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The International Paper facility in the Springhill-Cullen area is up and running again Tuesday after a small fire.
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality levied fines this month totaling $27,106 against the Georgia-Pacific Pulp and Paper Mill in Toledo regarding three separate incidents -- two involving unexpected releases from the mill's wastewater treatment system and one involving a lab testing issue.
The three sawmills, with combined production capacity of 550 million board feet, are located in Cross City (Florida), and Glenwood and El Dorado (Arkansas).
Metsä Tissue, part of Metsä Group, has agreed to divest its napkin business to keeeper Group, which is part of Mutares Group.
In the joint venture, Lenzing holds a 51%, Duratex a 49% stake.
Huhtamaki has agreed to acquire full ownership of its joint venture company Laminor S.A. in Brazil.
Owners of the Northern Pulp mill near Pictou, N.S., have said a government refusal of their request would lead to the facility's closure and the elimination of 300 jobs at the mill and an estimated 2,400 more in the forestry sector.
A contractor has died following an industrial accident at Graphic Packaging in West Monroe on Wednesday.
The judge's granted Chemours' request to pause the arbitration on Thursday, one day after he heard arguments on DuPont's dismissal motion.
The company's plans include the construction of a tissue paper conversion unit, retrofit work in the unit located in Aracruz, as well as expansion of Suzano's forest base in the state.
The former professional hockey player from Grand Rapids who was badly injured while on the job at UPM Blandin, a Grand Rapids paper mill, died Tuesday morning, Dec. 17.
Pinnacle Renewable Energy ("Pinnacle") announced the planned construction of a new industrial wood pellet production facility in the southeast United States in close proximity to Pinnacle's Aliceville, Alabama facility.
The DuPont Co. is asking a Delaware judge to dismiss a lawsuit claiming that it massively downplayed the cost of environmental liabilities that Chemours would be saddled with when DuPont spun off its former performance chemicals unit.
Summerville Fire and Rescue responded to a kiln fire at WestRock Packaging Solutions on Tuesday, Dec. 17.
Columbia Falls firefighters responded fire at the Weyerhaeuser medium-density fiberboard (MDF) plant on line two at about 4 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 15.
Sonoco announced it has joined 4evergreen, an international industry alliance dedicated to boosting the role of fiber-based packaging to create a circular and more sustainable economy that reduces climate change and other environmental impacts.
The state is asking a judge to order Verso Co., owner of the Luke Mill, to put a stop to the pollution and, potentially, to pay civil penalties.
Weyerhaeuser Company announced an agreement to sell its 630,000 acres of timberland in Montana to a private timberland investment company for $145 million in cash.
The deal would have cost Great Pacific Capital Corporation $982 million.
New-Indy Containerboard, a manufacturer and supplier of recycled containerboard for the corrugated box industry, plans to invest $240 million to establish operations at a recently-acquired pulp and paper mill facility in Catawba, South Carolina.
All of Fortress' existing members of the Board of Directors, other than Giovanni Iadeluca, as well as Kurt Loewen, the Company's Chief Financial Officer, intend to resign effective immediately prior to any CCAA order being issued.
The funds will be used in maintenance, expansion/modernization and logistics projects.
CDPQ owns a 20.2% interest in Greenpac, a state-of-the-art lightweight containerboard mill, located in Niagara Falls, NY. The expected purchase price is approximately US$93 million.
Verso is seeking to replace the leadership of its board of directors to ward off the election a competing slate of nominees chosen by a group of investors that Verso says is waging a proxy war for control of the company.
The parties will work to develop a new type of biocomposite that may include furniture, packaging and car interiors.
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