FuturaGene, a wholly owned subsidiary of Suzano Pulp and Paper, and Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), announces that a patent has been issued in Brazil to CSIRO, which covers the downregulation of the expression of plant target genes or other target genes, including genes of insect pests and disease agents.
Nippon Paper Industries announces that its consolidated subsidiary, Kitakami Paper, has decided at the meeting of the Board of Directors held that it will withdraw from all of its businesses on July 31, 2018.
The new Voith XcelLine tissue machine TM 12 was successfully started up at Guangdong Lee & Man, taking only 28 minutes from "stock on wire" to "paper on reel."
Valmet will supply an OptiConcept M board production line with automation for Pratt Paper, LLC for Pratt's new greenfield paper mill in Wapakoneta, Ohio.
European Commission regulators have raided publisher Euromoney's newly-acquired specialist unit covering the paper industry as part of an investigation into the kraft paper and industrial paper sack sector. Euromoney confirmed the "inspection" by antitrust authorities at the Brussels office of RISI...
Verso Corp. revealed that its Strategic Alternatives Committee is looking at the possibility of selling the entire company outright, or merging with another.
