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Neenah Paper to close fine paper mill in Ripon, California
ALPHARETTA, GA, May 8, 2009 (Press Release) - Neenah Paper today announced plans to permanently close its fine paper mill located in Ripon, California. Operations at the mill, which has one paper machine with an annual capacity of approximately 35,000 tons, will be phased out in an orderly manner over the next two months. Production previously made at Ripon will be absorbed by the company's other premium fine paper mills.
"This decision is consistent with our strategy to drive consolidation in the premium fine paper category through leading brands and a cost efficient manufacturing platform. Closing the Ripon mill allows us to significantly reduce costs and simplify our supply chain without compromising our ability to serve our customers," said John O'Donnell, President - Fine Paper. "The employees at Ripon have done an outstanding job this year, working safely and efficiently despite reduced schedules that have resulted from lower market demand. We will now focus on assisting these employees through this difficult transition as well as marketing the site to potential buyers."
The closure is expected to result in a pre-tax charge to earnings of approximately $17 million in the second quarter comprised of $6 million in non-cash charges, primarily for the write-down of production assets at the Ripon facility, and $11 million related to cash payments for contract terminations, severances and other employee costs. Approximately $7 million would be paid in 2009, with remaining payments in 2010 and beyond.
In addition to future proceeds from selling the Ripon site, expected benefits include annual cash savings of over $7 million as a result of reductions in fixed costs and improved distribution and manufacturing efficiencies
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The truth about UnionFacts.com and the Center for Union Facts
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Please take note, the Center for Union Facts is not a union, we are a union watchdog. We cannot provide you with phone numbers or addresses for unions or their employees. Rick Berman is the Executive Director.
From SourceWatch Berman and Company, a Washington, DC public affairs firm owned by lobbyist Rick Berman, represents the tobacco industry as well as hotels, beer distributors, taverns, and restaurant chains. Berman & Co. lobbies for companies such as Cracker Barrel, Hooters, International House of Pancakes, Olive Garden, Outback Steakhouse, Red Lobster, Steak & Ale, TGI Friday's, Uno's Restaurants, and Wendy's. It also operates a network of several front groups, web sites, and think tanks that work to keep wages low for restaurants and to block legislation on food safety, secondhand cigarette smoke, and drunk driving.
According to a July 31, 2006, profile of Rick Berman in USA Today, Berman and Co. has 28 employees and takes in $10 million dollars a year, but "only Berman and his bookkeeper wife" know how much of the $10 million ends up in their own pocketsRead more here.
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PR Watch first exposed the shenanigans of Berman & Co. in its First Quarter 2001 issue, including details of his lobbying activities to keep wages low and drivers drinking, as well as the cash-for-favors scandal involving Berman, Norman Brinker and Newt Gingrich
The Legacy Tobacco Documents Library and the Philip Morris documents web site have additional correspondence and company memos related to Berman & Co. To search them yourself, use the following keywords: "Guest Choice"; "American Beverage Institute"; "Berman, R"; and "Berman, RB."
Boise scales back production at St. Helens, Ore., mill; 325 jobs to be eliminated
November 17, 2008: 06:33 PM EST
NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Paper company Boise Inc. said late Monday it will cut back production at a St. Helens, Ore., paper mill, eliminating 325 jobs.
"The decision was primarily a function of declining product demand coupled with continuing high costs, which made it impossible to meet the company's long-term financial objectives," Chief Executive Alexander Toeldte said in a statement.
The company said 300 of the jobs lost will be at the mill, with another 25 lost from related sales, marketing and logistics. Boise said it will continue to employ 170 workers at the St. Helens facility once the restructuring is complete by Jan. 16, 2009.
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