Domtar’s mill in Nekoosa, Wisconsin, earned a 2026 Energy Efficiency Excellence Award from Focus on Energy. The award celebrates the mill’s implementation of projects that reduce energy use, improve operations and deliver long-term savings. 

“Our partnership with Focus on Energy has supported efforts to enhance the facility’s efficiency while saving hundreds of thousands of dollars in energy-related expenses,” says Craig Helgeson, general manager of the Nekoosa Mill. 

For more than a century, the Nekoosa mill has been part of the community and Wisconsin’s forest products industry. Today, the fully integrated specialty paper mill employs more than 400 Wisconsinites and generates an estimated annual economic impact of more than $600 million.  

The mill produces specialty papers for food packaging, security, publishing, functional coating base stocks and other applications. It can also generate 100 percent of the electricity needed for its operations. 

Nekoosa Mill Earns 2026 Energy Efficiency Excellence Award – Domtar