RockTenn to Close Quebec Mill

RockTenn, Norcross, Ga., has announced plans to permanently close its Matane, Quebec, containerboard mill. RockTenn had acquired the mill as part of its acquisition of Smurfit-Stone Container. When fully operational, the mill was able to produce around 176,000 tons per year of recycled corrugated medium per year.
 

RockTenn had ceased production at the mill in late January 2012 to balance its overall containerboard mill system capacity to match demand.
 

According to RockTenn, the Matane mill was the highest cost mill in the RockTenn containerboard mill system after accounting for all costs, including freight and overhead.