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A machine malfunction at Quad Graphics plant Burlington-area first responders busy late Tuesday night.

The company would not say why the deal fell through, or how the company is planning to re-market it. A company spokesperson says that's all confidential information.

Andritz has received an order from Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES), Japan, to deliver a PowerFluid circulating fluidized bed boiler with flue gas cleaning system for a new biomass power plant to be built on the premises of the MES shipyard in Ichihara, Japan.

The transaction is expected to be completed during the first quarter of 2018.

Last week we talked about personnel; I promised to talk about maintenance this week.

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Indonesia has announced that it will host the third Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit next year.

Thunder Bay Fire Rescue crews remained on the scene at a Resolute Forest Products facility Monday after a fire near the boiler system that uses oil experienced a small explosion.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed and remanded a district court's ruling on a lawsuit involving personal care giant Kimberly-Clark.

A fire at the Twin Rivers Paper Company's Madawaska mill on Friday night kept firefighters from Madawaska and Edmundston busy for a couple of hours, but caused no significant damage.

A fire at a tissue mill that raged over the weekend was started accidentally, the company has said.

Smurfit Kappa has won two Obal Roku awards in the 'Automotive & Transport' category for its customer-focused and innovative design solutions.

Södra has selected Ledinek as supplier of the equipment for the cross-laminated timber (CLT) facility that Södra has decided to build at Värö.

AkzoNobel's Specialty Chemicals business has completed a $10 million investment at its LeMoyne sulfur derivatives plant in the US, which supplies essential ingredients used in several major industries.

FPInnovations has appointed Stéphane Renou as President and CEO. Mr. Renou will officially assume his new role on December 14 as successor to Pierre Lapointe, who has held this position since December 2008.

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc. (SFI) has elected Michael P. Doss to the SFI Board of Directors. Doss is President and CEO of Graphic Packaging Holding Company.

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin sent a letter to William S. Demchak, PNC Bank chairman, president and CEO, asking about the bank's role in the demise of Appleton Coated in Combined Locks.

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA), in collaboration with the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) and FPInnovations issued Product Category Rules (PCR) for Market Pulp, Paper and Paperboard, Containerboard and Tissue products manufactured in North America.

A prospective buyer, who hoped to sell wood-based energy to UMaine, sues over breach of contract and wants the sale to a third party blocked.

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of Tembec Inc.

Flames several stories high destroyed one large building and heavily damaged at least one more at the former Lincoln paper mill on Wednesday.

Quad/Graphics Inc. is permanently closing a Columbus printing plant on Dec. 9, ending about 120 jobs.

Appvion and United Steelworkers Union representatives met Wednesday to begin discussing details of the paper company's consolidation plan that will eliminate 200 jobs in Appleton.

Tolko Industries Ltd. said it is committed to rebuild its Lakeview Division sawmill where a fire damaged offices in the building earlier this month, but confirmed the sawmill could remain closed until next May.