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An external fire was put out on site at the Catalyst Crofton pulp mill Monday afternoon before it got out of control.

Graphic Packaging Holding Company announced that Laurie Brlas has joined its board of directors, effective January 10.

Donna Harman, the longest-serving President and CEO in the 25-year history of the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA), announced her retirement today.

Following the Receivership proceedings opened in France at the request of Arjowiggins and some of its subsidiaries, the Boards of Directors of some of Arjowiggins' companies in the UK have decided to file notices of appointment of an Administrator for the following companies AW UK Holdings Ltd, ArjoWiggins Fine Papers Ltd, Arjo Wiggins Chartham Ltd, AW UK Holdings Ltd, Arjowiggins Sourcing Ltd, Arjobex Ltd and Performance Papers Ltd.

Valmet will supply an automation system update and expansion for Gasum's project at the Metsä Tissue Mänttä mill in Finland.

Haughie brings more than 25 years of financial expertise and significant leadership experience to LP.

West Fraser announced temporary curtailments of approximately three weeks of production throughout the first quarter of 2019 at each of three British Columbia, Canada, sawmills: Chasm, 100 Mile House, and Chetwynd.

Hamburger Rieger has engaged Voith to supply the complete stock preparation unit for its new PM 2 in Spremberg, Germany.

Paperitalo Publications was honored to have received an exclusive tour of Kadant Black Clawson's new facility in Lebanon that opened less than a year ago.

The merger, which was announced in March 2018, was submitted for approval to all Brazilian and international regulatory agencies. The last phase of the transaction was concluded Monday, when Suzano Pulp & Paper paid R$ 27.8 billion to Fibria's shareholders, who in turn became shareholders in Suzano, the company's new trade name.

When Georgia-Pacific announced layoffs last week, officials said employees would be released in March, but contractors say they have already been let go.

The Lenzing Group has opened its Center of Excellence (LCOE) at its location in Purwakarta, Indonesia.

We trialed this idea in the second half of last year--call on those in the pulp and paper industry (this includes manufacturers and suppliers--to join me for an informal lunch once a quarter or so. It seems to be taking off.

Smurfit Kappa has called on the world's innovation community to contribute to the development of the sustainable packaging solutions of the future.

Södra is one of the main sponsors of Introduce a Girl to Engineering day (IGEday) -- an initiative by the organisation Womengineer that aims to increase interest in technology and engineering among teenage girls.

Kemira has signed an agreement to establish a joint venture - Kemira Yongsan Chemicals Co. Ltd ("NewCo") in Ulsan, Republic of Korea, with Yongsan Chemicals, a privately-owned chemicals company in South Korea.

CorrChoice, a producer of industrial corrugated paper packaging products, will expand in central Pennsylvania. The project, supported through state funding, is expected to create 79 jobs in the Dauphin and Lebanon County area.

Thirteen Indigenous communities who control more than 50 percent of the provincial allocated and active wood supply in Saskatchewan have banded together.

A West Monroe man is facing a felony theft charge after an investigation into the disappearance of copper wire at the Graphic Packaging construction site.

Kimberly-Clark Corp. has notified Gov. Tony Evers' administration that it will close its plant in Neenah by May 31.

Mid-career operations managers and capital project managers have usually seen one or two complete disasters by the time they reach this stage in their careers. Typically, they resolve something like this, "If I ever get to the point that I am in charge of a capital project, I am going to do it differently. I will _______." Their failing is they never spend the time to learn how to do a project correctly and they seldom get a chance to hire someone who knows how to do a project correctly. Of course, for the latter to be true, they have to recognize that they do not know how to do a project correctly and they have to be given the latitude to seek out someone or some firm that does...

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Appvion Operations, Inc. says it is concerned about California's misguided legislation attempt to limit paper receipts for environmental and health protection

Georgia-Pacific says consumers aren't buying as much copy paper anymore, forcing it to lay off nearly 700 people at a Louisiana mill.