Omya, NewPage to build a PCC plant

NewPage Corporation (NewPage) and Omya have entered into a long-term supply agreement to build a Precipitated Calcium Carbonate (PCC) plant, located at the NewPage Escanaba paper mill site in Michigan. PCC is an essential raw material used in the papermaking process and is manufactured using lime and carbon dioxide (CO2). Lime needed for the PCC manufacturing process will be purchased from the Upper Peninsula while the new facility will use CO2 generated by the Escanaba paper mill.