Catalyst Paper, Richmond, British Columbia, has announced that its Crofton No. 1 paper machine in British Columbia will be curtailed indefinitely due to weak newsprint and directory paper demand. The machine, which produces 140,000 metric tons of commodity grades, was temporarily idled on Dec. 23, 2009.
The company also announced that its paper recycling facility in Coquitlam, British Columbia, which supplies the Crofton paper machines with deinked pulp, will be indefinitely shutdown in mid-February.
"There was a steep decline in market demand for the products made at our Crofton paper mill in the past year, and the consumption outlook for these commodity grades remains weak,” says Richard Garneau, president and CEO of the company. “Reduced recycled pulp requirements, combined with the higher cost and constrained availability of quality recovered paper are contributing factors in our decision to indefinitely close our paper recycling facility."
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