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Four Valmet-supplied tissue lines have been successfully started up at Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing's Chongqing mill in China within three months.

Green groups said that one of the world's biggest pulp mills which started production on Indonesia's Sumatra island last month was causing enormous environmental damage.

Prinzhorn Group's subsidiary, Hamburger Containerboard invested in Gelsenkirchen mill in Germany. With an investment of Euro 20 million the machine setup was updated significantly: besides an increase in production width to 5 m, the film press and drying section were updated to the latest standards too.

Chilean forestry and paper group CMPC will pay around $130 million to consumers as compensation for a collusion scheme to control a related market, according to media reports.

Firefighters worked for nearly 12 hours to extinguish a fire at Clearwater Paper Corp. in Shelby, N.C. that began just before 6 p.m. Saturday, 28 Jan 2017.

The Mondi Boards have approved the modernization and expansion of the Steti mill in the Czech Republic for a total investment of Euro 470 million, subject to obtaining approval for various tax incentives and necessary permitting.

"We are committed to reestablishing operations at this mill."

An electrical fire caused damage to the roof and ductwork of Soundview Paper in downtown Putney, Vermont.

Sappi sets a record: Cloquet paper mill reaches record 2 million hours without lost-time injury.

I'm only now beginning to appreciate the effect divorce has on the children involved. The parents openly dislike each other and talk about it to their friends, lawyers, and associates. The kids, who can they talk to? Who will listen to their side? To whom can they vent? Do they even know the nature of the divorce in the first place? They didn't ask for it, it was thrust upon them by people they deeply love and trusted.

Eastern Canadian lumber producer Tembec says it's open to quotas on exports to the United States, in a break from the positions of some Canadian rivals and the Quebec government.

There are a number of actions by mill owners that drive up the costs of capital projects. We'll wrap up this month by touching on these...

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LSC Communications, a spinoff of R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., will close its Gallatin plant after 42 years, a move that will cut approximately 144 employees, the company announced Wednesday.

The improvements will allow it to import 50,000 to 100,000 metric tons of wood pulp per year on behalf of Suzano Pulp and Paper.

A Green Bay man must spend 6.5 years in prison for driving his pickup into two contractors near Georgia-Pacific, killing one and injuring the other.

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) announced the election of Clearwater Paper Corporation President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Linda Massman as the new AF&PA Board Chair and released the 2017 slate of AF&PA Board officers.

To meet the growing demand for high-quality tissue and strengthen the product offering in the UK, SCA is investing in a through-air drying (TAD) machine at its tissue plant in Skelmersdale. SCA has also decided to close an older tissue machine in Stubbins and signed an agreement to divest its tissue plant in Chesterfield to Sidcot Group Limited.

UPM states that it is not engaged in negotiations on a pulp mill investment with the Uruguayan government.

Procter & Gamble has agreed to modify some advertising claims promoting its Pampers Easy Ups diapers after a rival challenged them as misleading.

A $300-million lawsuit filed by a multinational forest giant against Greenpeace under American racketeering laws enacted to deal with organized crime is simply an intimidation tactic that would set a dangerous precedent if successful, the environmental group argues in new court filings.

Mohawk, North America's largest privately-owned manufacturer of fine papers, envelopes and specialty substrates for commercial and digital printing, announces a new minimum order quantity for non-stocked envelopes.

Gov. Tom Wolf announced that Domtar Corp. will make significant infrastructure and equipment upgrades at its facilities in Johnsonburg, Elk County, and DuBois, Clearfield County - a move that will retain 438 current positions over the next three years.