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Firefighters brought the fire under control within 20 minutes, according to radio traffic.

An employee at International Paper's Pine Hill mill died in an accident Thursday, May 11.

The full report including performance details from 13 material topics, along with separate Sustainability Highlights and Performance at a Glance documents.

Visy had acquired Zenexus, a privately owned supplier and distributor of moving and storage boxes, major brand hardware and retail products. It is one of the largest suppliers to Bunnings (Australia and New Zealand) and the deal will mean additional annual revenues of $170 million for Visy.

Ortviken's new factory facility was inaugurated on 16 May 2023 with a ceremonial speech by Berit Högman, Governor of Västernorrland County, and a "ribbon cutting" by timber sports profile Ferry Svan. This means that the journey towards the production of 300,000 tonnes of climate-smart CTMP pulp has formally begun.

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A four-alarm fire broke out at a paper recycling facility in Fitchburg Tuesday afternoon, May 16, amid a red flag warning for critical fire conditions across Massachusetts, officials said.

A news release says the project, located at the company's existing 50-year-old Hawesville mill, will upgrade the current pulper with a modern pulper to gain additional machine capabilities and better service growing markets. Officials say leaders at Domtar plan to have the expansion fully operational by the end of 2025.

Korkiatupa has worked at Metsä Forest in various finance and control positions since 2008.

Transaction Represents 64th Acquisition for Leading Distributor of Foodservice Packaging and Janitorial Sanitation Products.

The negotiations involve a total of 1,100 employees at the Joutseno, Kaskinen, Kemi, Kyro, Tampere, Simpele and Äänekoski mills.

TIPS Industry Solutions and Services combines standard ERP with industry-specific Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and automation, enabling the needed flexibility in business operations.

Kadant Lamort SAS, a subsidiary of Kadant Inc. (NYSE: KAI), and UNIPAKHELLAS S.A., an affiliate of INDEVCO Group, are implementing a new stock preparation system that yields high-quality paper from a wide range of materials while reducing fiber loss and freshwater consumption.

Approximately 50 employees will be impacted and the potential for approximately 10 million board feet of lumber will be removed from production.

Valmet will deliver a new refiner with chip washer capacity of 28 ton/h to Arauco's new MDF plant located in Zitácuaro, Mexico. The start-up of the system is planned for the last quarter of 2024.

At 12:47 p.m. Sunday, May 14, a caller reported an employee stuck in a paper machine at the Mativ Inc. Paper Mill.

There have been 115 cases of blastomycosis so far, the department said last week, resulting in 14 people -- workers, contractors or mill visitors -- being admitted to the hospital. One person has died.

International Paper announced progress on its Vision 2030 sustainability targets.

Fighting Fires Together campaign provides expert resources and support to those on the front lines of wildfires.

Valmet has been chosen as the second most attractive employer by engineering students in Finland. The ranking was published in Universum's annual Talent Research, which is the biggest employer survey in Finland.

Valmet will supply a rebuild for ITC Limited's board machine PM 1A at their Bhadrachalam mill in Telangana, India. The start-up is scheduled for the second quarter 2024.

Investment has created one of the most high-tech packaging plants in Europe

Destocking in the various product value chains has continued to hold back delivery volumes in most UPM's businesses, resulting in slower recovery of volumes than earlier expected. In addition, chemical pulp prices have fallen faster than expected, towards estimated bottom-of-the-cycle price levels. Finally, as indicated earlier, UPM has high maintenance activity during Q2 2023.

Dura-Fibre acquired Greif Chicago Converting and will move its manufacturing operations to Menasha, the company announced last week.