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Terrace Bay Pulp hasn't reopened yet... but soon!
Aug 28, 2010 | In Mill Expansions/Openings | 6 feedbacks »
Terrace Bay Pulp is still putting the pieces together so that they can except from creditor protection and restart their idled mill.
Right now, the company is aiming to emerge from their protection period between September 5 to 10.
The company is w… more »
Norampac expanding in St. Marys, Ontario
Aug 26, 2010 | In Mill Expansions/Openings | Send feedback »
Norampac is about to begin construction on a million dollar expansion at its corrugated packing plant in St. Marys, Ontario.
Located near Stratford in Perth County, St. Marys town council approved a site plan agreement with Norampac last week that wil… more »
Mackenzie pulp mill restarts
Aug 18, 2010 | In Mill Expansions/Openings | 3 feedbacks »
Paper Excellence has restarted the Mackenzie pulp mill putting 270 people back to work in British Columbia.
Paper Excellence, a Dutch company, is a subsidiary of the Asian conglomerate Sinar Mas. Paper Excellence bought the mill out of bankruptcy for… more »
Works resumes at Tolko Industries' Armstrong plywood operation
Jul 28, 2010 | In Mill Expansions/Openings | Send feedback »
After a month long curtailment, workers are back at their jobs at Tolko Industries' Armstrong plywood operation in British Columbia.
“We’ve been able to focus on speciality products,” said Pat Donnelly, site manager, of the conditions that have allowe… more »
Terrace Bay Pulp has a good day in court
Jul 27, 2010 | In Mill Expansions/Openings | Send feedback »
Terrace Bay Pulp is one step closer to reopening this summer.
Today the company announced that their Plan of Arrangement has been sanctioned by the Ontario Superior Court, clearing the way for the company to exit bankruptcy protection.
The decision… more »
Western Forest Products plans to restart its Ladysmith sawmill
Jul 27, 2010 | In Labour Negotiations, Mill Expansions/Openings | Send feedback »
Western Forest Products will be restarting its Ladysmith sawmill on or around September 7, 2010.The Ladysmith sawmill was closed indefinitely on April 26, 2008 due to poor market conditions. The operation will now employ approximately 29 workers ope… more »
Ear Falls concessions and a stable wood supply may be key to restart sawmill
Jul 23, 2010 | In Mill Expansions/Openings | Send feedback »
President of EACOM Timber, Rick Doman, has said that the costs need to be reduced at the Ear Falls and Sault Ste. Marie sawmills in Ontario before they will be able to restart."The cost is very high at (the Ear Falls) operation, and currently lumber… more »
New mill starts ups in Ontario are still waiting for a wood supply
Jul 21, 2010 | In Mill Expansions/Openings | 1 feedback »
Atikokan Renewable Fuels feels their plan to restart the defunct Fibratech plant to produce wood pellets has been severely hampered by Ontario's competitive wood supply process.
Ontario created a competition process for unused and underutilized forest… more »
Terrace Bay Pulp is ordering supplies
Jul 21, 2010 | In Mill Expansions/Openings | Send feedback »
The mill workers in Terrace Bay, Ontario are a little more hopeful this week that the plans to reopen Terrace Bay Pulp may actually come to fruition.
Yesterday, Terrace Bay Pulp starting placing their orders for materials essential for operating the m… more »
Domtar and FPInnovations join forces to develop innovative fiber-based nanotechnologies
Jul 16, 2010 | In Mill Expansions/Openings | Send feedback »
Domtar Corporation and FPInnovations today announced that they have formed a new joint venture company to build the world's first one metric ton per day commercial-scale nanocrystalline cellulose demonstration plant at the Domtar Windsor, Quebec pulp and… more »
Still hurdles in the way for Terrace Bay Pulp to restart
Jul 14, 2010 | In Mill Expansions/Openings | Send feedback »
Terrace Bay Pulp executives submitted their creditor payment plan to Ontario's Superior Court in Toronto yesterday. That plan will see Terrace Bay Pulp pay $35 million to about 170 creditors.
The court will not be considering Terrace Bay Pulp's repay… more »
Terrace Bay Pulp receives positive vote to continue with its payment plan
Jun 30, 2010 | In Mill Expansions/Openings, Financial News | 1 feedback »
Terrace Bay Pulp received a nearly unanimous vote to continue with its plan to pay off creditors and move forward towards reopening the mill this summer.
165 of the company's 168 creditors voted in favour of the payment plan that would permit the comp… more »
Canfor tenatively plans to restart Vavenby
Jun 22, 2010 | In Mill Expansions/Openings | Send feedback »
Tentative plans are being made by Canfor to upgrade its Vavenby mill in British Columbia
The plans call for a $30 million modernization project at the mill that would put at least 100 workers back on the job.
The plan will need to be approved by Ca… more »
Weyerhaeuser announces reopening of Hudson Bay OSB mill in Saskatchewan
Jun 11, 2010 | In Mill Expansions/Openings | Send feedback »
Weyerhaeuser is reopening its OSB plant in Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan in September. Production at the mill has been curtailed since July of 2008.
The majority of Hudson Bay's workforce will be recalled by July 6. 170 people were employed at the mill i… more »
Interfor Castlegar sawmill set to reopen in July
Jun 1, 2010 | In Mill Expansions/Openings | Send feedback »
Interfor is set to reopen its sawmill in Castlegar, British Columbia in July.
Interfor's spokesman, Rick Slaco, has confirmed that between 5 and 60 people have been hired to work in the sawmill.
Additional people will be hired to work in the woodla… more »
