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Showing 14 articles from April 9, 2020.

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Week of 13 April 2020: Lurking Dangers
Week of 13 April 2020: Lurking Dangers

If there is one thing the current COVID-19 crisis should teach us, if taken as an allegorical experience, is that dangers affecting safety are not always out in the open. I've told this story many times before, but perhaps you have not heard it...

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Perspectives

New Safety Practices
New Safety Practices

Pulp and paper mills are rising to various challenges during these troubling times and taking necessary safety precautions to protect employees and keep mills in operation.

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Industry News

Ahlstrom-Munksjö fights COVID-19 pandemic by expanding the production of face mask materials to its Turin plant in Italy and Tampere plant in Finland
Ahlstrom-Munksjö fights COVID-19 pandemic by expanding the production of face mask materials to its Turin plant in Italy and Tampere plant in Finland

Ahlstrom-Munksjö increases capacity across its entire protective medical fabrics product portfolio to support the healthcare industry.

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Clearwater Paper Appoints Michael J. Murphy as Chief Financial Officer
Clearwater Paper Appoints Michael J. Murphy as Chief Financial Officer

Clearwater Paper Corporation announced the appointment of Michael (Mike) J. Murphy as senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective April 13, 2020, to oversee the company's finance and strategy functions. Mr. Murphy succeeds Robert (Bob) G. Hrivnak who will be leaving the company.

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Hamburger gives COVID-19 update
Hamburger gives COVID-19 update

As the global outbreak of COVID-19 continues, we wanted to address how Hamburger Containerboard Gelsenkirchen is ensuring that the safety and health of our employees and their families.

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Kimberly-Clark to Hold Virtual Annual Meeting of Stockholders
Kimberly-Clark to Hold Virtual Annual Meeting of Stockholders

Kimberly-Clark Corporation announced that it will host its 2020 annual meeting of stockholders virtually due to the public health impact of the coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) and to protect the health and well-being of our employees, stockholders, and our community.

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Paper Excellence gives IT malware update
Paper Excellence gives IT malware update

As you are aware, we have been using manual processes for some of our activities following an incident on February 19, 2020 which affected our ability to utilize certain IT systems.

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UPM Raflatac and SABIC first to bring PP label material with recycled content to market
UPM Raflatac and SABIC first to bring PP label material with recycled content to market

UPM Raflatac is taking a major step toward creating a circular economy by collaborating with SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, for the first polypropylene (PP) label film manufactured from post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic on the market (on a mass balance basis).

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Leading Stories

Citing Northern Pulp closure, Nova Scotia sawmill to shut down, throwing 150 out of work
Citing Northern Pulp closure, Nova Scotia sawmill to shut down, throwing 150 out of work

Freeman Lumber announced Thursday that the Greenfield-based outfit could no longer afford to operate due to a lack of markets for wood chips following the closure of the Northern Pulp mill earlier this year.

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Fire at Kimberly-Clark facility
Fire at Kimberly-Clark facility

Several crews responded to a call for a fire at the Kimberly-Clark Corp. plant located in Beech Island on Thursday morning.

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Mondi scraps dividend as lockdowns hit order book
Mondi scraps dividend as lockdowns hit order book

Mondi will not pay a final dividend for 2019, it said on Thursday, as it cuts costs and capital spending after seeing a deterioration in its order book in Europe and South Africa from the end of March.

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Sappi board, regional leaders agree to paycut, zero incentive bonus
Sappi board, regional leaders agree to paycut, zero incentive bonus

Sappi's board of directors and the group and regional leadership teams from Europe, North America and Southern Africa have volunteered to take a 10% reduction in salaries or fees for the three months ending June 30. This is in recognition of the uncertain trading environment that will persist across the world for some time, in light of COVID-19.

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SCA Ortviken paper mill enters discussions on temporary layoffs
SCA Ortviken paper mill enters discussions on temporary layoffs

There are 650 employees working at Ortviken paper mill. Ortviken produces coated and uncoated paper for magazines, catalogues and commercial print. The production capacity is 775,000 tonnes per annum.

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Smurfit Kappa launches portfolio of corrugated solutions to help communities affected by COVID-19
Smurfit Kappa launches portfolio of corrugated solutions to help communities affected by COVID-19

Smurfit Kappa has launched a new 'Design for Help' portfolio of products to help alleviate some of the current challenges being experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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