WestRock to sell Eaton and Aurora recycled paperboard mills to Ox Industries for $50 million

WestRock agreed to sell its uncoated recycled paperboard mills in Eaton, Indiana, and Aurora, Illinois, to Ox Industries for $50 million, with closing expected in late 2022 or early 2023.

“The Eaton and Aurora mills produce URB, which is not a priority product for WestRock, and are optimized assets for Ox Industries, a supplier and manufacturer of recycled paperboard products.”industryintel.com

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• industryintel.comWestRock to sell its uncoated recycled paperboard mills in Eaton, Indiana, and Aurora, Illinois, to Ox Industries for US$50M; WestRock will also divest its Chattanooga, Tennessee, URB mill under deal to sell its stake in RTS Packaging to JV partner SonocoNov 9, 2022
• papnews.comWestRock to sell ownership interest in RTS Packaging, LLC to Sonoco; agrees to sell URB Mills in Illinois and Indiana to Ox Industries - PapnewsNov 10, 2022

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