Roseburg to close Mississippi plant

Roseburg will permanently end operations at its Taylorsville, MS, particleboard plant in August. Roseburg acquired the plant from Georgia-Pacific in 2006 in an expansion of the company’s composite panel business. The plant is now among the oldest particleboard mills in North America, and the plant’s press equipment and technology have aged to the point that it can no longer compete with newer domestic particleboard mills and the influx of imported products. The company will continue to product particleboard at its Simsboro, LA, mill. The Simsboro plant has a more modern manufacturing platform and is therefore more competitive. It features a 10’ continuous press and current manufacturing technologies. Roseburg is heavily invested in the composites industry, manufacturing both particleboard and MDF at plants across North America. The company recently announced a $700 million investment in manufacturing in Oregon, including a new plant, Dillard MDF, which will make both medium- and high-density fibreboard, and Dillard Components, which will produce MDF trim suitable for exterior applications.