Justin Vandehey wanted to save the paper mill in his hometown of Wisconsin Rapids. He presented a proposal to Jeff Bezos on how the paper industry could reinvent itself. Is the paper industry really dead? It takes paper to make paperThe two machines in the Wisconsin Rapids mill are currently set up to produce 570,000 tons of coated paper each year. The CEO of BillerudKorsnäs, Christoph Michalski, hasn't committed to any plans regarding the Wisconsin Rapids Mill; however, it does appear that there's interest from the local Timber Professionals Cooperative to acquire and keep the Wisconsin Rapids Mill operating in Wisconsin Rapids.

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