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Two firefighters were injured Saturday morning after a fire at the ND Paper mill in Old Town, according to firefighters.

In an effort it says will address environmental challenges and safeguard jobs, Norpac is converting one of its Longview paper machines to produce packaging products from 100% recycled waste paper.

Columbia Falls residents near the Weyerhaeuser facility reported hearing an explosion coming from the facility late Wednesday evening.

Crofton Fire Department responded to a small fire in a scrapyard Tuesday afternoon at the Catalyst Paper Excellence Crofton pulp mill.

Firefighters from Effingham and Teutopolis responded to Quad Graphics in Effingham, where a fire was reported Wednesday in the scrap room of the printing plant.

As a key US conference focused on developing ideas and capitalizing on relationships in the specialty papers market, Specialty Papers US 2019, coming to Milwaukee, WI, Sep. 30 - Oct. 2, 2019, will bring industry experts together for beneficial networking and discussion.

Over the next three years, the collaboration will provide education to 4,000 pupils and 500 teachers in Mexico City and Chihuahua about attitudes and habits in connection with menstrual hygiene management and hand washing.

Over the years, I have written many columns and books on management, particularly management in pulp and paper mills. However, if I can summarize this subject in one sentence, that sentence is: "Make your boss look good." There is no better way to advance your career or the business of your company than following this platitude. However, this does not come without some caveats and assumptions.

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The center was launched as part of a companywide initiative to enhance the wellbeing of employees by providing a holistic approach to wellness and making healthcare more accessible.

Authorities said the small aircraft caught fire after experiencing complications during take-off.

The alleged threat reportedly occurred Wednesday evening, in which an employee at the Moses Lake facility allegedly made a threat involving a gun to another employee.

IT Tech Packaging, Inc., a leading manufacturer and distributor of diversified paper products in North China, today (23 Aug 2019) announced that Mr. Zhenyong Liu, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, visited Asia Symbol (Shandong) Pulp and Paper Co., Ltd., the largest wood pulp producer in China and a key supplier of the Company from which the Company currently gets adequate wood pulp on a monthly basis for its tissue paper business.

Building products manufacturing startup GO Lab indicated the deal was worth $1.9 million. The company plans to make wood fiber insulation from softwood chips.

As I prepare to enter my last year of graduate school, I look back and appreciate paper and paper products' role in my success throughout the past couple years.

The news comes just two months after the company announced more than 500 people would be losing their jobs.

Amcor Ltd. said it would buy back shares worth up to US$500 million, offering investors a quick return on its acquisition of U.S. plastic food packaging company Bemis Co.

St. Stephen will lose 60 to 75 jobs by the end of the year because particleboard operations at the Arauco plant will be shutting down.

LSC Communications and United Business Mail (UBM) announced today that UBM has acquired LSC's commingle business for $11.25 million in cash.

One day, when no one was noticing, I jumped in the admin leader's BTI (you may remember from early episodes this is what the rats called cars, trucks, and so forth--Jim). She seemed to always take the most food and I thought she might leave some crumbs in the BTI that I could eat.

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Fortress Global Enterprises Inc. announces that, as a result of ongoing financial constraints impacting the Company primarily resulting from a 10-year low in dissolving pulp prices, the Board of Directors has formed a Strategic Committee to consider various strategic and financing alternatives potentially available to the Company, including a recapitalization, restructuring and/or business combination transaction.

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The partnership will support the team's environmental initiatives throughout the ballpark.

The company must invest $90 million into the Domtar mill, but 70 percent of the taxes on the investment will be reimbursed.

Tolko says its Armstrong, Lumby and Heffley Creek operations in British Columbia will see shift reductions as volatile conditions continue to plague the province's lumber industry.

The first paper rolled off the press Friday morning, at the site of the former West Linn mill. It has reopened as Willamette Falls Paper Company, a branch of the Vancouver-based Columbia Ventures Corporation.