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Verso Corporation today (May 10) introduced Move the Message, a new printed promotion for its Sterling® Ultra web caliper covers.

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) on Tuesday released the 56th Annual Survey of Paper, Paperboard and Pulp Capacity, reporting that U.S. paper and paperboard capacity declined a minimal 0.3 percent in 2015, compared with a long-term trend rate of 1.3 percent per year since 2001.

Renewable materials company Stora Enso and specialty chemicals company Rennovia Inc have announced a joint development and license agreement to cooperate on bio-based chemicals development.

Employees say their main concern is about overtime policies that allow little choice but to work far in excess of full-time hours.

The department estimated three engines and about a dozen firefighters responded.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has received a petition from two Louisiana environmental advocacy groups seeking to stop an Arkansas paper mill's daily discharge of millions of gallons of wastewater, an EPA spokesman said.

Printing company Quad/Graphics has been investigating conduct by the company's operation in Peru that could violate foreign bribery laws and has disclosed its probe to the U.S., according a securities filing.

Crews used two jets, two breathing apparatus and two ladders to extinguish the fire. No one was injured in the blaze.

Fire crews extinguished a blaze that sparked Friday night at the Weyerhaeuser facility in Columbia Falls.

Evergreen Packaging's consolidated global headquarters will create 70 jobs with an average salary of $176,283 and nearly $1 million in capital investment.

Fire crews have contained the fire to one end of the log storage area outside the mill. Norbord continues to assess the damage and currently estimates that the mill should be able to resume production in two weeks.

Smurfit Kappa boss Tony Smurfit sees the U.S. as a potential hunting ground for acquisitions. He said the company could spend between €200m and €400m on acquisitions each year without overly stretching its balance sheet.

No vehicle occupants or mill employees were injured in the fire and no firefighters were injured extinguishing the fire.

After months on strike, unionized workers at a Sioux City, Iowa WestRock box plant have returned to work after an agreement was made with the company.

CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc. announced an agreement to acquire 51,700 acres of prime timberlands in South Carolina for $101.8 million, excluding closing costs, from funds managed by Forest Investment Associates.

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Solar panels will provide approximately 45 percent of Pratt box plant's electrical usage, reducing the company's impact on the environment.

Brazilian cellulose firm Eldorado Brasil will develop a biomass project in Mato Grosso do Sul with the capacity to produce 50 MWh, local media reported on Wednesday.

The Montreal-based pulp, paper and lumber producer said a machine at its mill in Augusta, Ga., isn't competitive because of the high U.S. dollar. About 100 jobs will be affected by the closure.

If a mill is thinking about adding to their energy generation sources, that is by adding another boiler to their fleet--it is time to pause and take a deep breath. It is one thing if you are changing fuels, quite another if you are just adding to your total steam generation capacity...

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The annual paper recovery rate has nearly doubled since 1990 and the industry has set a goal to exceed 70 percent paper recovery for recycling by 2020 as part of its Better Practices, Better Planet 2020 sustainability initiative.

Xerium Technologies, Inc. announced this week that it has acquired the business of J.J. Plank Corporation, including its Spencer Johnston brand spreader roll line and related family of product lines for $18 million, comprised of $16.25 million in cash at closing, and the rest in future obligations.

Motorola Solutions has announced a new managed services contract to implement a communications system for Chilean forestry company CMPC.

Leading pulp and paper producers from more than 30 countries converged on Vancouver this week to attend International Pulp Week, a three-day conference that is part of PwC's Global Forest Products Leadership Summit.