The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has disassociated from the Brazilian forestry company, Jari Group, after a proactive investigation carried out by an independent panel of environmental, social and economic experts concluded that the company had breached FSC's Policy for Association.
Smurfit Kappa spirited 23 employees from crisis-hit Venezuela last year to protect their safety as the country's economy continued to implode and the company's assets there were seized by the government.
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) announced that 68.1 percent of paper consumed in the U.S. was recovered for recycling in 2018. The recovered paper market rebounded after China's import restrictions on recovered products caused the rate to dip in 2017.
The planting season is now beginning in Northern Sweden and 43 million seedlings are to be planted by SCA in its own forests and on the land of private forest owners.
Valmet will supply key board making technologies to Kraft of Asia Paperboard & Packaging for its new containerboard making line, which will be located in Phu My, Vietnam.
Produced by the Boréalis centre, which presents the history of the paper industry, this touching interactive exhibition offers a female point of view in a traditionally male-dominated industry.
SWM is the leading supplier of nonwoven battery separator papers in the alkaline battery market and is expanding its solutions for the global energy storage industry.
All clearances and consents required prior to the Second Court Hearing in Australia and closing of the transaction, including Amcor and Bemis shareholder approval, have been completed with the exception of antitrust approval in the United States.
Conifex Timber Inc. announced that commencing May 6, 2019, it is temporarily curtailing operations at its Fort St. James, British Columbia, Canada, sawmill for four weeks and its Mackenzie, British Columbia sawmill for three weeks, due primarily to continued high log costs and lumber market conditions.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's administration says state agencies are working to help workers affected by the closing of the Verso Luke Paper Mill in western Maryland.
The Clearwater Paper Plant Manager who was seen holding a sign that read "Poor Baby's" driving past a union rally this week has been "removed from his position". Donnie Ely is no longer with the company at all according to a recent e-mail.
