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Michael Orye, Executive Vice President, Fiber Packaging and a member of Huhtamaki Global Executive Team has decided to leave Huhtamaki to pursue other career opportunities.

Magnus Björkman has been appointed President of the Södra Cell business area.

Conifex Timber Inc. has taken the decision to temporarily curtail its Mackenzie, British Columbia, Canada, sawmill operations for two weeks commencing July 29, 2019, due to continued high log costs and lumber market conditions.

The pilot plant will be located at Stora Enso's Sunila Mill in Finland.

Graphic Packaging International has 15 business days from receipt of the citation and penalties to comply, request an informal conference with OSHA's area director, or contest the findings before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.

Mayor Bev Playfair signed the declaration this past week, less than a month after Conifex Timber Inc. announced a $39 million deal to sell its sawmill to Oregon-based Hampton Lumber.

Mike Haws succeeds Mark Gardner (63), a 38 year veteran of Sappi in North America, who will retire at the end of September 2019.

If you are looking for goods and services in the pulp and paper industry, you need to check out the Paperitalo Directory!

World's largest producer of eucalyptus pulp accused of indirectly replacing forests with plantations, leading to 'tremendous' carbon emissions.

Start-up is scheduled in 2022.

Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, started the environmental impact assessment (EIA) process in May 2019 for the bioproduct mill planned to build in Kemi, Finland.

The product, in addition to bringing unique features such as greater absorption and liquids retention, greater comfort and discretion for the end user, also presents good environmental performance.

As a result of the temporary and permanent curtailments of production announced to date, West Fraser expects lumber production in 2019 to be at least 600 million board feet lower than 2018.

Sonoco announced its Board of Directors has approved the termination of the Sonoco U.S. Pension Plan for Inactive Participants effective September 30, 2019.

The news release says the worker was taken to the hospital after an air compressor exploded June 26 at Pratt Industries' facility at The Port of Caddo-Bossier.

Canfor Corporation announced further capacity reductions at two of its British Columbia sawmills with an indefinite curtailment at its Mackenzie sawmill and the permanent elimination of one shift at its Isle Pierre sawmill.

Crews with the Putnam County Fire and Rescue Department (PCFR) are working to determine what caused an incident at a paper manufacturing mill in Putnam County on Wednesday.

Food and drinks suppliers could get a worse deal on their packaging if DS Smith sells part of its business to Liqui-Box, the competition watchdog has found.

Stora Enso has initiated feasibility studies for a possible cross laminated timber (CLT) unit in connection with its Ždírec mill in the Czech Republic and a new construction beam unit to be located at the Ybbs mill in Austria.

At a meeting earlier this month there was speculation on the fate Canfor's Vavenby mill site, and though a representative of the company said it will not operate as a sawmill again, there were suggestions made on how the site could be repurposed.

When we think of regulatory enforcers, we often think of professionally dressed folks showing up at the front entrance of our facility with briefcases full of forms. Or, perhaps we are thinking of Wall Street regulators, making sure there is no insider trading or those sorts of matters. Other regulators abound all around us. Many are on the payroll of our employer.

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Huhtamaki has launched its new compostable Bioware Impresso double walled hot cup.

In an unexpected meeting on Friday morning, employees of the Midland branch of the Quad/Graphics marketing agency were informed the facility will be closing by Sept. 10.

Late last week, Judge Charles R. Nagle denied Quad's motions for an expedited trial in the Department of Justice's lawsuit aimed at blocking Quad's purchase of LSC Communications.

For the first time, SAP SE honors T.CON's excellent expertise for the mill process industry. As a demonstration of the outstanding expert know-how of T.CON in the industry, T.CON can now display the "SAP Recognized Expertise in the mill products industry in Germany" certificate.