Veritiv Corporation, a leading full-service provider of business-to-business products, services and solutions, held a special meeting of stockholders at which Veritiv stockholders voted in favor of all proposals, including a proposal to approve the Company's pending acquisition by an affiliate of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, (CD&R).
Södra's new cold storage for plants was inaugurated by chairman of the board Magnus Hall. Frysen, located in Falkenberg, is Södra's first and has room to handle 40 million forest plants.
UPM Specialty Papers, Lantmännen Unibake and Adara have co-created a new fibre-based packaging that replaces plastic bags as primary packaging for frozen baked goods. To minimize the use of fossil-based materials, the companies joined forces to create a solution where the plastic bags were eliminated by using UPM Asendo™ barrier paper as an inner liner in the corrugated cardboard box; the barrier paper layer ensures food safety and freshness.
The agreement alleges that Evergreen failed to control hazardous air pollutants at its facility, did not meet fuel specifications for boilers and failed to close washer windows/hoods during operation. Evergreen Packaging must pay a civil penalty of $256,973, according to the release.
Union members at Woodland Pulp in Baileyville, Maine, who went on strike just a few days ago, claim that two people on the picket line were hit by a vehicle.
