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Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc., a cryptocurrency datacenter and power generation company, has executed a new hosting agreement with Conifex Timber Inc.

As Lenzing and TENCEL™ continue to pursue climate neutrality by 2050, TENCEL™ started the year with the introduction of high-value offerings that enhance traceability and transparency for value chain partners and consumers.

Mineral graphite is particularly suitable for lithium-ion batteries. Therefore, if EV battery makers are to meet the increasing demand for EVs, a dependable and plentiful supply of specialized graphite is important. But what happens if future demand exceeds supply?

Only 11% of businesses believe they have a robust sustainability strategy.

Enviva Inc., the world's leading producer of sustainably sourced woody biomass, is recognized by the Chesapeake Environmental Improvement Council (CEIC) for its efforts to improve the environment and keep Chesapeake, Virginia beautiful.

Essity has - for the fourth consecutive year - been recognized for its leadership in sustainability by the global non-profit environmental organization CDP. The company has been awarded a place on CDP's 2022 Supplier Engagement Leaderboard for successfully working with its suppliers on climate change.

Kimberly-Clark has received this recognition for five consecutive years, honoring Kimberly-Clark's commitment to business integrity through best-in-class ethics, compliance, and governance practices.

There has been a vast improvement in the selection of materials for new capital projects during my 53-year career. There are new materials, upgrades to old materials and a general view of specifying materials more suitable for the application now than in prior decades. If you have read me for any length of time, you know I like galvanized steel for all structural components (indoors and out) and stainless for nearly everything else where appropriate in pulp and paper mills. Granted, there a bleach plants constructed of titanium, but those are more the exception than the rule. I like plastic, too. CPVC pipe, FRP tanks are your friend.

Congressman Chuck Edwards had called for an investigation.

J.D. Irving Ltd. and Twin Rivers Paper Company have 2021 and 2022 assessments cut on two mills

Weitzel to succeed Andrew Wamser as company continues to pursue its strategic growth objectives.

Will $12 million grant have to be repaid?

Södra's new cross-laminated timber (CLT) facility was inaugurated on the west coast of Sweden.

Truvant, a leading global contract manufacturing and contract packaging provider, today announced that Stewart Atkinson, former Proctor & Gamble executive was elected as Non-Executive Chairman of the company's Board of Directors.

Andritz has successfully completed the start-up of a FibreFlow drum pulping system and reject handling equipment at Asia Honour Paper in Mentakab, Pahang Darul Makmur, Malaysia.

MM Board & Paper, Austria, has successfully re-started its KM3 board machine at the Frohnleiten mill after ANDRITZ completed a major rebuild.

The findings are the latest issue for the beleaguered mill.

Damico has been accused of stabbing another individual at the packaging warehouse following an altercation, as stated in Grundy County court records. Both the victim and Damico were employees at the business.

ANDRITZ's scope of supply comprises the entire key equipment and supervision service for the mechanical installation, commissioning, start-up, and training.

The owner, Pixelle Specialty Solutions, announced last year that it planned to close the mill, which employs 230 people. It cited business and financial challenges compounded by the explosion of a pulp digester in 2020. Last month, the company announced the mill would close weeks earlier than initially anticipated.

The plant has an annual capacity of approximately 55,000 tons of specialty paper and has 127 employees.

Wisconsin-based packaging firm Quad/Graphics Inc. will close its Leominster, Massachusetts Packaging plant by April 29, resulting in approximately 60 layoffs.

In February, workers here voted down a contract offer paving the way for a possible strike. On Monday, March 13, a union representative said a revised contract was presented and the union workers overwhelmingly said yes to the company's terms.

Recognition honors companies demonstrating business integrity through best-in-class ethics, compliance, and governance practices.