Local Business Owners Get Update on Abitibi

AbitibiBowater's Fort Frances mill manager says the company continues to look at alternative paper production for a machine targeted for closure.

Machine number six is currently operating to deal with customer orders, but is expected to idled by the middle of December.

Speaking yesterday to the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce, John Harrison said that doesn't mean it won't be restarted in the future.

"We continue to search for what other grades that we could trail that we could potentially find something to make on number 6 in the years to come" said Harrison, "so we're not going to give up on number 6."

Harrison also told the gathering he felt AbitibiBowater was still on the right path in its efforts to emerge from credit protection as a stronger company.