Some good news for Rumford as ND Paper just announced a $111 million investment/expansion at the plant with increases in both paper and pulp production.
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gokeefe wrote:Expected to be sourced from "New England".I hope that means it'll be recycled paper from ecomaine. The cities and towns that own ecomaine have been hit hard by greatly reduced demand for recyclable materials from China. (Thanks, Trump!) It would be great if there was a new local market for recyclable paper.
newpylong wrote:The speed summary looks better to upper management when there's less on it.True but I would imagine the car volumes are hitting them with other issues (excess crew hours etc.). I agree that this would have worked perfectly at the time. Now it's turning into a problem (for good reasons).