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No injuries to employees or fire personnel were reported.
Saica Group is very pleased to announce that the EU Commission has approved the acquisition of Thimm Group plants in Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania as of 24 July 2026. That includes all activities in these four countries: nine corrugated board plants in Alzey (Germany), Wolnzach (Germany), Eberswalde (Germany), Castrop-Rauxel (Germany), Northeim (Germany), Tychy (Poland), Skarbimierz (Poland), Všetaty (Czech Republic) and Sibiu (Romania) and one preprint facility in Ilsenburg (Germany).
Dunapack Packaging Hellas, part of the Austrian Prinzhorn Group, has entered into an agreement to take over El Pack's corrugated packaging operations. The transaction comprises the sites in Patras, Kapandriti and Thiva in Greece. With around 250 employees, a turnover of approximately 43 million euros was achieved in 2025.
The DOJ filed a consent decree with the proposed settlement Friday in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality. The decree is subject to a 30-day public comment period. If approved by the court, the decree would go into effect immediately.
The companies reached a mutual agreement on a patent dispute. Borregaard has been granted a contractual license which includes GranBio's European Patent EP/NO 3089998, pertaining to sulfite-based nanocellulose production.
New details were revealed in a Nippon Dynawave Packaging report that was sent to the Washington Department of Ecology. The report explains how employees at the paper mill in Longview responded to a massive chemical spill.
Nippon Dynawave Packaging has informed employees they will continue to receive pay through Oct. 11 following the deadly white liquor tank implosion at the Longview, Washington, pulp and paper mill on May 26 that has idled operations. The company previously had agreed to fully pay workers through Aug. 8, and the new agreement "provides much-needed stability" while local, state and federal investigations into the incident continue, said the Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers in a statement.
The Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast (PLC) is disappointed by the announcement by Finch Paper, LLC that it will stop making its own pulp and therefore cease buying low-grade wood for that purpose. This is a significant loss for the region's logging and trucking industry with far reaching economic consequences as well as serious negative impacts on the ability to properly manage forest health.
The mill will be converted to produce corrugated case material (CCM) in the first quarter of 2027.
A forensic analysis of the oil in the river by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the Coast Guard found that it matched fuel used at the facility.
New Salt Lake City facility strengthens service for packaging clients across the U.S. and supports continued growth of Quad's packaging business.
WISA Group Plc's Group Leadership Team appointed.
Starting in 2026, Nippon will gradually convert existing hardwood tree plantations into softwood.
Katherine Collins and Lori J. Ryerkerk to Join as Newest Board Members
The Finch Paper mill in Glens Falls, NY, a facility which has been buying pulp wood from the region's loggers since 1865, has announced they will stop making their own pulp from local logs and will transition to buying it from suppliers outside the area.
USG, an employer in the area for more than a century, employs 300 people in Oklahoma, according to the Major County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC).
Sale by Tiger and partner Can-Am Machinery features pulping, drying, baling and other assets from a fiber-processing and pulp-production plant in Chesapeake, Virginia.
International Paper, a leader in sustainable packaging, today announced it will close its Carrollton South packaging facility located in Carrolton, Texas by the end of the third quarter of 2026. The decision is part of the company's ongoing work to align its manufacturing footprint with customer demand and strengthen the long-term competitiveness of its North America packaging business.
Company says it is facing 'unsustainable financial losses'
There are four parts to the project -- forestry modernization, the mill site, a wind farm and hydro generation -- and Pelley said all four are essential and work together.
U.S. Chemical Safety Board Issues Investigation Update on Fatal January 2026 Toxic Hydrogen Sulfide Release at the Woodland Pulp Mill in Baileyville, Maine
More than 500 people gathered Saturday, July 11, to pay their respects to two brothers who grew up together, graduated from the same technical school, worked together at Nippon Dynawave Packaging, and died there in May in the worst industrial accident in modern state history.
Either Richard Bassett, the U.K. businessman who owns Cosmo Specialty Fibers, must start removing vast quantities of these chemicals from the site this month or the Environmental Protection Agency will step in and take over.
Mercer International Inc. reported that its indirectly wholly owned subsidiary Mercer Torgau GmbH & Co. KG is undertaking strategic actions to align its capacity and operations with current market conditions and elevated raw material and energy costs.
No civilian or firefighter injuries were reported. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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