Temple-Inland Inc. operations affected by Hurricane Gustav include containerboard mills in Bogalusa, La.; and Orange, Texas; and lumber mills in Diboll, Pineland and Buna, Texas, as well as Dequincy, La.
Curtailment began at the above mentioned containerboard mills on August 31, 2008, to allow adequate time for a safe evacuation from the storm for employees and to enable orderly shutdowns. No employees were injured in the storm and none of the facilities sustained damage. Temple-Inland anticipates all of the facilities will resume normal operations within the next few days.
Downtime in the affected containerboard mills is expected to be approximately 18,000 tons. Each of the affected lumber mills are expected to experience approximately two days of lost production.
In commenting on the hurricane, Doyle R. Simons, chairman and chief executive officer of Temple-Inland, said: “We were pleased that no employees were injured due to the hurricane and that the facilities did not sustain any damage. Our employees did an outstanding job preparing for this storm and are working diligently to resume normal production at our facilities.”
Temple-Inland Inc. is a manufacturing company focused on corrugated packaging and building products. The fully integrated corrugated packaging operation consists of seven mills and 64 converting facilities. The building products operation manufactures a diverse line of building products for new home construction, commercial and repair and remodeling markets.