at its Estcourt Mill in June this year had been fully repaired.

The company said the mill had returned to its pre-explosion production capacity. “I extend our sincere appreciation to all impacted employees, their families, customers and vendors for their understanding, patience and continued patronage,” Hilton Loring, CEO of Masonite, said on Monday.

Meanwhile, the company also said it expects basic, headline, diluted basic and diluted headline earnings per share for the quarter to 31 December 2014, to be between 105 percent and 125 percent lower than the prior comparative period.

The large decrease in earnings a share was mainly due to the explosion at its Mill in Estcourt and the finalisation of the business interruption insurance claim.

Since inception in 1948, Masonite has grown into an organisation of 1250 people. It is 80 percent owned by Masonite International Corporation USA which has its corporate headquarters in Toronto, Canada and international administrative offices in Tampa, Florida.

There are more than 70 facilities with over 12 000 employees worldwide (North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa) and products are sold to a wide variety of customers in over 50 countries.

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