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Hong Kong's biggest paper maker is opening a new HK$5.1-billion production facility in Malaysia, as it looks to build on its growing presence in Southeast Asia and meet China's increasing demand for paper.

On Sunday 14. October 2018 at around 10:00 a fire broke out in the main fibre spinning area at Kelheim Fibres GmbH.

During National Forest Products Week, we underscore the importance of free and fair trade to our industry.

Andritz has received an order from Celulosa Arauco y Constitución S.A. to supply energy-efficient and environmentally friendly pulp production technologies and key process equipment for modernization and extension of the Arauco pulp mill in Horcones, Arauco, Chile.

After a series of phased capital investments, ND Paper expects the Mill will restart in the first quarter of 2019 and ultimately produce 275,000 admt annually of unbleached kraft pulp.

Savannah Fire responded to a blaze at International Paper on Monday.

A worker who fatally injured a colleague at a Flintshire paper mill, initially thought he ran over a bundle of paper, an inquest has heard.

Margareta Lehmann, President of Health and Medical Solutions and a member of Essity's Executive Management Team, is stepping down from her position due to retirement.

This month, Pratt Industries is celebrating three years of making paper at its $260 million recycled paper mill in Valparaiso.

This year, AstenJohnson published a complete update to the hard-bound reference book Paper Machine Clothing.

Kleenex maker Kimberly-Clark says it will re-brand its "Mansize" tissues after consumers complained the name was sexist.

The Northern Pulp mill has responded to a leak from one of their effluent pipes, with the company saying they took "immediate action" to stop the leak.

The fire caused nearly $25,000 in damage to the paper production unit and ceiling materials, but due to the quick extinguishment, more than $70 million worth of property was saved.

DS Smith is expected to launch the sale of its plastic packaging division in November, three sources familiar with the matter said, in a deal that could be worth around $800 million.

A federal bankruptcy court judge in Syracuse made it official Friday: Ox Industries is the new owner of Carthage Specialty Paperboard. That's according to people present in federal court for the judge's ruling.

Leading provider of paper-based packaging solutions unveils two new innovative, sustainable paperboard packaging products at Pack Expo International.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö has completed the acquisition of MD Papéis' Caieiras specialty paper mill in Brazil for a debt free purchase price of about Euro 98 million.

The Supreme Court of Canada says it will hear a legal dispute over whether the Ontario government can force Weyerhaeuser Co. and Resolute Forest Products to clean up a contaminated site upstream of the Grassy Narrows First Nation.

Green Bay firefighters responded to a fire in a wall at Green Bay Packaging on Wednesday afternoon.

Worker had been with the company for 12 years.

The Augusta Division of West Fraser Lumber Mill donated $50,000 on Thursday to the Wounded Warrior Project in memory of former employee and Army veteran Dustin Seth Corey.

Toscotec has been awarded a landmark contract by the Marutomi Group to supply two MODULO-PLUS ES tissue lines.

Andritz says it has closed the acquisition of Xerium Technologies, Inc.

There is an old phrase, "We don't have time to do it right, but we have time to do it over!" So true. When you produce off-spec goods you will break into production to remake the order so you don't lose the customer. The losses are incalculable. Examining why you make poor quality goods or deliver poor quality services is instructive and a good place to start to buff up the overall management of your organization. Why did you produce poor quality goods? There are only three or four key high-level metrics that need to be examined out the gate...

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The paper machine at the former UPM Madison Paper Industries mill in Madison has been sold to a Chinese company for an undisclosed amount of money in a move the mill's new owners say they're hoping will open up the shuttered facility for redevelopment.