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Antalis says it has acquired TFM Industrial, a Peruvian specialist distributor of packaging products, with sales of around Euro 5 million.

First Quality Tissue, LLC a manufacturer of ultra-premium towel and tissue products, will expand its operations in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, a move that will create 184 new jobs.

Oji Holdings will construct a new Australian plant for food-grade cardboard boxes made from pulp, rather than recycled paper, for supply to local meat processors and farmers.

Early in my career I was told by an Engineer that the only real problems we would face in our careers were people problems. He went on to explain that solutions could be found for all other problems, but not always for those originating from personnel. As time progressed, I began to appreciate his wisdom more and more...

Glatfelter announced the promotion of Timothy R. Hess to Senior Vice President and Business Unit President, Specialty Papers.

Bruce Rastetter, an Iowa entrepreneur and ag adviser to Donald Trump, wants the president-elect to block pending mega-mergers like the $130 billion marriage between DuPont and Dow Chemical Co.

The Board of Trustees of the Paper Science and Engineering Foundation at Miami University announced that Katie Pirigyi has been named as new Assistant Director, effective on January 1, 2017.

The death of Maine's pulp and paper industry is highly exaggerated. That's the conclusion of a new preliminary report by Mindy Crandall, an assistant professor of Forest Management and Economics at the University of Maine.

Having been in the industry for over forty years and having written my fair share of expert witness reports, I can tell you that major capital projects (over, say, USD 5 million) are more likely to end up in court than not. This does not have to be. OK, Jim, you say this does not have to be, then why does it happen? There are two or three conditions that cause construction court cases. They come up repeatedly...

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Packaging company Orora has completed the $44 million acquisition of The Register Print Group in the U.S.

Cenveo reported that it has received formal notification from the New York Stock Exchange that the Company is back in full compliance under the NYSE's continued listing standards and has been removed from its "Watch List."

Graphic Packaging is planning a significant investment in a state-of-the-art carton folding facility, according to company officials.

Fire crews braved the extreme cold and icy conditions Thursday night to put out a fire at the Domtar mill at Mission Flats in British Columbia.

In autumn 2016, 6.1 million saplings from Södra were planted. This is an increase of 1.3 million saplings compared with the 2015 autumn planting season. Södra delivered a total of 33.6 million saplings in 2016.

ArborGen announced today that it is expanding its agreement with International Paper Brazil by granting ArborGen additional access to IP's Eucalyptus germplasm.

Nippon Paper Industries to build a demonstration plant at Fuji Mill in Japan to promote practical applications of CNF-reinforced resin.

Gregory Schain of New Mill Capital Holdings in New York City points to one recent success his company has had in Maine as he looks to the company's newest acquisition: the shuttered Madison Paper Industries mill.

Conifex Timber Inc. of Vancouver said this week that it received a $130 million secured revolving credit facility to fund the modernization and restart of its sawmill in El Dorado.

Ahlstrom has completed the sale of its German subsidiary with operations in Osnabrück to Kämmerer Paper Holding GmbH.

Valmet will deliver a white liquor pressure disc filter to Daio Paper Co. Ltd's Mishima pulp mill in Japan.

On 1 January, Crown Timber Group Plc was renamed Södra Wood Ltd. The forest industry Group Södra acquired Crown Timber in March last year and the integration of the companies has proceeded at a high pace since then, culminating with this name change.

A fire that appears to have begun in duct work at the Ahlstrom mill kept firefighters from Windsor Locks and several other towns busy Monday afternoon.