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The new Lifdek™ skids are a reliable and tough alternative using corrugated paperboard, offering a sustainable cost saving solution, the company says.

The auction of thousands of items from shuttered mills in Lincoln and Old Town started Tuesday at the Hilton Garden Inn with paper and tissue machines sold to two different bidders, all but ending any chance of restarting the industry in Lincoln.

Catalyst Paper has restarted its No. 12 paper machine, bringing back the 51 employees furloughed last fall and supporting plans to hire more depending on order volume.

Houston Carton and Schulze Container announced their merger to be SCHC, a one-stop logistics and packaging specialist.

The International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA) and its members welcome the signing of the landmark United Nations agreement to tackle climate change, set to take place on April 22.

Sappi says it is now reinforcing the performance capabilities and benefits of its release liner portfolio with several investments and activities.

Solenis LLC announced Tuesday that it has signed an agreement to acquire the shares in Lostris International B.V. and Wester Blend B.V., privately-held companies primarily focused on supplying specialty chemicals to the pulp and tissue and towel markets.

Ever wonder what is going on when you are not looking? Ever try to find out? Pulp and paper mills, no surprise to anyone reading this article, can be extremely hazardous places. I write this not to make you even more concerned than you probably already are, but to suggest an approach that is more effective, is supported by evidence and is much more personally rewarding.

Fire was no accident, investigators say...

Former Lincoln Paper and Tissue sales director John McMahon has a new pitch to restart a two-machine speciality tissue business in Lincoln by June.

Firefighters say there was a fire involving a forklift at an RR Donnelley facility in Spartanburg County on Friday.

Human Resources Manager Fired Because of Coronary Artery Disease, Agency Says

The Legislature voted Friday to back a $13.4 million taxpayer bailout of at least two of the state's six ailing biomass energy plants that support hundreds of logging jobs.

A former senior account representative for RR Donnelley is suing the company for allegations of age discrimination.

Nippon Paper Industries Co., Oji Paper Co., Bridgestone Corp. and Suntory Holdings Ltd. stopped operations at their plants in Kumamoto Prefecture.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced a unilateral order to Georgia-Pacific, Weyerhaeuser and International Paper which requires the removal of PCB-contaminated sediment and soil from a 1.5-mile stretch of the Kalamazoo River upstream of the Otsego Township Dam, Otsego, Mich.

Weyerhaeuser Company plans to commit up to 3 million acres of private timberland in Washington and Oregon to support a variety of conservation efforts focused on reintroducing the North American Fisher throughout the West.

Quad/Graphics announced it has expanded its executive leadership team to support its ongoing transformation as an innovator of new, complementary products and marketing services that help clients increase engagement, response and revenue across channels while reducing their total cost of production and distribution.

Canfor Corporation says it has completed the acquisition of the assets of Wynndel Box & Lumber Ltd. located in the Creston Valley, British Columbia.

Metsä Board announced that it has inaugurated a new folding boxboard machine at Husum mill in Sweden.

Smurfit Kappa has been ordered to pay €17,000 to a staff member it unfairly dismissed arising from alleged unauthorized absences connected to the man serving on a jury panel for a high-profile criminal trial.

A dust explosion happened around midnight Thursday at International Paper's facility in Richland.

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Last week's column was titled, "Does Senior Management cause Safety Issues?" This week, I want to report on two incidents of which I have direct knowledge where safety missteps by plant managers got them fired...

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