Caraustar’s Carolina Mill Permanently Stops Production

ATLANTA—Caraustar Industries, Inc. announced that on March 19, 2009 it made the determination to permanently cease production of uncoated recycled boxboard (URB) at its Carolina Paperboard mill in Charlotte, NC. Production was ceased effective today. The company had previously announced, on December 11, 2008, the idling of the Carolina Paperboard mill. The mill had an annual capacity of approximately 62 thousand tons. The company will continue to service customers and their needs from other Caraustar locations.