PCA to shut Wallula containerboard paper machine W2 and cut about 200 jobs

Packaging Corporation of America will permanently shut down the W2 paper machine and kraft pulp lines at its Wallula, Washington containerboard plant, cutting about 200 jobs and reducing annual capacity by about 250,000 tonnes. Measures are to be completed by the end of Q1 2026, with pre-tax charges of about USD 205 million.

“A total of around 200 jobs are to be cut.”packaging-journal.de

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