workers
It is the third time since July the workforce has been reduced after April’s explosion.
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Jay paper mill reduces workforce again, cuts 51 more employees
It is the second reduction since July, when 59 employees were let go following an explosion on April 15 that destroyed a digester used in the pulp process.
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OSHA launches inspection at Jay paper mill
A digester blew up at the Androscoggin Mill and caused significant damage to that area.
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Sen. Susan Collins tours Jay mill, thanks employees and gets update on explosion investigation
The mill has hired a forensic team to help determine what happened to cause a rupture in a pressure vessel on April 15.
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Loggers, truckers uncertain about future after Jay mill explosion
The loss of the pulp operation directly impacts between 254 to 382 logging/trucking jobs, the head of the Professional Logging Contractors of Maine said.
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Jay paper mill restarts two paper machines a week after explosion
It is using pulp from other Pixelle Specialty Solutions mills and supplemental pulp to make paper goods.