Article: Red Shield gets loan to pay laid-off workers

Red Shield Environmental LLC and RSE Pulp & Chemical LLC got final approval in U.S. Bankruptcy Court on Wednesday to borrow roughly $1.25 million to help pay laid-off employees, who could be back at work in the next two weeks.

Lawyer Robert Keach of Portland said Red Shield, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after its Old Town pulp manufacturing plant closed down last month, is in "active negotiations" for investment capital with three companies, two of which seem to be more serious financial sources. All three are private equity firms.

Red Shield could be back in court next week, Keach said, and announce a deal that would reopen the facility, which shut down June 6. The ...

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