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Södra is one of the main sponsors of Introduce a Girl to Engineering day (IGEday) -- an initiative by the organisation Womengineer that aims to increase interest in technology and engineering among teenage girls.

Kemira has signed an agreement to establish a joint venture - Kemira Yongsan Chemicals Co. Ltd ("NewCo") in Ulsan, Republic of Korea, with Yongsan Chemicals, a privately-owned chemicals company in South Korea.

CorrChoice, a producer of industrial corrugated paper packaging products, will expand in central Pennsylvania. The project, supported through state funding, is expected to create 79 jobs in the Dauphin and Lebanon County area.

Thirteen Indigenous communities who control more than 50 percent of the provincial allocated and active wood supply in Saskatchewan have banded together.

A West Monroe man is facing a felony theft charge after an investigation into the disappearance of copper wire at the Graphic Packaging construction site.

Kimberly-Clark Corp. has notified Gov. Tony Evers' administration that it will close its plant in Neenah by May 31.

Mid-career operations managers and capital project managers have usually seen one or two complete disasters by the time they reach this stage in their careers. Typically, they resolve something like this, "If I ever get to the point that I am in charge of a capital project, I am going to do it differently. I will _______." Their failing is they never spend the time to learn how to do a project correctly and they seldom get a chance to hire someone who knows how to do a project correctly. Of course, for the latter to be true, they have to recognize that they do not know how to do a project correctly and they have to be given the latitude to seek out someone or some firm that does...

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Appvion Operations, Inc. says it is concerned about California's misguided legislation attempt to limit paper receipts for environmental and health protection

Georgia-Pacific says consumers aren't buying as much copy paper anymore, forcing it to lay off nearly 700 people at a Louisiana mill.

Four contractors at the Verso Androscoggin Mill were taken to a hospital and employees working on paper machines left the mill at about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday after a valve was left open and chlorine dioxide gas was released.

Södra Cell Väro is investing in an additional pulp storage tower at its mill in Sweden. The investment is scheduled to be ready by the end of 2019.

Toscotec has been awarded a contract by Smurfit Kappa Cellulose du Pin in France to rebuild the entire dryer section of its 6m wire PM5 at Facture, Aquitaine, France.

UPM is taking part in the international public tendering process in the port of Montevideo organized by the National Ports Administration (ANP) of Uruguay.

APRIL Group was announced as the winner of the Best UN Sustainable Development Goals Program Award at the Sustainable Business Awards (SBAs) Indonesia.

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company announced that the U.S. Government Publishing Office awarded RRD a $114 million contract to coordinate and produce 2020 Census printing materials and mailing services.

Long Falls Paperboard (LFP) and Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation (BDCC) announced the sale of the Brattleboro paperboard facility, formerly owned and operated by Neenah Paper, Inc.

London-based DS Smith broke ground Friday in the Lebanon Business Park. Construction will begin in earnest in February, the facility should open in 2020.

The planned CEO succession takes place as Jukka Moisio steps down after a long and successful tenure and Charles Héaulmé (52) takes the lead as the new President and CEO of Huhtamaki. The transition will take place on April 26, 2019, following the Annual General Meeting.

The $184 million investment is slated to bring 60 to 100 skilled jobs to the site.

A contractor working on J.D. Irving, Ltd. land in northern New Brunswick has died after his logging truck left a road in Madawaska County.

An environmental assessment will be filed by Northern Pulp by the end of the month.

Lifco has signed an agreement to acquire Indexator Rotator Systems of Sweden. The company develops and manufactures rotators, mainly to the forest industry.

Kadant Inc. announced the completion of its acquisition of Syntron Material Handling Group, LLC and certain of its affiliates.

All members of the Metsä Tissue Management Team report to CEO Esa Kaikkonen.

Hans Djurberg who is responsible for sustainability issues in the SCA Forestry business area, will be new chairman of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) International.