The owner of a longtime St. Paul mill that produces coated recycled board for use in product packaging says it’s permanently closing the facility later this year.
Smurfit Westrock said nearly 190 employees will lose their jobs when the mill along Wabash Avenue, just north of Interstate 94 at Vandalia Street, closes around the end of June.
The company is also closing a mill in Texas and is moving to close two facilities in Germany…