Recent Articles

In today's world, you may want to think long and hard about how the new or replacement piece of equipment (or other vital supplies) reach your mill. If you can afford to wait 12 - 18 weeks for those special refiner plates to arrive, put them on a ship. If you are losing production or quality every day because you do not have them, fly 'em, the most economical overall cost.

Canfor Pulp Products Inc. is announcing a minimum six-week curtailment of BCTMP production at Taylor Pulp in response to significant transportation shortages that have resulted in inventories at the pulp mill reaching capacity.

NORPAC has 30 days to pay or appeal the penalty.

Weyerhaeuser has 30 days to pay or appeal the penalty.

The report details the Company's accomplishments, progress and commitments with respect to its careful stewardship of tremendous assets and valuable resources.

Paper and packaging company Mondi Plc said on Thursday it would sell its personal care components business to Japan's Nitto Denko Corp, as the UK-based group focuses on building its core packaging and paper divisions.

The Nashville Business Journal's Women of Influence winners are leading top companies and nonprofits, shaping their companies, improving their communities, and paving the way for the next generation of influential female leaders.

Boralex Inc. announces an agreement for the sale of the 34.5 MW Senneterre power plant in Quebec, Canada. The power plant has been purchased by Resolute Forest Products Canada Inc.

All the electrical, automation and ICT installation contracts for the Kemi bioproduct mill project of Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, have now been agreed

World's largest producer of renewable building materials to materially reduce emissions by 2030.

Clearwater Paper is examining opportunities in a potential consolidation of the private label tissue industry after losing $28 million in 2021.

Canfor Corporation has announced the permanent reduction of 150 million board feet of production capacity at its Plateau Sawmill to resize the facility and align it with the available, sustainable timber supply in the region following the devastating impacts of the Mountain Pine Beetle infestation and other constraints on the timber harvesting land base. The reduction in production capacity will be achieved through a partial plant closure and the elimination of one of the three production lines in the mill.

Lena Ek has chosen to not stand for re-election as Södra's Chairman of the Board for the forthcoming period. She will remain as Chairman of the Board until the Annual General Meeting on 24 May 2022.

Clark brings more than 30 years of manufacturing and corrugated packaging experience to JPM, previously serving as the Chief Executive Officer at HarperLove and having held various leadership positions with International Paper and McKinsey & Company.

As part of its continuous renewal and development, Valmet has renewed its Sustainability360º Agenda, which has been the backbone for building the company's acknowledged sustainability work over the years. The new agenda includes environmental, social and governance (ESG) perspectives to sustainability and covers Valmet's entire value chain including the supply chain, own operations and the use phase of Valmet´s technologies.

Two members of the Company's Board of Directors will be leaving.

The new Monocorr Box is made of 100% recyclable corrugated board, including the inserts that cushion the packaged products.

Menasha Packaging Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Menasha Corporation, announces it has signed an agreement to acquire the assets of Color-Box, a business unit of Georgia-Pacific, LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition is expected to close in early summer 2022.

Carlyle will retain minority stake in the packaging company.

Start-up is scheduled for 2022.

Tapflo has been a trusted partner on the industrial pump market for over 40 years, offering diaphragm pumps, centrifugal pumps, and other industrial process equipment.

Georgia-Pacific has completed a $7 million upgrade at Diboll Lumber Mill in Texas that will modernize the mill and help increase its overall production. The capital project focused on the mill's boiler reliability and maintenance and the rebuild of two drying kilns.

Paper Excellence announced an indefinite production slowdown of its Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan BCTMP mill in Canada due to repeated lack of railway service.

Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, has been recognised by CDP for their work to engage with suppliers to jointly tackle climate change. Only the top 8% of companies who disclosed information for the full climate questionnaire achieved a place on the CDP Supplier Engagement Leaderboard.