LUKE, Md. — NewPage Corporation announced Tuesday that Pat Moore has  been promoted to the position of Luke mill manager at the company’s Luke, Md., operation. 
Moore, who will assume his new position on Monday, Feb. 8, will replace Gary Curtis, who recently  announced his retirement. 
“Pat will be a great addition to the Luke mill, as he brings a wealth of papermaking and managing  experience to the job, along with a uniquely energetic and straightforward approach,” said NewPage  vice president of manufacturing operations Mark Lukacs.  
“Pat’s skills, experience and leadership  ability will be a great asset to the Luke team.”
A native of the Syracuse, N.Y., area, Moore graduated from the State University of New York  with a degree in paper science and engineering in 1983.  After graduation, he joined Consolidated  Papers and worked in the Whiting and Biron mills
in Wisconsin in engineering and production roles. In  1999, Moore moved to the Duluth, Minn., mill as production manager and was promoted to mill  manager in 2000. 
Since 2007, Moore has been an employee of NewPage Corporation as a result of the company’s acquisition of the Stora Enso North America mills, which included the Duluth mill.
Headquartered in Miamisburg, Ohio, NewPage Corporation is the largest coated paper manufacturer in North America, based on production capacity, with $4.4 billion in net sales for the year ended December 31, 2008. The company’s product portfolio is the broadest in North America and includes coated freesheet, coated groundwood, supercalendered, newsprint and specialty papers. These papers are used for corporate collateral, commercial printing, magazines, catalogs, books, coupons, inserts, newspapers, packaging applications and direct mail advertising.
NewPage owns paper mills in Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Nova Scotia, Canada. These mills have a total annual production capacity of approximately 4.4 million tons of paper, including approximately 3.2 million tons of coated paper, approximately 1.0 million tons of uncoated paper and approximately 200,000 tons of specialty paper.