A Chinese paper company helping two old mills in Maine become more environmentally friendly, sustainable and successful was recognized by the Maine International Trade Center as the winner of the 2019 Foreign Direct Investor of the Year award.

“We’re really humbled to receive this award, and I believe this award is a reflection of a tremendous hard work of our colleagues who’ve been working very hard to make sure our mills are successful for the long term,” Ken Liu, CEO of ND Paper, told China Daily after he accepted the award May 24.

The Illinois-based company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nine Dragons Paper Holdings – the largest containerboard producer in China. It currently operates three pulp and paper mills in the US and plans to open a fourth this summer in Maine.

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