{"id":78986,"date":"2020-04-02T05:47:57","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T05:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tin.happy-projects.ro\/n-american-wood-industry-giants-announce-production-curtailments\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T08:52:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:52:58","slug":"n-american-wood-industry-giants-announce-production-curtailments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/n-american-wood-industry-giants-announce-production-curtailments\/","title":{"rendered":"N. American wood industry giants announce more production curtailments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Wood business companies in North America are responding to the threats of the coronavirus pandemic. Here is a tracking of the most recent developments:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Norbord\u00a0Inc. announced that effective March 30, it will commence reducing production across its portfolio of North American oriented strand board (OSB) mills in response to the demand impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The company will adjust its operating configuration by reducing shifts and running a number of its North American mills on alternating schedules to match production with an anticipated reduction in OSB demand and to comply with government-imposed restrictions. This approach will allow the company to continue to serve its customers, retain operating flexibility and preserve jobs for as many employees as is practicable, while at the same time being prepared to quickly resume normal operations when economic conditions improve.<\/p>\n<p>This adjusted operating configuration will initially result in a 25% reduction to Norbord\u2019s currently operating North American mill capacity. The OSB demand situation is changing day-by-day, and the company\u2019s ability to continue to operate any of its mills could be influenced by factors outside Norbord\u2019s control, including government-imposed restrictions, therefore additional operating adjustments may be necessary. The company does not intend to provide further operational updates unless there is a significant change in this curtailment strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Norbord\u2019s European business is prepared to take similar action and will adjust mill operating schedules as needed to match production with demand.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resolute responds to the COVID-19 pandemic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Resolute Forest Products\u00a0Inc. provided an update on the impact of the COVID-19 situation to its business.<\/p>\n<p>While certain government authorities in\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Canada<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>\u00a0have ordered the closure of all non-essential business operations in regions where Resolute operates, they have also recognized the importance of the forest products sector in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic: tissue products to fill empty shelves; pulp to produce tissue, air filters, paper gowns, and other medical and personal care supplies; paper to keep people informed of developments and advisories; and wood products to support the demand for building and essential infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, Resolute expects to continue to operate in all of its business segments \u2013 pulp, tissue, wood products and paper \u2013 in\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Canada<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>. But the company expects to take certain temporary steps to reduce its operational footprint to demand levels consistent with essential needs for the duration of the crisis. The company will adjust capacity dynamically based on the conditions and rapid evolution of the situation, but most of the capacity reduction is expected to come from the wood products and paper segments. The temporary capacity reductions will be implemented over the coming days and will be announced locally.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Canfor Pulp announces curtailments<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Canfor Pulp is postponing the planned extended spring maintenance shut at Northwood Pulp Mill until later this year, and instead will curtail the mill for three weeks during the period the turnaround was originally scheduled to occur. This will result in a reduction of approximately 35,000 tonnes of Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft pulp production.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Canfor Pulp is reducing its planned capital expenditures for 2020 by\u00a0<span class=\"xn-money\">$15 million<\/span>\u00a0to\u00a0<span class=\"xn-money\">$25 million<\/span>, representing a\u00a0<span class=\"xn-money\">$78 million<\/span>\u00a0decrease from 2019 capital expenditures. This reduction will be realized through the deferral of planned projects and suspension of in-progress initiatives that can be paused without significant impact.<\/p>\n<p>Given the rapidly evolving COVID-19 situation, Canfor Pulp is closely monitoring potential staffing shortages, customer demand and volatility in the financial markets. There is the potential that further adjustments to operating plans may be required as a result.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rayonier to curtail softwood sawmills in Quebec and Ontario<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In response to the COVID-19 outbreak and its impact on certain business markets,\u00a0Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. announced curtailed production at seven Canadian locations. Starting this week, the company will cease or reduce operations at all softwood sawmills located in\u00a0Ontario\u00a0and\u00a0Quebec\u00a0as well as halt production at the company\u2019s newsprint plant in\u00a0Kapuskasing, Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>These curtailments will last at least two weeks and may be extended longer depending on market conditions. Existing sales orders will continue to be fulfilled from current inventory and reduced production at the\u00a0Kapuskasing\u00a0sawmill.<\/p>\n<p>All other facilities, including the four High Purity Cellulose (HPC) facilities in the\u00a0U.S.,\u00a0Canada\u00a0and\u00a0France\u00a0and the Pulp and Paperboard facilities in\u00a0Temiscaming, Quebec, are expected to operate at normal levels. These facilities, each deemed an \u201cessential business\u201d in its given country, produce a variety of products including many that are critical raw materials for pharmaceutical, food and cleaning products.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Interfor to further reduce production<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On\u00a0March 18, 2020,\u00a0Interfor\u00a0announced that it would temporarily reduce\u00a0<label>production<\/label>\u00a0across its operations in\u00a0British Columbia, the\u00a0Pacific Northwest\u00a0and the US South.\u00a0 These curtailments were planned for a two-week period.\u00a0 However, the company will further reduce sawmill\u00a0<label>production<\/label>, which will total approximately 50 million board feet for the week of\u00a0March 30, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The company will continue to evaluate and adjust\u00a0<label>production<\/label>\u00a0based on evolving market conditions and employee safety considerations.\u00a0 During this period, the company will continue to sell and ship lumber from inventory in order to align with its customers.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wood business companies in North America are responding to the threats of the coronavirus pandemic. Here is a tracking of the most recent developments: Norbord\u00a0Inc. announced that effective March 30, it will commence reducing production across its portfolio of North &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/n-american-wood-industry-giants-announce-production-curtailments\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4713,4716,4715],"tags":[3313,4292,4317,3306,3429],"class_list":["post-78986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-companies-in-the-timber-industry","category-latest-trends","category-market-analysis","tag-canada","tag-coronavirus","tag-lockdown","tag-lumber","tag-wood-products","topic-forestry","topic-pulp-paper","topic-sawmilling","topic-wood-based-panels","area-north-america"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>N. 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