GLG
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I suspect it's just another brain fart and he will reverse himself and try to rewrite history by claiming fake-news. His supports will eat it up like candy and laugh that they owned the libs.
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I suspect it's just another brain fart and he will reverse himself and try to rewrite history by claiming fake-news. His supports will eat it up like candy and laugh that they owned the libs.
Pippen
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Did you hear about his huge supporter the Governor of Georgia?
He stated yesterday something to the effect of "we just learned in the last 24 hours that the virus can be spread by those who are asymptomatic". For god's sake.....the CDC is based is in his own state and his administration just found out what others have known for weeks or months??? Moron.
SpringVelocity
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I saw that.
SpringVelocity
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A lot of jobs in Nanaimo area effected which really sucks. I also have a customer in Horseshoe Bay, and that will crush their business even more now.
GLG
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I wonder if these jobs in Nanaimo will be affected...
Nanaimo’s Harmac mill works to fill doubled pulp order for medical masks and gowns
Mar. 24, 2020
Production is heating up at Harmac Pacific to produce a special paper pulp used in the manufacture of disposable surgical masks, gowns and other medical products.
Those products, worn to help prevent the spread of disease, are in short supply due to the COVID-19 crisis and the U.S. customer that produces them has doubled its order for the K10S pulp.
“It’s a customer out of the States and we’ve been supplying them for years, but in light of what’s going on in the lack of medical supplies, they’ve doubled their order with us in the last week, so we’re doing everything we can to meet that demand,” said Levi Sampson, Harmac president.
Sampson said the Harmac mill is the world’s only producer of the particular grade of paper pulp used in the manufacture of surgical masks and gowns and that the mill has been producing it since before he came to work there in 2008.
“K10S is the pulp that we’re producing for these medical supplies. We’re the only one that produces it,” he said. “Different pulp mills run different grades of pulp – almost kind of like recipes.”
K10S pulp is made from western red cedar that produces a soft fibre that makes it suitable for the final products made from it.
“It’s been tweaked over the years to come up with the right formula that allows it to go into the medical supplies,” Sampson said.
https://www.vicnews.com/business/na...ubled-pulp-order-for-medical-masks-and-gowns/
wishtofish
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Have been following the stimulus packages closely as it effects many of my clients. What I don't see at this point, which I think will need to be addressed, is reduced worker hours, the current packages require you to be off work completely.
walleyes
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I wonder if these jobs in Nanaimo will be affected...
Nanaimo’s Harmac mill works to fill doubled pulp order for medical masks and gowns
Mar. 24, 2020
Production is heating up at Harmac Pacific to produce a special paper pulp used in the manufacture of disposable surgical masks, gowns and other medical products.
Those products, worn to help prevent the spread of disease, are in short supply due to the COVID-19 crisis and the U.S. customer that produces them has doubled its order for the K10S pulp.
“It’s a customer out of the States and we’ve been supplying them for years, but in light of what’s going on in the lack of medical supplies, they’ve doubled their order with us in the last week, so we’re doing everything we can to meet that demand,” said Levi Sampson, Harmac president.
Sampson said the Harmac mill is the world’s only producer of the particular grade of paper pulp used in the manufacture of surgical masks and gowns and that the mill has been producing it since before he came to work there in 2008.
“K10S is the pulp that we’re producing for these medical supplies. We’re the only one that produces it,” he said. “Different pulp mills run different grades of pulp – almost kind of like recipes.”
K10S pulp is made from western red cedar that produces a soft fibre that makes it suitable for the final products made from it.
“It’s been tweaked over the years to come up with the right formula that allows it to go into the medical supplies,” Sampson said.
https://www.vicnews.com/business/na...ubled-pulp-order-for-medical-masks-and-gowns/
So I don’t get it,, your upset these people are working and supporting themselves.
GLG
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Hi walleyes my point was the boys were working double hard to supply 3m with the raw material for the masks that Trump has brain farted about. Hope that clears that up for you as I know that you're probably worried about work and family at this point, Stay safe.
Yes, surprising that Trump could have missed that little detail when he was wanting 3M to renege on its agreement to supply a comparatively small amount of their output of masks to Canada, considering it takes a very specialized pulp to make them that is only made at this BC mill.
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walleyes
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Well that’s good then I was awfully surprised to see someone upset about people being able to work.
And I am concerned about people working my family and always other, so far we are all good, boys are all still working as am I. Our industry has been deemed an essential industry as long as we can make it work and keep outside contact to a minimum and stay healthy all is good. It’s essential we keep as many people working as possibly, it’s important to keep as many operations going as we can. The country needs funds flowing people need services, let hope we can keep many businesses open and operational.
And on the Trump issue I really don’t blame him, he’s doing what he was hired to do, look after his own people and their needs first. Canada has plants that can make masks let’s look at getting them up and tooled for the job, these are drastic times they call for drastic measures.
And I am concerned about people working my family and always other, so far we are all good, boys are all still working as am I. Our industry has been deemed an essential industry as long as we can make it work and keep outside contact to a minimum and stay healthy all is good. It’s essential we keep as many people working as possibly, it’s important to keep as many operations going as we can. The country needs funds flowing people need services, let hope we can keep many businesses open and operational.
And on the Trump issue I really don’t blame him, he’s doing what he was hired to do, look after his own people and their needs first. Canada has plants that can make masks let’s look at getting them up and tooled for the job, these are drastic times they call for drastic measures.
Islandgirl
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Is there any way you or the forum can get this message out to the Public ? My friends see people going to public parks that are almost at full capacity thinking that they are ' safe'.
Trudopes message to Go Home and Stay Home' needs to be hammered out alot louder.
Birdsnest
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SpringVelocity
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I wonder if these jobs in Nanaimo will be affected...
Nanaimo’s Harmac mill works to fill doubled pulp order for medical masks and gowns
Mar. 24, 2020
Production is heating up at Harmac Pacific to produce a special paper pulp used in the manufacture of disposable surgical masks, gowns and other medical products.
Those products, worn to help prevent the spread of disease, are in short supply due to the COVID-19 crisis and the U.S. customer that produces them has doubled its order for the K10S pulp.
“It’s a customer out of the States and we’ve been supplying them for years, but in light of what’s going on in the lack of medical supplies, they’ve doubled their order with us in the last week, so we’re doing everything we can to meet that demand,” said Levi Sampson, Harmac president.
Sampson said the Harmac mill is the world’s only producer of the particular grade of paper pulp used in the manufacture of surgical masks and gowns and that the mill has been producing it since before he came to work there in 2008.
“K10S is the pulp that we’re producing for these medical supplies. We’re the only one that produces it,” he said. “Different pulp mills run different grades of pulp – almost kind of like recipes.”
K10S pulp is made from western red cedar that produces a soft fibre that makes it suitable for the final products made from it.
“It’s been tweaked over the years to come up with the right formula that allows it to go into the medical supplies,” Sampson said.
https://www.vicnews.com/business/na...ubled-pulp-order-for-medical-masks-and-gowns/
Wow Harmac is busy all the jobs in Nanaimo are saved.
I would like to think Harmac can save our businesses in Nanaimo but that isn't the case. BC Ferries and the businesses that support them are way bigger employer locally. Very broad on what they impact. It really sucks for our city.As far as I know Harmac is not adding staff. They just shifted everyone around as I believe they lost demand in their regular products. So while they may be working they really aren't adding 1000's of jobs. Still good though as people will not be out of work there.
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Cuba Libre
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And you forgot that some will be dead!
Cuba Libre
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Really-----???? Bunch of garbage. Are they worried the fallow deer will get the bug ?
Wow Harmac is busy all the jobs in Nanaimo are saved.
As far as I know Harmac is not adding staff. They just shifted everyone around as I believe they lost demand in their regular products. So while they may be working they really aren't adding 1000's of jobs. Still good though as people will not be out of work there.
I understand that the cost of a mask in the US went from around .70 cents each to around 6 or 7 dollars with the pandemic demand. Has the price of the unique pulp to make it also gone up? Sounds like Harmac could be a good investment. Still not that easy to fine TP, which I think they can also make.
wildmanyeah
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Remember when bc hydro jacked up rates to California and then got sued for millions?
It’s probably like that
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