International Paper Plans Maintenance Shutdowns at Five U.S. Mills During the Second Quarter of 2006

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Info Resources; Houston, Texas). International Paper Company (NYSE:IP) (Stamford, Connecticut) plans to take maintenance downtime during the second quarter of the year at five of its U.S. pulp, paper and paperboard mills. IP will perform inspections, major maintenance repairs and overhauls at mills located in Pineville, Louisiana; Selma, Alabama; Redwood, Mississippi; Quinnessec, Michigan; Domino, Texas and Jay, Maine. During the shutdown periods, the presence of construction contractors may increase to several hundred workers at some sites. Contractor and vendor selections are currently underway.

IP’s mill in Pineville will be down for five to seven days in May, beginning on the 8th. The Pineville mill produces approximately 1,100 tons per day of unbleached kraft linerboard.

The company’s Riverdale mill, located in Selma has scheduled April 17th through the April 26th for extensive maintenance repairs. Operations at the mill began in 1966, and today, two paper machines produce over 1,600 tons per day of uncoated free-sheet.

In Mississippi, the Vicksburg mill is scheduled to go down at the end of April and expected to resume full production two weeks later. The Vicksburg mill started up in 1930 and is a single machine mill that produces approximately 1,600 tons per day of unbleached kraft linerboard.

In operation since 1965, IP’s mill in Jay, has tentatively scheduled the first week of April for a partial shutdown of the mill for seven days and then again on May 15th for another seven days. Primary areas of activity will be in the power and recovery area, each with two boilers, and the pulp mill that consists of two continuous digesters, three woodrooms, bleach plant and caustic plant. The mill’s harwood pulp line is referenced as "B" side, whereas the softwood pulp line is referred to as "A" side.

In Texas, IP’s Domino mill produces approximately 1,050 tons per day of coated boards and 410 tons per day of fluff pulp. Plans call for the company’s mill in Domino to go down near the end of April for three to five days and then again in October for possibly the same number of days.

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