Chillicothe — Reprising his positivism three days after the April 15th announcement that the Pixelle paper mill was closing, when owner H.I.G. Capital said they would delay the closure – U.S. Senator Bernie Moreno dominated the news conference three days after the new owner, an Illinois glove company, took possession on October 7th.

Having ownership for only three days, “U.S. Paper Mill Company,” a subsidiary of “U.S. Medical Glove Company,” hosted an upbeat news conference on Friday in front of two glove production lines already installed.

With many workers in the crowd of maybe 175 in the former shipping warehouse along 8th Street, it was a better conclusion to the fate of Chillicothe’s paper mill than many expected.

Towards the end of the news conference, Robin Bernstein, investor i

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