MeadWestvaco Corp. announced that it is permanently closing four coated paper machines and related equipment. The actions will take effect beginning April 1, and be completed by May 31, 2002.
Three coated paper machines and associated equipment will be permanently closed at MeadWestvaco's Chillicothe, Ohio, mill and one coated paper machine at the Luke, Md., mill will be permanently shut down.
The announcement follows the shutdown in October of 2001 of Westvaco's Tyrone, Pa., coated papers mill and sale of Mead's Menasha, Wis.-based Gilbert Paper Company and selected assets in November 2001.
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