Friday 11. January 2008
Ainsworth Announces Production Curtailments at Three OSB Mills
Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. (TSX:ANS) today announced that it will curtail operations at its oriented strand board (OSB) mill in Cook, Minnesota on January 16th due to reduced customer demand. Log deliveries will continue to be accepted during this closure. Ainsworth will be re-evaluating the closure at the end of January. The Cook mill has an annual production capacity of approximately 440 million square feet (3/8″ basis).