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Mobile Fire Fighters were called back out to Kimberly Clark Paper Mill on around 1:45 Thursday morning. There was a small fire on the rooftop. It is similar to a small fire that sparked Tuesday.

My biggest concern today is kids and parents who focus too sharply on athletics, as if their children's talents are going to carry them through the rest of their lives. The kids then assume this attitude at the expense of academics.

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American Eagle Paper Mills has announced an important addition to the Eagle family of recycled printing papers, Eagle Inkjet 100.

As the world leader in label papers, UPM continues to grow in the attractive release liner segments to support its customers mainly in Europe and the Americas.

Cascades Inc. announced that it has completed the sale of the building and land of its Maspeth plant, located in the state of New York, for US$72 million.

Shandong Sun Paper's mill near Arkadelphia is already one of the largest economic development projects in Arkansas' history. The company announced Tuesday that its increased investment will put the total investment at $1.8 billion, and it will create 350 jobs.

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Metsä Board, a leading European producer of premium fresh fibre paperboards, is launching a new eco-barrier paperboard.

Fortress Paper Ltd. is announcing that it has changed its name to "Fortress Global Enterprises Inc.", effective January 29, 2018, in order to better reflect its existing business and future prospects.

Fibria Celulose SA denied on Tuesday that the company or its shareholders were discussing a potential tie-up with rival Eldorado Brasil Celulose SA, but underscored their interest in eventual deals in the sector.

Orient Paper announced that it will temporarily suspend all of its production lines due to mandated restriction/suspension of natural gas supply for all natural gas consumption industries, including the paper manufacturing industry in order to secure adequate natural gas to households uses in urban and rural areas in Hebei Province.

The federal and state governments had filed a complaint against three companies in U.S. District Court.

WestRock Co agreed to buy smaller rival KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp for about $3.5 billion as it looks to make the most of strong demand for packaging products in a growing U.S. economy and a booming ecommerce market.

A fire at the Verso Paper Mill in Wisconsin Rapids damaged a maintenance room on Saturday night.

Iranian media say a fire that broke out at a paper mill has injured 31 workers in southern Iran.

Over the next three years, J.D. Irving, Limited (JDI) is forecasting over 10,400 hires across the company's diverse operations in Canada and the U.S.

American Forest & Paper Association President and CEO Donna Harman and American Wood Council President and CEO Robert Glowinski issued a statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) issuance of new guidance to reclassify certain major sources as area sources under the Clean Air Act.

UPM and Åbo Akademi University are expanding their cooperation by signing a frame agreement covering several fields of research.

Huhtamaki has agreed to establish a joint venture with Smith Anderson Group Limited, one of Europe's leading paper bag suppliers, to manufacture and sell foodservice paper bags in Eastern Europe.

PaperWorks Industries has invested $2 million in a new 40-inch sheet-fed Bobst die-cutter for its Greensboro, North Carolina facility.

Two men were hit by a car Wednesday night while crossing Louisiana 34 outside Graphic Packaging. The men who were injured are believed to have been contractors for a company working for Graphic Packaging.

I have spent much of my career, dating back to 1970, in and around capital projects. This predates my entry into the pulp and paper industry around 1974. If I was not up to my elbows in capital projects, from my perch elsewhere they were fluttering about me. Categorically, I can say capital projects are political 99% of the time...

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