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Norbord takes downtime (September 05, 2006)

Two of Norbord’s oriented strand board operations are taking scheduled downtime in September and October. The compa…

Two of Norbord’s oriented strand board operations are taking scheduled downtime in September and October. The company’s plants in Bemidji, MN and Joanna, SC, will be out of commission for a total of eight days, in order to make time for maintenance projects.

The shutdowns will see roughly 11 million square feet of production removed from the market.

In other Norbord news, the company has been notified of a force majeure supply interruption event at one of its key resin suppliers. However, the company has been able to secure alternate resin supplies at the present time.