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Upper Peninsula paper mill reaches century mark

By Washington Examiner
Published July 9, 2012 12:25pm ET
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ESCANABA, Mich. (AP) — A city in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is celebrating a paper mill milestone.

Manufacturer NewPage Corp. is kicking off a month of festivities Monday to mark the 100th anniversary of its paper mill in Escanaba. The original Escanaba Pulp and Paper Co. started producing paper in July 1912.

The Daily Press reported Escanaba Mayor Leo Evans last week proclaimed “100 years of pulp production” in the city.

Miamisburg, Ohio-based NewPage also operates mills in Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kentucky, Maine and Maryland.