Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. indefinitely shuts the company’s Port-Alfred, QC, and Lufkin, TX, paper mills, as of Dece…
Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. indefinitely shuts the company’s Port-Alfred, QC, and Lufkin, TX, paper mills, as of December 14, 2003.
The shutdowns will reduce annual operating costs by at least $125 million and more than a million tonnes of downtime.
The closures affect 580 employees at the Lufkin mill and 640 employees at the Port-Alfred mill.
Abitibi-Consolidated also announced the closure of two previously idled paper machines, one in Port-Alfred and one in Sheldon, TX, representing a combined annual capacity of 230,000 tonnes of newsprint.
Advertisement
Print this page
Advertisement
Stories continue below
Related