Verso Paper Announces Production Shift

Verso Paper Corp., Memphis, Tenn., has announced that it will begin transitioning the No. 1 paper machine at its Bucksport Mill in Maine to manufacture specialty papers starting on Sept. 22.

With this move, Verso will begin supplying value-added specialty papers to customers, which leverage its core coating and lightweight paper production techniques. Once fully transitioned, this change will reduce Verso’s coated groundwood production capacity by 84,000 tons per year.

The scale and configuration of the Bucksport Mill’s No. 1 paper machine, including the gage roll pre-coater and off-machine coater, along with the availability of both groundwood and kraft fiber, provide the flexibility that Verso needs to successfully supply a wide array of value-added specialty papers.

The production of groundwood products will be moved to other paper machines in the Verso mill system.

More information is available at www.versopaper.com.