MAINE PUBLIC • December 9, 2020
Pixelle Specialty Solutions, the company that owns the Jay paper mill, says it won’t attempt to rebuild a pulp digester destroyed in an explosion last April. The ruptured digester triggered the shutdown of one of three papermaking machines at the mill and the layoffs of 177 employees. Pixelle says the company has established a $1 million fund that will support job retraining for former employees who were laid off due to the digester rupture.