What will they make at the old glass plant?

bob vernon · Post by **bob vernon** » Oct 4th, 2016, 11:40 am

I'm thinking Hardy board, or the equivalent. Is there cement manufactured in the area? Yes, at Kamloops. Do we have sawdust in the area? Fer sure. Hardy board is really heavy. There is a rail line through the property. I'm thinking it will be Hardy board (or a knockoff).

rustled · Post by **rustled** » Oct 4th, 2016, 11:57 am

Some info about the board manufacturing process here:

http://www.greenbuildermedia.com/buildingscience/side-by-side

I thought they had a beetle-kill pellet plant there, and people weren't happy about it. Was that a different property?

Hassel99 · Post by **Hassel99** » Oct 4th, 2016, 12:51 pm

Industrial Grow op

dontrump · Post by **dontrump** » Oct 4th, 2016, 1:21 pm

rustled wrote:Some info about the board manufacturing process here:

http://www.greenbuildermedia.com/buildingscience/side-by-side

I thought they had a beetle-kill pellet plant there, and people weren't happy about it. Was that a different property?

obviously its a different property

gordon_as · Post by **gordon_as** » Oct 4th, 2016, 7:35 pm

The Pellet plant is pretty much next door. The glass plant has been empty since the shut down. I heard that the new business may have something to do with manufacturing solar panels , but the source of that info doesn't seem to have any direct line of inside info , so , ????

Of note , they did say that the new operation would only use part of the facility and look for other businesses to fill it up. The warehouse there is enormous. If they decide to use the warehouse , some roofing company is going to make some big bucks fixing it.

rustled · Post by **rustled** » Oct 4th, 2016, 7:53 pm

gordon_as wrote:The Pellet plant is pretty much next door. The glass plant has been empty since the shut down. I heard that the new business may have something to do with manufacturing solar panels , but the source of that info doesn't seem to have any direct line of inside info , so , ????

Of note , they did say that the new operation would only use part of the facility and look for other businesses to fill it up. The warehouse there is enormous. If they decide to use the warehouse , some roofing company is going to make some big bucks fixing it.

Thanks for the clarification, gordon_as.

It is a huge property, makes sense there could be more than one thing happening on site.

NotNorthAnymore · Post by **NotNorthAnymore** » Oct 4th, 2016, 8:15 pm

I have no idea what they are going to make, but whatever it is there are going to be jobs to be had.
From Vernon to Cherryville this is a great announcement.

Looking forward to finding out tomorrow. :130:

dontrump · Post by **dontrump** » Oct 4th, 2016, 8:19 pm

NotNorthAnymore wrote:I have no idea what they are going to make, but whatever it is there are going to be jobs to be had.
From Vernon to Cherryville this is a great announcement.

Looking forward to finding out tomorrow.

always good news for sure but the unemployment rate is very low here and has been for awhile

gordon_as · Post by **gordon_as** » Oct 4th, 2016, 8:29 pm

Just hope the new operation does not shut down and outsource the jobs to 3rd world countries like OI did.

rustled · Post by **rustled** » Oct 4th, 2016, 8:31 pm

Did they? I thought they just closed the one Canadian plant and kept all the work at their US plants.

LTD · Post by **LTD** » Oct 4th, 2016, 8:33 pm

heard It was going to be a storage facility for toxic waste

bob vernon · Post by **bob vernon** » Oct 5th, 2016, 8:22 am

Whatever the plant becomes, I'm sure Christie will be there, talking about how she worked "tirelessly" to get this plant opened. Eric Foster will, too.

It's good news for Vernon, but the market place for building products should really get the credit. I'm sure Christie will claim credit for that, too. I can hear the speech already. "ya know what? At the end of the day the bottom line is all about families and jobs. So let's move forward and put the past behind us."

rustled · Post by **rustled** » Oct 5th, 2016, 5:30 pm

Paneling of some kind, bob vernon

He said significant ancillary jobs would be created from two complementary businesses that would start up on the site, making panelling and building engineered homes.

Molnar also envisions an eco park that would allow 20 to 25 companies to operate on the gigantic lot.

http://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story-177637-2-.htm#177637

Atomoa · Post by **Atomoa** » Oct 5th, 2016, 5:51 pm

They're not moving here to pay good wages.

Tax incentives and cheap labour in a desperate market.

We'll see.

dontrump · Post by **dontrump** » Oct 5th, 2016, 6:52 pm

Atomoa wrote:They're not moving here to pay good wages.

Tax incentives and cheap labour in a desperate market.

We'll see.

whos they? whos moving here? where is the desperate market?

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