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Carter Holt Harvey sheds 130 jobs

Posted on February 1, 2010, 7:07pm and updated on February 2, 2010 at 9:26 am

The South East was left reeling today after 130 jobs were cut at Nangwarry’s Carter Holt Harvey plywood manufacturing plant.

Today’s announcement means just 30 workers will remain at the mill, which once employed hundreds of people.

The news comes after 90 positions were cut at the plywood plant in April last year following the shedding of 130 jobs by the company in 2008 when it closed the Dartmoor mill.

Workers were told during meetings today about the latest cuts.

Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union Forestry and Furnishing Products Division official Brad Coates said workers to lose their jobs in the latest wave of redundancies would have to finish by March 26.

Mr Coates said the news would decimate the local community.

CHH is now wholly owned by New Zealand’s richest man Graeme Hart, who has developed the company into a world leading beverage packaging provider.

The company’s Wood Products Australia division revealed plans last month for a “world class” plywood mill, based on its existing Myrtleford plant in Victoria.

The Myrtleford facility began sawmilling and pulping operations in 1975 as Australian Forest Industries. Plywood manufacture was added in 1981.

The Myrtleford Times reported in January the investment would secure the site’s long-term future.

  • Full report in The Border Watch on Tuesday.
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One Response to “Carter Holt Harvey sheds 130 jobs”

  1. Local Resident on February 2nd, 2010 11:41 pm 1

    Aren’t Carter Holt Harvey the small business specialists in their home country of New Zealand anyway.

    Simply give them a large company and they will make a small one out of it.

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