In the “Chillicothe Ohio Papermakers” Facebook page, Wayne Graves posted that “New Owners of Pixelle Are moving on RIGHT NOW. ALREADY CALLED IN SOME Pixelle people.”

Selected comments and responses (grammar from casual posts uncorrected):

If you read about US Medical Glove company, they took over an old Motorola site and invested millions. They only wanted the boilers there. They also purchased a big site in Cincinnati and also invested millions in the conversion. Very different processes than paper making but could a great thing for the area.

our paper machines can produce the board necessary for boxing the gloves, they can also produce parchment paper to separate them

Here’s an article from May 2, 2025

USMGC to make $200-$240 million private investment in Cincinnati facility

Acquisition complements USMGC’s existing operations in Honea Path, South Carolina, where it produces polyisoprene

USMGC, which successfully fulfilled its $63.6 million capacity building contract from the U.S. government in Q1 of 2025, remains the only nitrile glove manufacturer to meet the stringent requirements established by its government contract

Until everything is set in stone and it comes straight from the horses mouth everything everyone is saying is all hear say and speculations

is not hear say. They are bringing in equipment DAILY.

My husband is in there and hasn’t been laid off yet. It’s the US Medical Glove Co. They have called back a few. Sounds like they are going off of work ethics and if you were recommended to be called back. It’s not by seniority. No union in there. Not sure what the pay will be, they are setting up machines in shipping. They will not need all the employees that the paper mill required.

There have been a few flat beds hauling equipment of some kind in the last couple of days.

Pay should be around starting $16-$17 an hour according to their other locations.

Not sure what pay was starting at papermill but think that’s better places like Riffle and other places.

No go look i saw someone was taking some sort of machine off of a big truck right in the parking lot behind the paint grill and backing it up to the loading dock

Some of the pixelle signs have been replaced with USSG signage- (mostly signs warning that the site is protected by armed guards) they called a special few back to clean and paint for 3 days, unlimited hours, 20-25$- hr. Heard there are outside contractors trying to get a glove machine running by next week so the politicians can have a “ look what we did” photo op for the press.

So it HAS been purchased, but the union officers cant say if we will all get our jobs back yet.

Guess we will see…

Figured they would call mill writes and E/I back first

to make sterile gloves ?

gotta have people to fix machines and electrical equipment

yes, millwrights and E & I are mechanical, electrical and instrumentation every company have them and they are definitely needed……

I heard they are firing paper machines back up in spring next year. The machines they want and then lease the other machines out to other paper company’s

I worked for a glove factory years ago. I can’t see how the mill will work for that purpose. They have to be nearly sterile work area.

I read reviews on Google. Did not sound to me that this company worries about being sterile. And they move around a lot. I hope it is good for Chillicothe

I heard rumor they may lease the machines out. I don’t know what that means, like subletting? Also wondered if they might make paper medical supplies potentially. Just only wondering, otherwise why buy a papermill??

power and water- the mill generates its own power and supplies its own water- its getting harder to find metro areas that the utilities aren’t stretched to the limit.

I did hear they plan to lease the machines. Could be just a rumor but I hope paper in some form could still be made.

strong rumor is 12 pm [Number 12 Paper Machine] will be starting up around April.

Theirs [there’s] also a law that the EPA has if that mill closes its doors for a certain amount of time it can never reopen that pulp process is grandfathered in and it’s completely illegal to build that system now . Look that up also that went through actually like 20 Plus years ago

Joey Brooks

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