From the Web: AbitibiBowater in Tennessee lobbies for truck weight legislation

KNOXVILLE, TN, Nov. 20, 2009 (RISI) - Safety and economics.

Those are the two key issues as Abitibibowater, one of the largest paper and pulp manufacturers in the world, which is asking Congress to pass the Safe and Efficient Transportation Act, a bill that would allow trucks outfitted with an extra axle to carry more weight on interstates.

Based in Montreal, with a 700-employee plant in Calhoun, Tenn., 75 miles south of Knoxville, Abitibibowater is lobbying lawmakers, proposing that the bill will allow trucks to carry more weight on interstates, which would help the company through the recession.

see Knoxville News Sentinel - Paper company touts extra-axle trucks to help cut costs