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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-026087"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IP"
cik: "0000051434"
company_name: "INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO /NEW/"
filed_at: "2025-02-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T22:28:28.589246+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# International Paper closes four facilities, expects $357M pre-tax charge

## Summary
- Permanent closure of Red River containerboard mill (Campti, LA), recycling plant (Phoenix), box plant (Hazleton, PA), and sheet feeder (St. Louis, MO) by end of April 2025.
- Estimated pre-tax charges of $357M: $311M noncash asset write-off (incl. $276M accelerated depreciation) and $46M cash severance, recorded in Q1 2025.
- Containerboard capacity reduced by ~800,000 tons annualized; 674 employees affected (495 hourly, 179 salaried).
- Company will use attrition, retirements, and vacancies to minimize impact; departing employees receive outplacement and severance.
- Actions part of strategic footprint streamlining in North American Packaging Solutions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-026087
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IP
- cik: 0000051434
- company_name: INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO /NEW/
- filed_at: 2025-02-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.05, 2.06, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51434/000119312525026087/0001193125-25-026087-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51434/000119312525026087/d894584d8k.htm

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