Bowater reduces costs and capacity.Bowater Inc., Greenville, South Carolina
Greenville is a mid-sized city located in the upstate of South Carolina. It is the county seat of Greenville CountyGR6 , USA, will permanently close a paper machine at its Donnacona, Quebec Donnacona is a town of approximately 6000 inhabitants located about 40 km west of Quebec City in Portneuf MRC, Quebec, Canada. It is mostly known because of its federal prison, located on Route 138. Donnacona is also an excellent place to stop for people travelling on Autoroute 40. , Canada, mill at the end of April. Specialty grades currently manufactured on this machine will be transferred primarily to the Calhoun, Tennessee Calhoun is a town in McMinn County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 496 at the 2000 census. On December 11, 1990, fog played havoc with the worst accident in Tennessee's history; 99 vehicles crashed on a stretch of fog-prone Interstate 75 and was listed as the , mill thereby eliminating 100,000 metric tons of newsprint capacity. Bowater is permanently eliminating 240,000 metric tons of newsprint capacity at Catawba, South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. , by converting a newsprint machine into a coated groundwood papers machine--a project slated for early March completion. Bowater reduced its workforce by 185 in the fourth quarter of 2002. This represents 23% of its previously announced $75 million 2003 cost reduction target. The planned sale of 240,000 acres of timberland and four non-strategic sawmills should be complete during the first half of 2003. |
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