Since the pandemic, lumber prices have soared and in some cases by nearly 400-percent. The supply side has impacted prices and ripples across the construction industry.
Cosmo Specialty Fibers nearing full production after 8-month shutdown By Dan Hammock, The Daily World, ABERDEEN Cosmo Specialty Fibers, a specialty pulp mill in Cosmopolis, celebrated a major step last Wednesday toward returning to full operations after an eight-month shutdown caused by overseas market declines due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: February 3, 2021, 7:56am
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“We’re at an exciting point right now. We actually produced pulp (Wednesday) night for the first time in a little over eight months,” said the company’s Director of Strategic Initiatives Larry Davis. “And all of our staff has returned now, and that has been a multi-week process.”
Cosi mill announces plans to be fully operational by February By Ryan Sparks, The Daily World
Published: December 23, 2020, 8:07am
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AMERDEEN In an announcement that reverberated throughout the city of Cosmopolis, Cosmo Specialty Fibers Inc. stated that it plans to be fully operational by February. The mill stopped pulp production eight months ago because of reduced demand for its product in the wake of the pandemic.
According to its website, Cosmo has begun recalling some of its approximately 200 employees and hopes to be running at full capacity by February 1, 2021.
“After temporarily suspending operations in May 2020 due to slowing global economies, Cosmo has continued to satisfy strategic customer demand through planned inventory and is now experiencing market conditions which warrant restarting,” a statement on the company’s website read. “Our customers, many of which supply the global retail clothing sector, have experienced consistent recove