Duluth’s paper mill to be sold again with promises of new jobs (startribune.com)

Duluth’s longtime paper mill is expected to be sold to an Italian paper products company, about a year into operations as ST Paper.

Sofidel, which operates several plants in the United States, expects to not only preserve but add employees, said ST Paper spokesman Bill Broydrick.

“This is good news,” he said of expanding operations at the mill, which first opened in 1987 and is a major taxpayer and utility customer, employing about 100.

Both Duluth’s City Council and St. Louis County commissioners need to sign off on two aspects of the deal, and that could happen this month.
more at: https://www.startribune.com/st-paper-sofidel-paper-mill-duluth/600332383/

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