Carrier Announces 5 Week Shutdown

Tuesday, April 29, 2008 10:30 AM

Prince George, B.C. – Carrier Lumber is the latest company to announce production curtailments because of the struggling lumber markets.

Carrier has announced that effective May 5^th, it will shut down its sawmill operation in Prince George for at least 5 weeks. The company will also reduce its planer operation to just one shift.

Carrier CEO, Bill Kordyban says the move will remove 25 million board feet of lumber from the market.

The downtime will be used to upgrade the sawmill.

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Posted on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 10:30 AM in News by 250 News

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Comments

Posted by: Andyfreeze on April 29 2008 11:30 AM

Ouch!
Well,at least the weather will be better,even if you can't afford to go to far!
Good time for yard work,but still a bummer for all concerned!

Posted by: shortestraw on April 29 2008 11:52 AM

To all the family's affected by these curtailments/closure's my deepest sympathy goes out to you all...

Posted by: acrider54 on April 29 2008 3:54 PM

Governments get richer the worker poorer.