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A group of leading forestry and agriculture companies, NGOs and other partners announced on Friday the formation of the Fire-Free Alliance, a voluntary, multi-stakeholder platform to aid in the resolution of land and forest fires in Indonesia.

In decades past, in the United States, engineering students came off the farm. It was often a first step up for farm family children to go to engineering school. I was a classic example. I left the farm and became a mechanical engineer. Today, entry level personnel, even if they are trained engineers, often do not have the practical background we used to have...

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About 1,000 people had worked at the mill in 2000, when it was owned and operated by Champion International. A series of industrial owners had made paper at the site since 1930.

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The former Great Northern Paper Co. LLC mill closed in February 2013, laying off 212 of 256 workers and devastating the Katahdin region economy.

The planned spinoff of WestRock Co.'s chemical business is advancing.

Rod Bender, general manager of Norske Skog's newsprint and catalogue papers mill, said the location of the fault was a positive because it removed one of the uncertainties from Basslink's repair schedule.

Michael McNeil has spent more than four decades in the industry and has been with Miami Machine since 1987

Hygiene paper producer Sofidel Group has acquired tissue paper converter Forest Papir Kft based in Piszke, near Budapest.

Imerys S.A., based in Paris, France, and Omya AG, based in Oftringen, Switzerland, announced that they have entered into exclusive negotiations to form a 50:50 technology joint venture to promote the research and development of Micro Fibrillated Cellulose (MFC), concerning a variety of applications and industries.

Fire in a printing press caused $50,000 damage at R R Donnelley & Sons in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on Monday morning, an official said.

BASF is working with advisers and financing banks to examine the merits of making a counter bid for DuPont Co, the $55 billion chemical company that agreed to a merger with Dow Chemical Co in December, people with knowledge of the matter said.

Workers at Sioux City, Iowa's WestRock facility went on strike Thursday afternoon. The company employees 78 people at the site.

The chief executive officers of DuPont and Dow Chemical Co. will receive a combined $80 million in "golden parachute" payments after the companies merge and then split into three, according to a regulatory filing.

You will never know if a mill is well maintained if you follow the mill's "tour route"--you know, the route they keep clean and in great shape for executives, board members and customers. Didn't know that mills have "tour routes"? Have I got some hot property in Florida for you! In a mill that is in really bad shape, you won't have to go to the places I am going to tell you about, for they, that is those in charge, will never let you get there. Thus, the first clue you are in a poorly maintained mill is if you run into resistance to a full blown tour...

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WorkSafeNB is investigating a fatality at a Sussex facility owned by J.D. Irving Ltd., involving the death of a 50-year-old-man on Monday.

Verso Corp. has received approval for $600 million in financing that will allow the paper maker to continue operations through its bankruptcy.

Cenveo, Inc. announced the beginning of a five-year engagement with National Register Publishing, a leading publisher of data products.

Holmen announced this week that PM 11 at the Hallsta Paper Mill is producing paper again, 99 days after the fire hit the pulp production in November.

Sinar Mas is set to commence the operation of one of the world's largest pulp mills, expected to help boost Indonesia's economy and push up the country's position in the sector.