Fiber and glass are among the packaging substrates hardest hit by February closure and layoff announcements. Here are the North American facilities that have announced downsizing efforts:

• Ahlstrom filed a worker adjustment and retraining notification with the state of Wisconsin over its decision to close a pulp mill and two paper machines in Mosinee. 
• Cascades is closing a plant in York, Pennsylvania, and two in Quebec as part of the decision to exit the honeycomb paperboard and partition packaging product sectors.
• International Paper will permanently close a container plant in Georgetown, South Carolina, by the end of this year.
• Smurfit Westrock will close a machine at its paper mill in La Tuque, Quebec, as well as an extrusion facility in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Quebec.
• Evergreen Recycling filed a WARN stating its intention to close its facility in Albany, New York, and another in Clyde, Ohio.