Photo / FileMore than 200 staff at the Whakatane Mill have this evening been presented with a proposal to close the mill. "We have begun consultation with staff on a proposal to wind up the business and close the mill," he said. The mill employs just over 210 staff and has produced paper and packaging products, latterly mostly for export, for more than 80 years. She said her thoughts were with those employees and contractors whose jobs were on the line. He said the mill has struggled to produce Liquid Paper Board for its parent company, SIG Combibloc, at a competitive cost.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 23, 2021 06:46 UTC