Roseburg to reorganize operations

Roseburg Forest Products recently announced a reorganization of its manufacturing operations oversight structure, moving away from product line divisions and toward a geographic and functional support system of organization. Senior Vice President of Operations Jake Elston said that effective immediately all Roseburg plants in North America will be grouped in…

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Resolute to lay off 1,000 workers in Quebec

Resolute Forest Products Inc. is temporarily laying off more than 1,000 workers mainly in Quebec because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of the layoffs could be extended if economic turbulence and lower demand persist in some of the company’s divisions. CEO Yves Laflamme says the cuts will mainly affect wood…

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Timber stocks still large in Sweden

According to statistics from the Swedish Forest Agency, stocks of coniferous sawlogs, pulpwood and chips in Sweden are estimated to have reached 10.6 million cubic metres as of March 31, 2020. This is an increase of 5 percent since the same date last year. It is mainly the stocks of…

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Domtar to temporarily idle Hawesville, Kentucky mill

Domtar Corporation provided an update to its previously announced capacity reduction plan, which is designed to temporarily right-size production capacity in light of the business conditions created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Domtar plans to temporarily idle the operations of its Hawesville, Kentucky, mill beginning May 5th 2020. The company expects to restart the H1 paper…

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