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"With the restart of the mill in 2009 and the addition of the second shift in 2010, we are please to have been able to directly put 130 employees back to work in Mackenzie, a community extremely hard hit by the economic downturn, not to mention the additional contract, supply and support work created by our operations. In particular, Canfor is appreciative of the training support provided to ensure that our employees were prepared for a safe return or introduction to our complex milling environment."
Mark Feldinger, Canfor Vice President Manufacturing
Canadian Forest Products Restarts and Expands Dormant Sawmill, Creating 140 Jobs In Mackenzie
Canadian Forest Products' Mackenzie sawmill returned to operations with a single shift in July 2009. This decision resulted in the production of eighty million board feet annually of Spruce-Pine-Fir lumber within the community. The initial single shift restart of operations in Mackenzie directly employed approximately sixty people. In addition, numerous…
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