by MBJ Staff Published: March 25,2013
Tags: agriculture, expand, expansion, facility, forest, forestry, fund, funding, lumber, plan, plant, sawmill, timber, tree, wood
ATLANTA — Georgia-Pacific is developing plans for potential investments, which total nearly $400 million, in its plywood and lumber operations. The company has approved funding for significant engineering and is evaluating facilities in a number of southern states, including North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas. The effort would increase Georgia-Pacific’s overall [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 20,2013
Tags: county government, economic development, expansion, forest, lumber, manufacturer, manufacturing, manufaxcture, plant, sawmill, state agency, timber, tree
GRENADA — Fly Timber is expanding its operations in Grenada. The project represents a company investment of more than $6 million and will create 30 new jobs, bringing the total number of workers employed at the Grenada facility to 80, according to a news release from the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA). Fly Timber, which has [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 10,2012
Tags: agriculture, employee, employer, employment, forest, forestry, layoff, lumber, sawmill, shift, timber, tree, unemployment, wood, work, worker
VICKSBURG — Anderson-Tully Company is shutting down a second shift at its Vicksburg sawmill and is laying off 80 employees by Jan. 4. The company tells the Vicksburg Post the move has been in the works for two months because of a depressed housing market. “This is a core business decision to right-size production to [...] [...]
MARION COUNTY — Georgia Pacific is closing down its Marion County sawmill, effectively putting 65 people out of work. Georgia Pacific spokeswoman Melody Ruse tells WDAM-TV employees of the sawmill, located just north of Columbia, were informed of the closure Monday. Ruse says dwindling housing starts nationwide is the reason for the closure. She says [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 10,2011
Tags: agriculture, forestry, forests, manufacturing, mill, municipal government, plant, real estate, sawmill, trees
GLOSTER — Gloster Mayor Billy Johnson says his city will take back the old Georgia-Pacific plywood plant once workers finish cutting up and removing scrap metal. The mill closed in 2002, leaving 300 people without jobs. It reopened in 2005 and closed again in 2009, this time for good. Johnson tells the Enterprise-Journal the town [...] [...]
SILVER CREEK — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the Joe N. Miles & Sons Inc. sawmill in Silver Creek with 19 safety violations. Proposed penalties total $67,800.
OSHA began its inspection in Oct. 2010 as part of a national emphasis program on combustible dust in the workplace. The [...] [...]
ACKERMAN — Packaging Corporation of America will close its Choctaw County Sawmill this year, but it won’t lie dormant for long. The company mentioned the closing during its first quarter earnings conference call. Alan Bates, director of the Choctaw County Mississippi Economic Development Foundation, says officials confirmed they were closing the Ackerman plant. However, it [...] [...]
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