Located in Cosmopolis, Wash., the high purity cellulose (or dissolving wood pulp) mill will operate under the name of Cosmo Specialty Fibers, Inc. The Gores Group will refurbish and restart the mill. Weyerhaeuser had announced closure of the mill in October 2005.
Paper and packaging industry veteran Dermot F. Smurfit, chairman of the board of Cosmo Specialty Fibers, Inc., noted that the mill's primary products, namely viscose and acetate, are currently in tight supply worldwide.
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