Thursday, July 29, 2010
Georgia-Pacific To Close Fayette County Plant
WEST VIRGINIA....
Georgia-Pacific, which produces strand wooden boards for residential construction, has notified workers at its Mount Hope plant in Fayette County that it will stop production by October 1st, impacting nearly 100 jobs. According to a notice, the shutdown is expected to last longer than six months, but Georgia-Pacific spokeswoman Melodie Ruse says it's unclear when the plant would reopen or whether the shutdown would be permanent. Ruse says the building material isn't in demand.