PORT TOWNSEND — The naming of a new leader for Port Townsend Paper Corp.’s parent company will not immediately affect local operations, Crown Paper Group of Atlanta said this week.
Crown Paper Group, which purchased the facility in 2015, has promoted Colin Fernie to president of Port Townsend Paper and Crown Corrugated.
With the promotion, Fernie adds responsibility for the mill and retains the title of president of the Crown Packaging and Boxmaster plants in Vancouver, B.C., and distribution centers in Kelowna, B.C., and Calgary, Alberta.
The organizational change will not immediately change mill operations, according to human resources manager Felix Vicino.
The duties of Carr Tyndall, who was named general manager after the mill’s acquisition, will not change, Vicino said.
Fernie will make frequent visits to Port Townsend to make suggestions, Vicino added.
His visits will taper off after his suggestions are implemented, Vicino said.
Crown Paper CEO Steve Klinger said the company hired Fernie in May 2015 because he had a record of building high-performing packaging businesses.
“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,” Klinger said in the news release.
