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A dispute over the sale of a former paper mill in East Millinocket has been settled, but the lawyers involved aren't divulging details for now.

Metsäliitto Cooperative's Supervisory Board has in its meeting on 4 May 2017 appointed M.Sc (Engineering) Ilkka Hämälä the CEO of Metsäliitto Cooperative as of 1 January 2018.

KapStone wants its wood waste boilers to earn cash. And the Longview mill's "biomass" facility could be a moneymaker if Gov. Jay Inslee approves a bill that has cleared the Legislature.

Two days after Norske Skog said he was staying, it was announced that Sven Ombudstvedt has resigned as president and CEO of the company.

The planned merger of Dow Chemical Co and DuPont received a recommendation for a conditional approval by Cade, Brazil's antitrust regulator, after a finding that proposed asset sales would be enough to address competitive concerns, the regulator said in an emailed statement.

Smurfit Kappa has the ability to spend up to €1bn on acquisitions this year without harming its balance sheet or breaching its lending covenants, management has said.

Every year we talk to new teen drivers about safety behind the wheel. Every year it gets more and more difficult to impress upon the kids the importance of not driving distracted. But to beat a dead horse, here are some thoughts that may help you with your own teen drivers.

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation announced that its board of directors has appointed Brad Southern to succeed Curt Stevens as the CEO of LP effective July 1, 2017.

Billionaire Australian businessman Anthony Pratt has received a standing ovation from US President Donald Trump after pledging $US2 billion in investment in the US.

One person is dead after an accident at Georgia Pacific Leaf River Cellulose mill.

Over the years, I have heard many conversations start with, "If I were in charge of this place..." If you were in charge, what would you change? Why would you change it? How would you accomplish the changes? When would you change it? Let us take things one at a time...

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Xerium Technologies, Inc., a provider of industrial consumable products and services, announced that the company was recently awarded orders for machine clothing and rolls technology for Fibria's new pulp machine at the Tres Lagoas mill in Brazil.

American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Donna Harman issued a statement regarding Congressional passage of the fiscal year 2017 Omnibus Appropriations bill - legislation that includes language clarifying federal regulatory policy to reflect the carbon-neutrality of forest-based biomass.

Greif, Inc. announced a new corporate tag line being featured during the Interpack Trade Fair in Düsseldorf, Germany, May 4 - 10.

The former Old Town Fuel and Fiber mill here could become the site of a $60 million production facility making a raw material that can help turn wood fiber into jet fuel, the president of a Massachusetts biotech company said Wednesday.

UPM said on Wednesday it is moving ahead with a project to construct what would be its second pulp mill in Uruguay.

Chembond Chemicals announced that it has completed the acquisition of the equity shares of Chembond Solenis Water Technologies (CSWTL) from Solenis Netherlands B.V.

Atlas Holdings LLC announced today that is has acquired a controlling stake in Millar Western Forest Products Ltd. following the successful completion of a note exchange transaction and share exchange transaction.

Cascades has announced the arrival of Cascades EVOK ® on the American market.

In May 2016, Stora Enso announced that it will invest EUR 70 million in a new polyethylene (PE) extrusion coating plant and an automated roll warehouse (ARW) at Imatra mills in Finland to further enhance its position in premium paperboards.

Tranlin Inc., the U.S. division of a China-based company that announced plans in 2014 to open a massive $2 billion paper products mill in Chesterfield County, is pushing back its construction plans for the project.

A Los Angeles jury has hit Kimberly-Clark Corporation and Halyard Health Inc. with a stunning $454 Million fraud verdict due to the sale by the companies of defective medical devices to doctors, hospitals and trauma centers throughout California for years.

Regulators in the United States, Brazil, Australia and Canada are yet to clear the deal.