Tolko Industries announced that as of January 2, 2023, its Soda Creek and Armstrong Lumber operations takes additional downtime for the month of January. The downtime will be evaluated at the end of the month to determine next steps.
“A lack of available economic fibre and weak markets are impacting our operating footprint in the province,” says Troy Connolly, Vice President of Solid Wood. “While our goal is to ensure consistency and stability for all of our operations, the steep decline in lumber demand and upward cost pressures in the province make the decision necessary.”
These temporary curtailments will reduce production by approximately 35 million board feet of stud lumber.
“This downtime will affect over 350 of our employees in these operations. We do not make these decisions without a lot of consideration,” says Connolly.
Tolko is a leading manufacturer of a wide range of forest products, including lumber, plywood and veneer oriented strand board co-products, biomass power and a growing number of specialty wood products.
