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Weyerhaeuser Co.


Weyerhaeuser Co., Federal Way, Washington Federal Way is a city in King County, Washington, United States. Federal Way is considered a bedroom community by some people and is located between Seattle and Tacoma. Its western boundary is Puget Sound. , will permanently close the 70-year-old paper machine at its Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania Johnsonburg is a borough in Elk County, Pennsylvania, 164 miles (264 km) northeast of Pittsburgh. It is in a productive farming and lumbering region. Paper mills were once common here, and Domtar still maintains a paper mill there today. In 1910, 4,334 people lived here. , fine paper mill. The machine was producing about 38,000 tons per year of lightweight printing and trade book grades.

The company announced personnel reductions at two other Oregon engineered lumber products sites: 25 of 373 at the Trus Joist plant in Eugene; and 25 of 155 at the Trus Joist plant in Junction City. The reductions are intended to further balance production with demand.

Also, Weyerhaeuser is permanently closing its corrugating medium machine at Hawesville, Kentucky. As a result, 142 positions will be eliminated, as will 200,000 short tons of capacity. This follows the shutdown of a 215,000 short ton-capacity corrugated cor·ru·gate  
v. cor·ru·gat·ed, cor·ru·gat·ing, cor·ru·gates

v.tr.
To shape into folds or parallel and alternating ridges and grooves.

v.intr.
 machine at Plymouth, North Carolina Plymouth is a town in Washington County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 4,107 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Washington CountyGR6. Plymouth is located in North Carolina's Inner Banks regions.  announced in May. Weyerhaeuser acquired the Johnsonburg machine, Hawesville machine and the Winston operation with the acquisition of Willamette earlier this year.
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Title Annotation:Industry News
Publication:Solutions - for People, Processes and Paper
Date:Oct 1, 2002
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