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Horizon Milling to close Port Colborne flour mill
PORT COLBORNE, ONTARIO, CANADA - Horizon Milling G.P. announced
it will halt operations at its Port Colborne,
Ontario, Canada wheat flour mill on Oct.
30. The mill, which was built in 1940, has
daily capacity of 13,200 cwts.
John Holliday, vice-president and general manager for Horizon Milling G.P.,
said the move was difficult and the company had been working with the UFCW
Local 416P Union since 2006 to ensure
the mill's stability and growth.
"Since that time the economic landscape has changed considerably, and recent business conditions have eroded the
model we were hoping could keep this
facility viable to the benefit of all stakeholders," Holliday said.
Horizon Milling G.P. is a partnership
formed between Cargill and CHS, Inc., to
purchase the Canadian grain-based food
service and industrial businesses owned
by Smucker Foods of Canada Co.
In addition to Port Colborne, Horizon
Milling G.P. operates a wheat flour mill
with 16,500 cwts of capacity in Montreal,
Quebec, Canada, and a 14,000-cwt facility in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
According to Sosland Publishing's
Grain & Milling Annual 2008, the com-

Russian military leaves
strategic Georgian port
POTI, GEORGIA - In the aftermath of
the conflict between Russia and Georgia, Russian troops have begun leaving
some parts of Georgia, including the
Port of Poti.
On Sept. 8, Moscow agreed to withdraw its troops from "security zones" inside Georgia around South Ossetia and
a second breakaway region, Abkhazia,
within a month.
The deal, brokered by French President
Nicolas Sarkozy on behalf of the European Union, included a commitment to
pull out by Sept. 15 from "monitoring
posts" in the Poti region, where the oil
and dry-grain shipment port is considered vital to the Georgian economy.

pany also has three mix manufacturing
facilities in Burlington, Ontario, Canada; Outremont, Quebec, Canada; and
Saskatoon; a durum mill in Saskatoon;
two oat flour mills in Saskatoon and Port
Colborne; a specialty flour mill in Saskatoon; and two family flour packaging

plants in Montreal and Saskatoon. Horizon Milling G.P. has total wheat flour
capacity of 43,700 cwts, total durum
flour capacity of 7,500 cwts, and total
mill grain storage capacity of 4,141,000
bushels, according to the Grain & Milling Annual.

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