In a message dated 1/4/2007 12:41:25 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, Dlw1el2_@_aol.com writes: Smurfit...said the closure is "part of our overall strategic plan, which is basically optimizing resources and assets across the system." The company...will shift production to unspecified plants...The move is in line with a cost-cutting plan announced by Smurfit in 2005 that called for the closure of 20 percent by 2008 Just another note off of a "far west" connection (NP) that the Smurfitt-Stone operation in Bonner/Missoula Montana also shut down in December. Production (and some employees were also offered) was shifted to either Mexico or another South American country. Yes, it also used rail service--but the point is that old EL customers are moving oversees, not just off the EL (or US rail) system. H Haines, Montana The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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