Green Bay’s Georgia-Pacific Day Street Mill enters final phase of shutdown
The closing, which was scheduled to last 18 months, is going “pretty much as planned,” say a spokesperson for Georgia-Pacific
After announcing in March of this year that it would close its Day Street Mill facility, a 121-year-old plant on the Fox River north of downtown Green Bay, Georgia-Pacific ended production of toilet paper and shut down the first of its paper machines.
According to Mike Kawleski, a spokesperson for Georgia-Pacific, the closing, which was scheduled to last 18 months, is going “pretty much as planned.” First, the mill ended its bath tissue line, and last month it completed phase two, shutting down its paper machine ahead of schedule, he said.
Kawleski also commented that the shutdown was initially planned for September, but the company was able to move faster because Day Street is now receiving paper from a mill in Georgia.
As the last part of the operation that is still in operation, the napkin converting line will run through September 2023, according to Kawleski.
The Day Street shutdown coincides with a $500 million expansion at Georgia-Pacific’s Broadway Mill plant. The improvements will allow the expansion of GP’s premium brands and support the growth of current and potential customers’ premium private label brands. It’s expected to be complete in 2024.
