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A Quad/Graphics Simpson County printing facility that has been operating for nearly 40 years and once employed nearly 400 workers will close in February.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö will invest approximately EUR 15 million to install a new co-generation plant at its Turin site in Italy.

The Sun Bio Materials project in Clark County has emerged from a period of halting progress with a new profile expected to increase investment, employment and wood consumption.

Worksafe BC says a combination of human error and manufacturer's mistake led to an accident that killed a Domtar employee last June.

An Arkansas paper mill would pay a $600,000 fine and spend about $4.7 million on environmental projects and plant upgrades to reduce air pollution under terms of a proposed settlement.

Canfor Corp. says it is extending the temporary curtailment of sawmill operations in British Columbia announced in November, and will cut operating hours at some sawmills throughout the first quarter of 2019.

Atlanta-based Graphic Packaging Holding Co. on Thursday said it is investing $350 million in the Augusta paper mill it acquired earlier this year from International Paper.

Kadant Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Syntron Material Handling Group, LLC and certain of its affiliates ("Syntron") from entities affiliated with Levine Leichtman Capital Partners for approximately $179 million in cash, subject to certain customary adjustments.

A possible buyer has emerged for the closed Resolute Forest Products paper mill in Fort Frances, Ontario.

Firefighters with the Wichita Fire Department Thursday night fought to extinguish a fire at a Pratt Industries facility in North Wichita.

Stora Enso will invest EUR 22 million (SEK 232 million) at Skoghall Mill in Sweden in an expansion of the existing water treatment plant.

The state is offering Kimberly-Clark up to $28 million to keep its Cold Spring Facility in Fox Crossing open.

Next year marks 60 years that a Kimberly-Clark plant has called the industrial park in Conway home. But, as of Thursday afternoon, they won't be calling it home for too much longer.

One reader last week challenged my citation of Wikipedia stating the consumption of kerosene for illumination, even today, equals that of the consumption of jet fuel (essentially kerosene) in the United States. If anyone has a solid, better source of data, please share it and I will be happy to pass it on here in one of the remaining columns this month. In The Economist issue of 1st - 7th of December 2018, right on schedule, their Technology Quarterly special section was titled "Towards Zero Carbon--Conquering CO2." The good news, and I believed I read this portion of the magazine fairly carefully, was that the pulp and paper industry was barely cited--steel and cement manufacturing were the bad boys of the industrial sector.

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The European Commission has approved the acquisition of joint control over a newly created joint venture combining Solenis and BASF's global paper and water chemicals business ("BASF DOM") by BASF SE of Germany and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. ("CD&R") of the US.

Public-Private Partnership on Pace to Restore and Protect 400,000 Acres of Wildlife Habitat and Working Forests Throughout the Southeast

Local businesses and schools are getting the state's attention for their pipeline partnerships that get students ready for the workforce and employed with well-paying jobs right at home.

Does anyone else feel the excitement of getting holiday cards in the mail?

American Forest & Paper Association President and CEO Donna Harman issued a statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers announcement of a new proposed Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule.

PT Purinusa Ekapersada, an Asia Pulp & Paper company, and Oji Holdings Corporation have agreed to enter into a $35 million joint venture to set up a new converting factory in Indonesia.

It was announced on Tuesday that the mill's new name will be Phoenix Paper. Signs with the new name have been put up around the mill.

Gov. Scott Walker says he's going to do everything in his power to save a Kimberly-Clark facility in the Fox Valley and about 300 jobs after a tax incentive bill failed in the Legislature.

"An employee, identified as Carl Kuhle, age 60 from Bogata, was struck by a vehicle at the loading dock area," said Officer Curtis Garrett. "OSHA will be investigating the incident."