Oct 02, 2007. /Lesprom Network/. SFK Pulp Fund announced on October 1, 2007 a rupture of the pulp pre-retention tube in the bleaching system of the Saint-Félicien mill. Due to this breakage, management decided to advance the semi-annual shut-down at the Saint-Félicien mill and to extend it for an additional week. Consequently, the semi-annual shut-down scheduled to take place from October 14 to October 20, 2007 shall now take place from October 1 to October 13, 2007. Management currently estimates that the repair costs for this breakage together with the extension of the semi-annual shut-down at the Saint-Félicien mill should increase its cost of sales by approximately $1.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2007. SFK Pulp operates, through its subsidiaries, the Saint-Félicien Mill, the Fairmont Mill and the Menominee Mill (with a total annual production capacity of 735 000 metric tonnes) and employs approximately 550 people.