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IP Pensacola Mill Celebrates 75 Years Of Operations
October 9, 2016
The International Paper Pensacola Mill in Cantonment celebrated 75 years of operation on Saturday. The front lawn of the plant transformed into a day of fun for retirees, employees and their families with games, kids activities, arts and crafts, music, food and more.
The Pensacola Mill started operations with one paper machine on a 600 acre site in 1941. The new mill was built at a cost of $2.5 million and was owned by Florida Pulp and Paper Company. The mill produced 75 tons of paper, or 20,000 tons per year. The mill provided jobs for about 620 people — 370 in the mill and 250 in forestry or related positions.
A second machine came on line with a daily production of 75 tons of paper in 1944 to produce ammunition container board.
The Pensacola Mill became a wholly owned subsidiary of the St. Regis Paper Company in 1946 and merged with St. Regis in 1949.
Champion International Corporation and St. Regis merged in 1984, and International Paper acquired Champion in 2000.
NorthEscambia.com photos by Kristi Barbour, click to enlarge.
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3 Responses to “IP Pensacola Mill Celebrates 75 Years Of Operations”
I have a champion Pensacola Mill 1941 1991 coin it says celebrating 50 years of progress I was just wondering if anybody would be interested or if they know what kind of metal it is?
Thank you I.P. for a well thought out event. Being retired it was good to visit the mill again. Also was allowed to take family members to see where “dad” worked. Lots of good food and booths and enjoyed seeing some of my coworkers.
Our Dad worked for Florida wood and pulp in 1947 -1970. I was not aware of this celebration. I would have asked him to come. David Lamb, Doug ,Steve Ted Sue Brown Mary Mathews and I watched our Dad got to work on shifts some times he would work 3 shifts on the #2machine. He also was a shop steward. He quit to farm full time and bought 900 ac. in Alabama He just turned 88 Oct 3 rd and still farming. He has 300 head of cattle and bales 2000 bales. every year with help only to work the cattle when needed. Congratulations for keeping workers with a Job here in Cantonment.