Weyerhaeuser announces closures, planned sales.WEYERHAEUSER ANNOUNCES CLOSURES, PLANNED SALES. 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. , USA has announced a number of sales and closures in its containerboard, packaging, and paper bag businesses. The company said the closures would result in a fourth-quarter pretax charge of US$ 115 million to US$ 135 million. Two hundred employees will be affected as Weyerhaeuser confirms permanent closure of the 350,000-ton/yr container board machine in 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. . The following packaging facilities will be closed during the next few months: * 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. packaging plants in four locations: Bedford Heights, Ohio Bedford Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 11,375 at the 2000 census. Geography Bedford Heights is located at (41.404821, -81.506409)GR1. ; Elmira Heights, New York Elmira Heights is a village in Chemung County, New York, United States. The population was 4,170 at the 2000 census. The Village of Elmira Heights is primarily within the Town of Elmira, but part of the village is in the Town of Horseheads. ; Little Rock, Arkansas Little Rock, Arkansas required military intervention to desegregate schools (1957–1958). [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 556–557] See : Bigotry ; and Matthews, North Carolina Matthews is a town in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and a suburb of the city of Charlotte. The population was 22,127 at the 2000 census. Geography Matthews is located at (35.116851, -80. . * Corrugated sheet feeder plants in Pulaski, Tennessee and Waco, Texas. * A retail paper bag plant in Kansas City, Missouri. Weyerhaeuser is offering for sale three corrugated sheet plants in Little Rock, Arkansas; Memphis, Tennessee; and Shreveport, Louisiana. It is also offering to sell a specialty packaging plant in Valley View, Ohio. Weyerhaeuser also announced the permanent closures of two Canadian paper machines, which, it says, will result in a pretax charge of US$ 380 million to US$ 385 million in the fourth quarter. The closures include: * One of two paper machines at the Dryden Pulp and Paper mill in Ontario, on April 1, 2006, removing 155,000 tons of uncoated free sheet capacity. The closure affects 80 of the mill's 795 employees. Dryden's bleached market pulp mill and converting sheeters will continue to operate. * The Prince Albert pulp and paper mill in Saskatchewan, announced in October as an indefinite closure. The paper mill ceased production at the end of 2005. The pulp mill, which is being offered for sale, will continue operating until spring 2006. The facility has an annual capacity of 280,000 tons of uncoated paper and 130,000 metric tons of market pulp, employing 690. |
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