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Paper machine 11 at Catalyst Paper Corporation's Powell River mill went into start-up mode on May 7 after a three-week production curtailment of uncoated groundwood paper.

It was reported that a federal appeals court on Wednesday said that consumers suing Kimberly-Clark Corp for falsely marketing its pre-moistened toilet wipes as "flushable" can seek injunctive relief, adding to an earlier ruling by the court that reinstated the proposed class action lawsuit.

A dust collector fire on May 3 caused damages to the roof of the International Paper facility in North Strabane, PA, according to media coverage.

Paper machine 11 at Catalyst Paper Corporation's Powell River mill went into start-up mode on May 7 after a three-week production curtailment of uncoated groundwood paper.

I think our attitude in the industry has been that lighting is merely a rounding error in our overall energy cost equation. Perhaps it is time for us to put pencil to paper and run the numbers so to speak...

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Results mirror consumer preferences for print reported by Two Sides & Toluna 2017 consumer survey.

Smurfit Kappa Group is partnering with Silicon Valley printing technology company Electronics For Imaging, Inc. to establish an efficient, robust digital corrugated packaging production offering with the installation of an EFI™ Nozomi C18000 single-pass LED inkjet corrugated packaging press.

Valmet will supply a containerboard making line for Hamburger Rieger GmbH at its Spremberg Mill in Germany.

Rottneros has appointed Kristin Israelsson as mill manager of Rottneros Mill. She will take office no later than September 1, 2018 and will be part of the Rottneros Group management team.

Labor Cabinet Deputy Secretary Mike Nemes visited Domtar Mill in Hawesville to present a Governor's Safety and Health Award for the 1,111,576 production hours worked without a lost-time incident by employees.

The drying machine 1 at OKI, a project carried out by APP with technology supplied by Valmet, has achieved a new production world record in April 2018, with a total capacity in a single machine of 4,348 air dried tonnes per day.

Catalyst Paper and its host communities needs the assistance promised by Ottawa sooner rather than later, B.C. Premier John Horgan has reminded Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Borregaard and Borg Havn have agreed to build a modern, sustainable lignin warehouse in Øra, near Fredrikstad, Norway.

The Corner Brook Pulp and Paper mill is shipping 4,000 tons of newsprint directly to India by vessel this week.

Shorr Packaging Corp. announced the expansion and new location of their distribution and warehouse facility in Nashville, Tennessee.

Production in the Vallvik Mill has been affected by an unplanned shutdown due to disturbances in the bleaching plant and the recovery boiler. Repair work is underway and normal production is scheduled for Wednesday 9 May.

Canada's major forestry companies are riding an industry upswing as their share prices soar despite trade disputes with the United States and delays in shipments.

A fire at Glatfelter's Chillicothe, Ohio facility was quickly extinguished by the company's fire brigade on Friday.

A week-long trial for J.D. Irving Ltd., in connection with the death of an employee at the Valley sawmill will not be proceeding.

Oceanwood has entered into a sale and purchase agreement (the SPA*) to buy the entire issued share capital of Norske Skog.

Smurfit Kappa's unwanted suitor, International Paper (IP), has signaled that it has limited appetite to continue to pursue the Irish company if it continues to resist engaging on the possibility of a tie-up.

As the demands of our industry continue to shift, the stakes have never been higher. Accepting this new normal is one way of doing business. Relishing its potential is our way of doing business at AstenJohnson.