Manufacturing Industry
Weyerhaeuser restructuring plan calls for high-tech mill.(FACILITIES)
Industry Week, April, 2007 by Selko, Adrienne
WEYERHAEUSER CO. IS SCHEDULED to open a modernized sawmill at an existing operation in Longview, Wash., by mid-2008 as part of a restructuring plan that also will result in a facility closing and the elimination of 130 jobs.
The new facility will employ about 230 people who will produce lumber for the West Coast and Northeast residential homebuilding markets. Once the new mill begins operations, the company will close its Green Mountain mill in Toutle, Wash.
The new mill is "going to be a highly automated site that will allow us to use more technology to cut lumber," says Shawn Watson, business relations manager.
The company chose the Longview site partly because of its strategic location. "It has good rail and transportation links, good...
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