Recent Articles

We last visited transportation in February of 2019. What's new?

Listen to this column in your favorite format

iTunes or MP3

The Valmet Industrial Internet (VII) solutions combine advanced monitoring and prediction applications, Advanced Process Controls (APC), dynamic process simulators and remote services from Valmet Performance Centers into comprehensive solutions that provide tangible benefits to customers.

An order with this scope of supply is usually valued in the range of Euro 2-5 million.

American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Heidi Brock praised the Administration and Congress for their efforts to pass the U.S. - Mexico - Canada (USMCA) trade agreement and issued a statement.

Quad/Graphics Inc. plans to sell its Omaha packaging plant for $40 million to Atlanta-based Graphic Packaging International while also continuing investments in other packaging operations.

Georgia-Pacific announced that it will make an investment of more than $145 million at its Darlington, South Carolina, Dixie plant that will expand plate and bowl making operations. This investment is based on customer and consumer demand for these well-known household products.

Arsen S. Kitch will lead paper and tissue manufacturer Clearwater Paper Corp. beginning April 1.

Graphic Packaging Holding plans to purchase 15.1M partnerships units in Graphic Packaging International Partners from International Paper for $250M.

The mill currently employs 236 people with an annual production capacity of 240,000 tonnes of newsprint paper.

A financial analyst says the long-struggling Canadian newsprint industry has even tougher times ahead given recent events including a potential anti-dumping investigation in India.

Boise Paper, a division of Packaging Corporation of America (PCA), has announced their sponsorship of Reach Out and Read, a U.S. non-profit entering its fourth decade promoting childhood literacy.

Some 9,000 workers at Finnish paper mills will start a three-week strike on Monday after wage talks broke down, their labor union said in a statement, the latest in a series of labor conflicts to hit Finland.

Verso seeks state and city aid as it looks to make a costly shift.

UPM is among the first global forest industry companies making this commitment.

Italian tissue manufacturer Sofidel Group anticipates an early June grand opening for its $360 million facility in Inola, Oklahoma a spokesman for the company said.

Georgia Pacific announced news last week that now makes many believe there is still a future for the plant in the region. They plan to invest $37 million into operations at the Crosset

Kotkamills, a manufacturer of fully recyclable barrier boards, has signed a significant collaboration agreement with Lavazza Professional.

All Three Leading, Independent Proxy Advisory Firms Recommend that Verso Stockholders Vote FOR the Pixelle Transaction.

The company says in a business update that it expects its operating loss to be between US$15 million and US$19 million, due in part to US$19 million in closure and restructuring costs and US$74 million in depreciation and amortization.

Montana officials are worried that the sale of hundreds of thousands of acres of timberland may eventually close off the public access that previous owners have allowed, despite assurances from the buyer that no such changes are planned.

Excess heat from the industrial processes at Stora Enso's Maxau paper mill in Germany, will be used to provide renewable, biomass-based district heating for the city of Karlsruhe.

The start-up of the rebuilt paper machine PM 1 is scheduled for the second half of 2021.

If you are looking for goods and services in the pulp and paper industry, you need to check out the Paperitalo Directory!

The value of a delivery of this size and scope is typically around Euro 200-250 million.