FIFTY NEW JOBS AT BABCOCK & WILCOX IN MELVILLE

Released on June 25, 1998

Economic and Co-operative Development Minister Janice MacKinnon and

Babcock & Wilcox Canada President Paul Koenderman today announced that

50 new jobs will be created with the expansion of business activities

at the Babcock & Wilcox plant in Melville. The company is hiring

local people to fill the new positions and moving in equipment from a

closed plant in the United States.



"This expansion is a vote of confidence in the strength of the

Saskatchewan economy and in our future," MacKinnon said. "Babcock &

Wilcox studied its entire North American operation and chose

Saskatchewan, and in particular, Melville, as a place to relocate some

of its production activities."



"Our Saskatchewan employees are very productive and have the best

safety record of all our North American facilities," Koenderman said.

"With Saskatchewan's competitive business environment, it made sense

for us to relocate a portion of our manufacturing activity from Paris,

Texas to Melville."



Based in Cambridge Ontario, Babcock & Wilcox Canada is the country's

largest manufacturer of steam generation products and services. The

Melville plant specializes in components for boilers that produce

power for industries and electric utilities across North America.



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For more information contact:



Debbie Wilkie

Economic and Co-operative

Development

Regina Phone: (306)787-1691



Chris Sellers

Communications Manager

Babcock & Wilcox Canada

Cambridge, Ontario