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Floods, economy force rail cutbacks
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Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
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July 4, 2008
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BANGOR - Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway announced Thursday it
has trimmed its train service and furloughed 33 employees effective
the end of June.
"The current economy has caused a downturn in paper, lumber and
other forest products shipments which, along with extraordinary snow
removal and spring flooding expenses, have forced us to make
adjustments to keep the railroad operating efficiently and still
provide reliable service to our customers," said Bob Grindrod, MMA's
president.
Grindrod said Katahdin Paper's recent announcement that it plans
to close its Millinocket mill, one of two operated by the company,
on July 28 has contributed to the railroad's need to cut costs.
"Paper from ...
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Millinocket businessman plans to refuse grant
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;
July 27, 2006 ;
NICK SAMBIDES JR.; OF THE NEWS STAFF;
787 words
......their not getting to buy the former Katahdin Paper Engineering & Research Facility from officials at Katahdin Paper Co. LLC, which owns the site. Another...Katahdin Avenue facility, which Katahdin Paper Co. owns but is not using, until...
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Katahdin Paper suing firm over equipment
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;
May 18, 2005 ;
BILL TROTTER; OF THE NEWS STAFF;
445 words
...BANGOR - Katahdin Paper, the company that in 2003 took...U.S. District Court in Bangor, Katahdin Paper has spent nearly $600,000 on the...spending $500,000 more to replace it. Katahdin Paper hired U&R Systems of Vancouver...
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Boilermakers, Katahdin Paper fail to agree on factory building
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;
June 10, 2006 ;
NICK SAMBIDES JR.; OF THE NEWS STAFF;
593 words
......be opening a factory in the former Katahdin Paper Engineering and Research Facility...ended negotiations with officials from Katahdin Paper Co. LLC, Town Manager Eugene Conlogue...the Katahdin Avenue facility, which Katahdin Paper Co. owns but is not using. "We don...
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Katahdin Paper's No. 11 nears work mode
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;
April 1, 2004 ;
DEBORAH TURCOTTE; OF THE NEWS STAFF;
629 words
...BANGOR - Within the next three months, Katahdin Paper Co. will turn on the No. 11 paper machine...Chapel, spokesman for Fraser Papers, Katahdin Paper's parent company, on Wednesday. The...announcement will be made "soon" on when Katahdin Paper's human resources department will accept...
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Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway Trims Service, Personnel.
PR Newswire;
July 3, 2008 ;
404 words
......our customers, said Bob Grindrod, MMA's president. In addition, Katahdin Paper said it plans to close its...cent of our carloadings, Grindrod said. Cutbacks include reducing...Great Northern Paper (now Katahdin Paper), closed both its Millinocket...switch to rail service, said ...
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Katahdin Paper Co. to adopt smoke-free policy on Jan. 1
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;
December 30, 2003 ;
ANTHONY SAUCIER; OF THE NEWS STAFF;
223 words
......find another place to light up when Katahdin Paper Co. goes smoke-free beginning Jan...company's human resources manager. Katahdin Paper's parent company, Brascan, has a smoke-fr...Health care is a big cost for us." Katahdin Paper is not alone in taking an active role...
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Millinocket, Maine, Paper Mill to Resume Work after Idle Year in...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;
April 1, 2004 ;
675 words
......Maine -- Within the next three months, Katahdin Paper Co. will turn on the No. 11 paper machine...Chapel, spokesman for Fraser Papers, Katahdin Paper's parent company, on Wednesday. The...announcement will be made soon on when Katahdin Paper's human resources department will accept...
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Lightning strike closes East Millinocket mill Workers stay on job to get...
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;
August 3, 2006 ;
NICK SAMBIDES JR.; OF THE NEWS STAFF;
303 words
......late Tuesday stopped production at the Katahdin Paper Co. LLC mill for a workday on Wednesday...company officials said. The strike hit a Katahdin Paper substation about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday...Saucier said. No damage was reported at Katahdin Paper's Millinocket facility. Katahdin ...
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Algae bloom dispute continues DEP, mill at odds over phosphorous
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;
September 1, 2007 ;
KEVIN MILLER; OF THE NEWS STAFF;
783 words
......of Environmental Protection notified Katahdin Paper Co. that the business's Millinocket...from the Katahdin region to Hampden. Katahdin Paper officials acknowledge that phosphorus...whiten the pulp used to make paper. In Katahdin Paper's case, the company used phosphoric...
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License lapse could harm Katahdin Paper
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;
December 19, 2003 ;
ANTHONY SAUCIER; OF THE NEWS STAFF;
452 words
......emissions license is integral for the Katahdin Paper mill in Millinocket if the company...license lapsed, the DEP would treat Katahdin Paper as a new facility when it reapplied...mills want to let expire." Bought by Katahdin Paper's parent company, Brascan, in April...
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Katahdin Paper might open mill Spring start-up eyed in Millinocket
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;
October 31, 2003 ;
DEBORAH TURCOTTE; OF THE NEWS STAFF;
341 words
...BANGOR - Katahdin Paper Co., the new owner of former Great Northern...pulp, according to Burt Martin, president of Katahdin Paper. Because of a limited supply of wood in Maine, Katahdin Paper is reviewing whether enough logs would be...
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Mill settles in algae incident Katahdin Paper to pay $106,000
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;
December 28, 2007 ;
KEVIN MILLER; OF THE NEWS STAFF;
571 words
...Katahdin Paper of Millinocket has agreed to pay a...of a proposed settlement agreement, Katahdin Paper will pay a total of $106,000 to the...prevention and detection projects. Katahdin Paper has also agreed to abide by lower...
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State makes headway in attempt to save mill
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;
June 7, 2008 ;
KEVIN MILLER; OF THE NEWS STAFF;
433 words
......alternative energy options for Millinocket's Katahdin Paper Co. mill and plan to meet with its...plant does not close." Officials with Katahdin Paper Co. announced on May 29 that they will...alternative energy source is found. Katahdin Paper burned an estimated 400,000 barrels...
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Katahdin Paper hints at restarting
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;
August 29, 2003 ;
ANTHONY SAUCIER; OF THE NEWS STAFF;
405 words
...MILLINOCKET - Officials from Katahdin Paper Co. are hoping to meet with local millworker...Arnold said after the meeting. Bought by Katahdin Paper's parent company, Brascan, in April...Chairman Don McLaughlin praised Arnold and Katahdin Paper for their efforts to keep the council...
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Millinocket approves TIF agreement
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;
October 8, 2003 ;
ANTHONY SAUCIER; OF THE NEWS STAFF;
445 words
...MILLINOCKET - Katahdin Paper Co. will continue to receive the...marginal drop in their tax bills, Katahdin Paper has caught a break worth between...of the mill earlier this year, Katahdin Paper retained 85 percent of new tax...
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