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a $350 million project; we’re converting it from fine paper writing grades to brown board packaging,” Wilson said. Going from over 300 employees to just over 150, Dom- tar is changing not only in look but production as well. “How we do work has changed as well; on-site, we’re go- ing to adopt a true flow to work team concept environment here,” Wilson added. The hourly workforce was brought back to Domtar in three waves starting Nov. 29, 2021, the second wave be- gan training on January 4, and the final wave returned Jan- uary 31. The waves followed the construction schedule. “This will be new equipment to them, so we’re teach- ing the operators how to run it,” Wilson explained. “With the new process, we’ve actually become a smaller mill be- cause a lot of the production areas that we had in place when we were making writing paper are gone now. So, we’ll be a 100 percent recycled facility that will make grade liner and medium and packaging grades here.” He explained that the chemistry necessary to produce the paper Damtar used to make is no longer viable or nec- essary at the Kingsport mill because of the new production system. Wilson said the plant is set to start operations in the fourth quarter of 2022. “Construction pieces will continue to flow through the summer as systems become available for checkout and commissioning.”
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