BAILEYVILLE (AP) – Domtar Inc. will shut down the paper machine at its pulp and paper mill for six weeks in a move that will affect about 100 employees.

The machine will be idled from April 16 until May 21 because of bad market conditions, the company said.

The shutdown is a repeat of previous shutdowns last March and November. Employees were given the news on Friday.

“It is a continuation of the market conditions,” Domtar spokesman Scott Beal said. “The market hasn’t rebounded like we had forecasted last fall and last winter, so we are still in this climate. So we are trying to match our production to the demands of our customers.”

The rest of the mill, which has machines that produce pulp, will continue to operate as usual. The mill has about 500 workers in all.

The mill began operations in 1906 as part of St. Croix Paper Co. Georgia-Pacific Corp. bought it in 1963 and sold it to Domtar, which is based in Montreal, in 2001.