Georgia-Pacific Closes Fiberboard-Producing Plant in Diboll
Posted/updated on: November 21, 2015 at 5:26 am
DIBOLL (AP) – Georgia-Pacific has closed its fiberboard manufacturing plant in the East Texas town of Diboll and laid off all 90 workers. The Atlanta-based wood and fiber products company on Thursday shut the plant and encouraged workers to seek jobs at other Georgia-Pacific units in East Texas. Spokesman Eric Abercrombie says Georgia-Pacific has about 1,600 employees in the area. Abercrombie says the Diboll fiberboard unit, which has not been operating for a couple of weeks, suffered weather-related damage in recent storms and also had a small kiln fire in October. He says Georgia-Pacific decided to close the plant, built in 1958, due to current economic conditions and the cost of improvements needed at the facility.
