ND Paper hires new GM for Rumford plant
Less than six months after ND Paper named a new general manager of its Rumford plant, the company has replaced him with a longtime employee.
Shannon Dwyer was promoted Oct. 26 to fill the role of general manager and vice president of the company’s largest paper mill, after the departure of Tom Pazdera from the company. A spokesman declined to explain the reason for Pazdera's leaving.
Pazdera had been named to the role in June. He had more than 30 years in the pulp, packaging and paper industry and had served as president and unit head of AV Terrace Bay, in Canada, before joining the Rumford plant.
His successor, Dwyer, has held several positions in ND Paper since 2000. His roles have ranged from project engineer to engineering manager and from director of utilities. Most recently, he served as director of capital and reliability, where he led the engineering group responsible for optimizing and advancing all of ND Paper's operations.
Dwyer is a native of Maine who attended the Maine Maritime Academy and served six years in the Merchant Marine.
ND Paper is an Illinois-based subsidiary of Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Ltd. of China. Nine Dragons Paper is the largest containerboard producer in Asia, with annual sales of $10 billion.
The Rumford plant was purchased by ND Paper in 2018. The facility employs over 540 and produces 215,000 tons of freesheet paper annually and 120,000 tons of kraft pulp. The manufacturing site was founded as the Oxford Paper Co. in 1901, and since then has produced stock for everything from Campbell’s Soup labels to the iconic L.L.Bean Inc. catalog.
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