Jefferson County Washington puts PROFIT before People as they support an Industry that Pollutes the Air, Water and Soil of Port Townsend. Crown Paper is led by a group of high-level executives who formerly made up the corporate leadership of a global paper company called Smurfit-Stone and its successor company RockTenn.

"Crown Paper Group has promoted Colin Fernie to president of Port Townsend Paper and Crown Corrugated.

With the promotion, Fernie adds responsibility for the Port Townsend mill and retains responsibility for the Crown Packaging and Boxmaster plants in Vancouver, British Columbia, and distribution centers in Kelowna, British Columbia, and Calgary, Alberta.

Fernie is expected to be frequently in Port Townsend initially, then monthly, according to spokesman Alan Ulman. Fernie is not replacing anyone, and this is a promotion for him.

Carr Tyndall remains general manager of the Port Townsend mill, Ulman said.

“We hired Colin in May 2015 knowing his record of building high performing packaging businesses, and confident he would do the same with Crown Corrugated,” Crown Paper CEO Steve Klinger said in a May 17 press release.

“In the year since, we made significant strategic investments in Crown Corrugated. Colin leveraged the investments and led Crown Corrugated to improved performance, benefitting our customers and owners. At the same time, we have made significant, strategic investments in Port Townsend Paper, which is executing a plan to become a high performing mill. Colin’s charge is to lead Port Townsend Paper and Crown Corrugated to accelerate progress across the board.”

Asked what accelerated progress referred to, Ulman told the Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader that the mill is switching to compressed natural gas, has added pollution control system and is making infrastructure improvements.

“Port Townsend Paper is the primary supplier to Crown Corrugated and Montebello Container, our corrugated sheet producer in Southern California, so high performance at any of the operations benefits all of the operations. We also made significant strategic investments in Montebello, and the Montebello team is building a strong packaging business by leveraging these investments and implementing our ‘Manufacturing Excellence’ strategy,” said Klinger.

Anthony Salcido continues as president of Montebello Container, reporting to the Crown Paper Group.

Crown Paper Group is a holding company for investments in the paper and packaging industries."

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DO YOUR HOMEWORK. The jobs of the Port Townsend Paper Mill are NOT worth the Harm. The fine particles you are breathing are HARMING you. Look at documents, studies, reports and DO NOT believe those policing themselves or the county protecting them. The PT Paper Mill Jobs are around 1% of Jefferson County, there are about 330 jobs or so. There are way more people, thousands and thousands in Port Townsend doing things that are not POISONING the air, water and soil.

The Long term VALUE they speak of is for THEIR stocks and Profit and not for your health or quality of life. The Port Townsend Paper Mill is poisoning the Air, Water and Soil of Port Townsend. Don't believe me or anyone, do your homework, read the reports of what goes into the SLUDGE and where it goes, what is in the air REALLY, what is going into the Port Townsend Bay. Greed and Profit Before People is Not what Port Townsend is About.