Champion International Corporation to Curtail Market Pulp Production.STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 23, 1998--Champion International Corporation announced today it will curtail production of southern bleached kraft pulp at its Courtland, Alabama Courtland is a town in Lawrence County, Alabama, and is included in the Decatur Metropolitan Area, as well as the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the population of the town is 769. pulp and paper mill for 60 days beginning on October 1. This curtailment Curtailment The act of contracting or reducing operations of a company in the hope of bringing it financial or operational stability. This management technique is often used when a company has grown too fast and is unable to effectively manage its operations. reflects weak pulp markets and higher-than-normal pulp inventories. The Courtland mill produces approximately 30,000 tons of market pulp per year. Pulp produced at the Courtland mill is used for domestic markets as well as for internal use. Approximately 20 employees will be affected by this curtailment. The paper manufacturing operations Manufacturing operations concern the operation of a facility, as opposed to maintenance, supply and distribution, health, and safety, emergency response, human resources, security, information technology and other infrastructural support organizations. at Courtland will not be affected. Champion International Corporation is an integrated forest products company with significant operations in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Brazil and Canada. Champion is a major producer of coated and uncoated papers and market pulp. The company's other products include selected papers for packaging, as well as lumber and plywood plywood, manufactured board composed of an odd number of thin sheets of wood glued together under pressure with grains of the successive layers at right angles. Laminated wood differs from plywood in that the grains of its sheets are parallel. . Champion also has the responsibility for the sustainable management of more than eleven million acres of forestlands supporting its manufacturing facilities. |
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