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DS Smith Recycling has said it could recycle up to two-and-a-half billion disposable coffee cups at its Kemsley mill annually if there was a much improved national collection infrastructure.

Unifor is calling on the federal government to intervene immediately to stop new anti-dumping duties imposed by the U.S. on pulp and paper mills in Newfoundland and British Columbia.

Canada has submitted the request to the World Trade Organization (WTO) to set up an adjudication panel to judge its dispute with the United States over Canadian lumber exports, according to an agenda circulated by the WTO.

Members of the printing, publishing and paper-producing industries, which employ more than 600,000 workers, are announcing the formation of Stop Tariffs on Printers & Publishers (STOPP), a coalition to fight proposed countervailing duties (CVD) and anti-dumping duties (AD) on imports of Canadian uncoated groundwood papers, including newsprint and other papers.

The Holyoke Fire Department has put out the flames of an outdoor fire at Sonoco Products.

Asia Pulp & Paper calls to end the divide between forests and crops in honour of World Forestry Day.

A small fire was reported at LSC Communications in Dwight, Illinois around 6:15 p.m. on March 16.

The De Pere Fire Department responded to a fire at Expera facility in building No. 2, at 1:05 p.m. March 9.

Valmet has successfully delivered and started up a rebuild of Alas Doradas' PM4 tissue machine, close to San Salvador, El Salvador.

Smurfit Kappa's Mengíbar Paper Mill in Spain is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

Negotiations are under way for a new contract at the Westrock paper mill in Covington.

Bemis Company, Inc. announced that it has entered into an agreement with Starboard Value LP ("Starboard"), which currently owns approximately 3.3% of the Company's outstanding shares, pursuant to which its Board of Directors has appointed Guillermo Novo, Marran H. Ogilvie, George W. Wurtz III, and Robert H. Yanker as new independent directors to the Company's Board, effective immediately.

Andritz has officially launched the world's most modern research center for tissue, the PrimeLineTIAC Tissue Innovation and Application Center, in Graz, Austria.

Kapstone announced plans to expand their Twin Falls facility this past week.

Norbord Inc. announced that a shortage of wood will cause it to temporarily suspend production at its oriented strand board (OSB) mill in 100 Mile House, British Columbia,

Fortress Global Enterprises Inc. announced that it has signed a share purchase agreement (the "SPA") with S2G Biochemicals Inc. ("S2G") and its shareholders, whereby the Company will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of S2G for a purchase price of $2,500,000, payable by the issuance of 666,652 common shares of the Company at a deemed price of $3.75 per Fortress Global share.

The tissue production group is expanding its US presence through an integrated plant (paper mill and converting) in Inola with an output of 120,000 metric tons a year, a total investment of 360 million dollars within 2020.

Controlling shareholders in Brazilian pulpmaker Fibria Celulose SA have agreed to merge the company with rival Suzano Papel e Celulose SA to create the world's largest market pulp producer, according to a statement.

Orient Paper, Inc., a leading manufacturer and distributor of diversified paper products in North China, announced that it resumed production at its manufacturing facilities on March 14, 2018.

Catalyst Paper will continue to vigorously defend itself against an unwarranted and onerous U.S. trade action following the disappointing decision by the U.S. Department of Commerce that it will impose a 22.16% anti-dumping duty deposit on the company's exports of uncoated groundwood paper products.

Last week we talked about "kitting" or the idea of having all the parts, gaskets, nuts, bolts and so forth on a unique cart, ready to go, for most maintenance tasks. There is another time-saving way to do this for some other parts...

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DowDuPont Inc chief Andrew Liveris will step down on April 1, making good on an earlier promise to retire as the company named existing managers to head its materials science unit when it is spun off as Dow next year.