WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King today applauded J.D. Irving, Limited announcement that the company’s Sawmill Division will invest $30 million in a new state-of-the-art softwood sawmill in Ashland.

“This new sawmill will have a positive economic impact in Aroostook County and well beyond,” Senators Collins and King said in a joint statement.  “This investment will create as many as 60 permanent jobs and confirms the economic potential offered by Maine’s many natural resources and hardworking people, and it joins other mills in Aroostook County that are providing good jobs and wood for a rebounding housing market.”

During the construction phase, the new facility will employ up to 50 people.  Once the mill is operating, the company says 60 permanent jobs will be created.

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