Georgia-Pacific will permanently close the Memphis Cellulose mill and the Memphis Technology and Innovation Center in Tennessee.
The Memphis Cellulose plant produces cotton linter pulp, which is used for a wide variety of products requiring high purity cellulose as a raw material. End uses include specialty plastics, paints and coatings, and specialty papers used in the medical, artist and filtration industries.
The closures impact approximately 130 employees at the cellulose mill, and 22 employees at the Technology and Innovation Center.
The company expects that most positions at the mill and technology center will be eliminated by early December.
Headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, GP Cellulose operates state-of-the-art pulp mills in the southeastern United States and has sales offices strategically located in Switzerland, the United States, Uruguay and Hong Kong.
