BENNETTSVILLE, South Carolina – Composite panel and forest product giant Arauco will close its medium density fiberboard production facility in Bennettsville, South Carolina May 18. The Bennettsville mill is currently offline related to market conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The company said the decision to close the facility permanently was based on a broader assessment that the older manufacturing platform is no longer competitive in the prevailing MDF market. Arauco… announced it would close another MDF production facility in Eugene, Oregon, on May 1. The company also made news last year with the acquisition of MDF moulding and millwork producer Prime-Line Inc., the ending of particleboard production at its St. Stephen, New Brunswick facility, and the opening of a $450 million particleboard operation in Grayling, Michigan.