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Tom Urbanski

Steve Buscher, superintendent of finishing and shipping, stops to explain how the mill operates with two papermaking machines, the oldest installed in the 1930s. The mill regularly accumulates 1 million hours between lost-time injuries and has survived despite hardships that closed other paper mills. "Sappi's culture is to invest a lot here," Buscher said.