Although Smurfit-Stone's media relations and public affairs department confirmed the shut-down, they haven't released much else.

What News Channel 7 does know is the mill will be closing on November 22nd, for at least 40 days. The official statement is the mill is ceasing production for "market related downtime," but officials cannot say if the mill will definitely reopen after the 40 day period. They also would not say how many people this will affect, but a local employment agency did confirm the number of layoffs.

"We've been in close contact with the HR department at Smurfit Stone. From what we understand there's approximately 425 employees that will be laid off through Christmas. We've worked out a plan where we'll most likely be going on site and providing assistance, answering questions and helping them fill out their necessary paperwork for unemployment," said Wilson Hair, Work Force Center Coordinator.

Smurfit Stone media relations officials say they notified workers of the closure on Friday. However, some of the mill workers we spoke to Monday were afraid to go on camera, but said they still haven't been officially notified of the closure.

Although it is normal for the mill to shut down for several weeks for maintenance, this is the first market related shut down in quite some time.