International Paper Co. has announced the closure of two Georgia paper mills, including a Savannah mill that's been a key ...

International Paper will close mills in Alabama and Georgia that will lead to layoffs of more than 1,000 employees.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has issued a statement following news that International Paper would shut down its mills in Savannah ...

The Savannah and Riceboro closures came as part of a series of "strategic changes to achieve an advantaged cost position," ...

International Paper called the decision a series of strategic changes to achieve an advantaged cost position in a press ...

International Paper announced its plan to close its mills in Savannah and Riceboro, Georgia, at the end of September.

As part of its restructuring, the company will permanently close its Savannah containerboard mill and packaging facility as ...

"There is no other job in Savannah that gives the opportunities international paper gave to employees…All of that opportunity just went up in flames." ...

The company also will close a packaging facility and a timber and lumber mill, resulting in about 1,100 job cuts.

The closures are part of a broader initiative to reduce International Paper’s annual containerboard capacity by 1 million tons. One mill was nearly 90 years old.

PERRY – International Paper will close two pulp and paper mills in Coastal Georgia, a move that will put about 1,100 employees out of work, the company announced Thursday.