Among recent updates to the MillsOnline database of pulp and paper mills are the following:

Corrections

• In July 2005, Blue Heron Paper acquired the Pomona, CA mill formerly owned by Smurfit Newsprint Corporation of California.
• The mill in Plainwell, MI is closed, not just idle. The city of Plainwell acquired the property in August 2006.
• The mill in Newton Falls, NY has been closed since 2000.
• In June 2006, Thilmany LLC acquired the Industrial Papers Division of International Paper. Kohlberg & Company (Mt. Kisco, NY) is the exclusive stakeholder of Thilmany, LLC.  Ownership of the mills in Kaukauna, WI and De Pere, WI has been transferred to Thilmany.

Changes

• The mill in Old Town, ME, formerly owned by Georgia-Pacific, has been purchased by Red Shield Environmental, LLC.
• Laidlaw Energy has purchased the mill in Berlin, NH from Fraser Papers, Inc., with the intent to convert it to a biomass-energy power plant.
• New Page Corporation has sold its Chillicothe, OH mill to Glatfelter of York, PA.
• ST Paper LLC, based in Ashwaubenon, WI, has purchased the Oconto Falls Tissue, Inc. tissue mill in Oconto WI.
• Neenah Paper has announced the closure of the 15,000 t/y fine paper mill in Housatonic, MA, effective May 2007.
• The former Newstech/Belkorp Industries mill in Newton Falls, NY has been purchased by Scotia Investments, Ltd.
• Domtar has merged with Weyerhaeuser's fine paper business, which will now do business as Domtar.  The affected mills are in Columbus, MS (coated paper mill