Bowater Mersey schedules 5 weeks of downtime

Bowater Mersey in Nova Scotia has scheduled 5 more weeks of downtime.

Tentatively scheduled from April 15 to May 19, the shut down is being blamed on market conditions, including the high value of the Canadian dollar.

During the down time, some unionized personnel may be called in if orders come through.

It was decided in fall 2009 that Bowater Mersey would run 50 per cent of capacity, but since returning from the last shut down in Oct. orders have been surprisingly busy.

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Bowater to shut down again (The Advance)