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.

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

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 it will close its locations in Savannah and Riceboro, but the losses are being felt in Augusta, ...

"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 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.

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

International Paper declined to comment. Georgia-Pacific and Packaging Corporation of America did not immediately respond to requests for comment, and neither did defendants Smurfit Westrock and ...