Wausau Paper Shuttering Brainerd Mill; 130 to Lose Jobs

"A number of factors, including our accelerated exit from the print business, protracted global economic weakness and recent competitive paper capacity additions in Asia have impacted the viability of the Brainerd operations and created operational losses from the mill that were unsustainable,” said Hank Newell, president and CEO of Wausau Paper. "Our employees and the community of Brainerd have done all we have asked in our efforts to create a long-term viable operation and we thank them for their support.”