Maine Pulp Mill to Take 26-Day Downtime
Two Baileyville sister mills to lay off 146 workers for 26 days
Woodland Pulp and St. Croix Chipping, sister companies based along the St. Croix River in Baileyville, Maine, announced a market-driven production shutdown, Mainebiz reported (11-10-25).
The companies will lay off 146 of their combined 340 employees during the 26-day downtime, scheduled to begin November 20 and end December 16. A third sister company, St. Croix Tissue, also in Baileyville, will not be affected.
The shutdown will ripple through the region’s forest sector. Dana Doran, executive director of Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast, said loggers and forest truckers are being affected by curtailments and slowdowns in low-grade wood purchases by mills, including Woodland Pulp.
“As a result of market uncertainty and the effects of the current trade war, low-grade markets similar to Woodland Pulp have been challenged,” Doran told Mainebiz.
Company manager Scott Beal added that the global pulp market remains under pricing pressure.
“We are presently in a very challenging global pulp market from a pricing point of view. This is what has resulted in the need for the planned 26 days of downtime. Any strengthening in the market with respect to demand and pricing would be a positive,” Beal said.
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