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Domtar axes Nairn Centre sawmill.


Only three weeks after Domtar issued 116 pink slips at its Espanola Espanola (ĕs'pənyōl`ə), city (1990 pop. 8,389), Rio Arriba and Santa Fe counties., N central N.Mex., on the Rio Grande, in the heart of pueblo country; founded 1880, inc. 1964.  pulp and paper mill, the forest products giant is closing its nearby Nairn Centre sawmill sawmill, installation or facility in which cut logs are sawed into standard-sized boards and timbers. The saws used in such an installation are generally of three types: the circular saw, which consists of a disk with teeth around its edge; the band saw, which , throwing 140 people out of work.

The closure of the Nairn operation, announced Oct. 11, occurred almost immediately with mill shutdown shut·down  
n.
A cessation of operations or activity, as at a factory.


shutdown
Noun

the closing of a factory, shop, or other business

Verb

shut down
 scheduled for Oct. 13.
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Title Annotation:IN BRIEF
Publication:Northern Ontario Business
Date:Nov 1, 2006
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