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duluth minnesota ; escanaba michigan ; luke maryland ; quinnesec michigan ; stevens point wisconsin ; wickliffe kentucky ; and wisconsin rapids wisconsin . these mills have a combined annual capacity of approximately 3.6 million tons of paper . verso s customer service team is located in miamisburg oh . contents 1 history 2 sustainability 2.1 responsible fiber procurement 2.2 safety 2.3 energy 2.4 awards 3 references 4 external links history edit in june 2000 international paper company acquired champion international paper to form international paper s coated and supercalendered paper business . in august 2006 a subsidiary of verso formed by affiliates of apollo global management purchased the coated and supercalendered paper business from international paper . 1 in april 2008 verso conducted an initial public offering and was listed on the new york stock exchange . 2 in january 2015 verso completed its acquisition of newpage holdings . 3 on january 26 2016 verso corporation filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy . 4 sustainability edit verso publishes an annual sustainability report which includes detailed information on sustainability performance and initiatives as outlined in verso s sustainability policy . 5 responsible fiber procurement edit as stated in the fiber procurement policy 6 verso is committed to using only wood fiber from sustainably managed forests . verso recognizes credible third party forest certification standards which verify that the perpetual growing harvesting and regeneration of trees is successfully integrated with the protection of wildlife and wildlife habitat plants soil air and water quality . these standards include the forest stewardship council fsc c019085 sustainable forestry initiative sfi canadian standards association csa programme for the endorsement of forest certification pefc american tree farm system atfs and most master logger ml standards . 7 verso is committed to help increase the overall amount of certified fiber in the global marketplace . verso announced on december 13 2011 their partnership for more certified acres in maine . 8 verso participates in the environmental paper assessment tool epat 9 which allows buyers and sellers of paper products to evaluate the environmental performance data along the paper supply chain . safety edit verso emphasizes employee safety with its environmental health and safety policy . ehs 10 energy edit verso s three pronged energy strategy seeks to reduce overall energy consumption generate more green energy from renewable biomass and reduce carbon footprint . in november 2009 the united states department of energy doe awarded verso a 9.3 million grant to develop waste energy recovery technologies . 11 verso announced on december 3 2009 its participation in the doe s save energy now leader program . 12 13 awards edit verso is recognized for accomplishments and leadership in the areas of sustainability energy initiatives and safety . 14 references edit international paper sells unit to apollo for 1.4 bln verso sets i.p.o. range 1 brickley peg january 26 2016 . verso corp. files for bankruptcy . marketwatch . the wall street journal . retrieved may 5 2016 . 2 3 permanent dead link master logger standards verso in partnership for more certified acres in maine epat 4 permanent dead link verso awarded nearly 10 million for energy efficiency project verso participates in doe s energy saving program doe launches save energy now leader program awards external links edit 5 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title verso corporation & oldid 735560379 categories companies formerly listed on the new york stock exchangepulp and paper companies of the united statesprivate equity portfolio companiesapollo global management companieshidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from july 2016articles with permanently dead external linkswikipedia references cleanup from may 2016all articles needing references cleanuparticles covered by wikiproject wikify from may 2016all articles covered by wikiproject wikifyarticles with topics of unclear notability from may 2016all articles with topics of unclear notability navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 21 august 2016 at 15 50 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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