Yves LaFlamme

Calhoun, Tennessee — Resolute Forest Products CEO Yves LaFlamme said the future of the Calhoun plant is “tissue and pulp.” Resolute Forest Products stockholders, the  CEO, and other company officials visited the company’s Calhoun operation alongside the Hiwassee River this week.  Laflamme held a very brief interview session. …Among the questions of concern was the company’s plan for newsprint in the future, since a significant cost increase and limited availability of the product, has hampered print publications in the Southeast Tennessee area. …Laflamme was very emphatic in declaring, “Newsprint is not the future of the Calhoun operation.” He was just as decisive in saying the company’s future in Calhoun, with a recent investment for new machinery and changes is “tissue and pulp.” …Resolute recently invested more than $400 million in the Calhoun mill.