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Fulton Systems, pulp and paper industry steam and condensate system specialists, is the OEM serving North America for over 100 years, and is the mill steam and condensate recovery system provider. The Fulton Systems' steam and condensate systems are engineered to optimize the energy transfer from the boiler to the dryer, re-use the spent steam, and maximize the condensate recovery. The system design include the required controls, thermocompressors, liquid recovery tanks, condensers, pumps, final control devises, and syphons.

Why continuous monitoring and early intervention are reshaping fire protection in paper recycling

The case is now before the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, an independent agency that reviews and adjudicates contested OSHA citations.

Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC, which serves as a major employer in Tacoma, informed the state that it has decided to permanently close its entire Tacoma facility, which eliminates all 120 of its positions.

The Government of Ontario is providing GreenFirst with more than $5.9 million through the Forest Sector Investment and Innovation Program (FSIIP) to support a new sawline and the installation of a high-speed planer.

JBM Packaging Opens New Lebanon Facility to Expand Contract Packaging Capabilities.

LP Building Solutions (LP), a leading manufacturer of high-performance building products, announced that it will indefinitely curtail oriented strand board (OSB) production at its Jasper, Texas facility beginning in October 2026 in response to soft demand.

Metsä Board is investing in the finishing operations at its Kemi mill by modernising the board machine winder. The investment will be implemented during the annual maintenance shutdown in October-November 2026.

The project, currently under construction in Brazil's Espírito Santo state, has been designed to include five specialized port terminals. The deal includes the transfer of strategically-located land owned by Suzano that will be used to support development of the port project, without affecting the operational or economic performance at Suzano's nearby Aracruz unit.

The new company is planned to take over UPM's plywood business after the October demerger and is expected to begin trading in November.

The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals will allow a North Carolina woman to pursue a religious discrimination claim against the employer who fired her in 2021 for refusing vaccination against COVID-19.

The body of a man who was on his way to deliver food to a family near Kalama River on Aug. 7 but never showed up was found in timberland owned by Weyerhaeuser on Sunday, Aug. 30, in Cowlitz County, the sheriff's office said.

CSB Discovers that Nippon Dynawave Packaging Company Was Told in July 2025 that the Tank Was Not Fit for Continued Service and Could Fail

The Washington Department of Ecology has issued an administrative notice of violation to Nippon Dynawave Packaging following a May 26 storage tank failure at its Longview pulp and paper mill.

The support consists of a C$1 million non-repayable contribution and a C$19 million repayable contribution, with repayment scheduled to commence in 2031, subject to the terms of the contribution agreement.

RYAM in Temiscaming, Quebec is closing its doors to its industrial complex next month due to the 50 percent tariff situation across the border.

UPM remains convinced that the planned joint venture is a necessary step to secure reliable supply continuity for graphic paper customers in Europe and strengthen the resilience of the entire European graphic paper industry, and will continue to engage constructively with the Commission during the next stages of the ongoing investigation.

The EU's competition authority is preparing a formal objection to Finnish forestry giant UPM-Kymmene and Sappi's planned joint venture in graphic paper, a deal valued at €1.42bn. Bloomberg News reported, citing sources.

The Commerce Commission has given clearance to Kimberly-Clark Corporation to acquire 100% of the shares in Kenvue Inc. as part of a global transaction, subject to an undertaking to divest Kenvue's feminine hygiene business in New Zealand and Australia.

"This is an immensely difficult day for the Sunshine Coast."

Carney said his government will release more details about these retaliatory policies in the "coming days" and that the tariffs would apply to goods like steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp and paper and electronics.

Earlier this month, the USDA Forest Service announced over $105 million in funding for a range of projects that support the forest industry.

The decision will remove approximately 380,000 metric tons of northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) pulp from the market annually. The announcement will affect approximately 400 employees.

A storage tank ruptured and caught fire at Stora Enso's Kaukopää industrial site in Imatra, southeastern Finland, early on August 18, with around 50 cubic metres of tall oil spilling onto the site and some entering nearby Lake Saimaa.

Mercer International Inc. has disclosed "substantial doubt" about its ability to continue as a going concern over the next 12 months, citing upcoming debt maturities, an expected covenant breach and weak operating results amid challenging pulp and wood-product markets.