White Birch Paper Announces Market Related Downtime at Papier Masson Mill

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Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:00am EDT 

GREENWICH, Conn., March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- White Birch Paper Company announced
today that it will take market related downtime at its Papier Masson mill in
Masson Angers, Quebec.  The planned shutdown will take place from April 3rd,
2009 through April 13th, 2009 and will result in approximately 7,000 metric
tons of reduced newsprint production.  White Birch will maintain adequate
inventories to ensure that its customers will not experience any service
interruptions during the shutdown.

About White Birch Paper Company
White Birch Paper Company is the second largest newsprint manufacturer in
North America, with approximately 1.25 million metric tons of uncoated
groundwood production capacity.  In addition to newsprint, White Birch
produces uncoated specialty paper, directory paper and paperboard at its mills
located in Quebec City, Riviere-du-Loup and Gatineau, Quebec and Ashland,
Virginia.

SOURCE  White Birch Paper Company

Roland Holub, Brant Industries, Inc., +1-203-661-3344
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