AbitibiBowater Announcement

AbitibiBowater’s future in Thunder Bay is looking brighter.
The Company says its investing $8-million in upgrades at the Thunder Bay Sawmill to improve capacity.
Luke Drapeau, General Manager of Wood Products for Northwestern Ontario, says they are moving from making 265 million to 300 million board feet of stud dimension lumber annually.
He attributed the increase to the wood supply process, which gives the Thunder Bay Sawmill 220,000 cubic metres of fibre.
The upgrades include adding another dry kiln and debarker, and a new deplaner.
The upgrades started in April and are expected to take two years to complete.