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Red Leaf Pulp Ltd., developer of a proprietary wheat straw-based pulp mill, announced the Company will locate its initial facility in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Company has secured properties on the west side of the City of Regina and will commence construction of the $350 Million facility in early 2022.
The cause of a fire last week at the idled Verso paper mill in Wisconsin Rapids is still under investigation, but company leaders say they do not anticipate it will affect "any future plans or options for the mill."
WestRock Company announced the future retirement of Jeff Chalovich, president of Corrugated Packaging and chief commercial officer.
Correll became chairman and CEO in 1993 and made it into a powerhouse. He negotiated a $21 billion sale of the company to Koch Industries in 2006.
Smurfit Kappa has announced an investment of €11.5 million in its Zülpich paper mill in Germany, which produces approximately 500,000 tonnes of paper annually.
Further to the announcement on February 16, 2021, that the hygiene and health company Essity had entered an agreement to acquire the remaining 63.8% of the shares in the Australian hygiene company Asaleo Care, Essity today notes the announcement by Asaleo Care, that the company's shareholders voted in favor of accepting Essity's offer.
Clearwater Paper Company announced Tuesday it's exiting the away from home tissue business by the end of July. The Neenah mill, which it acquired in 2010, is part of Clearwater's consumer products division. It has three tissue machines and ten converting lines and makes tissue products for grocery and drug stores and commercial customers.
Olmuksan is a leading and well-established corrugated packaging player in Turkey, listed on the Istanbul stock exchange. Its network of five plants provides a diverse customer base with high-quality sustainable packaging for food, beverage, agriculture and industrial applications.
Since 1992, wood fuel pellets are produced at the Murbergsviken industrial site in Härnösand. In the drying process, terpenes and resin acids - natural substances in wood - are emitted. When vapour and particles are subject to sunlight, sometimes a refraction phenomenon occurs that makes the vapours look blueish and they may have an odd smell.
Interfor announced that it has reached an agreement with Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC and GP Wood Products LLC (collectively "Georgia-Pacific") to acquire four of its sawmill operations located in Bay Springs, MS, Fayette, AL, DeQuincy, LA and Philomath, OR (collectively the "Sawmill Operations"). The total purchase price of US$375 MM, which includes working capital, will be funded entirely from cash on hand.
Kruger Packaging announces investment of $114.2 million into its state-of-the-art packaging manufacturing operation. The project will create at least 150 quality jobs in the coming years.
Group in talks to buy Verso Mill says fire 'does not diminish our interest'.
Stora Enso has signed an agreement to divest its Sachsen Mill located in Eilenburg, Germany, to the Swiss-based family-owned company Model Group. Sachsen Mill has an annual production capacity of 310 000 tonnes of newsprint specialty paper based on recycled paper.
Huhtamaki, a global key advanced manufacturer of sustainable packaging solutions, is setting up a new manufacturing unit in KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa to serve its existing and new egg packaging customers in the KwaZulu-Natal area with a broad range of locally produced packaging solutions.
About 60 local firefighters responded to a fire Tuesday night at the Verso paper mill in Wisconsin Rapids.
Flexo is a manufacturer of stock, custom and recycled paper bags and sacks. It is headquartered and has a manufacturing facility in Meriden, Conn. and an additional plant in Monroe, Ga. Flexo's eligible full-time employees are expected to join Novolex.
Smurfit Kappa is substantially expanding its converting capacity at four manufacturing plants across the Czech Republic and Slovakia with a significant €20 million investment. The investment further highlights Smurfit Kappa's commitment to its customers and operations in Eastern Europe.
Crews were on scene May 23 at the PCA Paper Mill in International Falls battling a fire on scene.
Graphic Packaging Holding Company announced the conclusion of its successful partnership with International Paper Company. The final tranche of the membership interests held by International Paper in Graphic Packaging International Partners, LLC (the "Partnership") were exchanged for an equivalent number of shares of Graphic Packaging common stock. As a result, Graphic Packaging now owns 100% of the Partnership.
Norske Skog met with employees this past weekto tell them it is considering closing down its Tasman Mill. The mill employs 160 people.
KP Tissue Inc. and Kruger Products L.P. announced that certain wholly-owned subsidiaries of KPLP have closed financing transactions to fund the previously announced expansion of its Sherbrooke operations.
Using trees to develop a successor to lithium-ion batteries for electric cars.
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Officials said the fire was small and was extinguished before the fire department arrived around 11 a.m.. No one was hurt and no equipment was damaged, a representative for the company said.
The lawsuit seeks at least $5 million in compensation.
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