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As we wrap up energy month, let's look at some completely kooky ideas for saving energy. The naysayers will have their negative comments, but keep in mind what looks kooky now may be the greatest thing in just a few years. After all, if a mere two hundred years ago had you tried to speculate on humankind's harnessing and use of electricity coming in just a couple of centuries, you would have been labeled a complete nut-job. So, here we go...

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Lightweight specialty paper and dimensional lumber manufacturer, Twin Rivers Paper Company, has announced the appointment of John Reichert to the position of Chief Operating Officer.

Two employees of a North Charleston KapStone facility are recovering after being exposed to a chemical on Tuesday.

UPM-Kymmene Corporation says it is proceeding with the plan to change its corporate structure in Finland to better match its current business structure.

Kadant Solutions, a division of Kadant Inc., announced it received an order for two Octopus™ stock approach systems for a coated duplex board machine in Japan.

Phase 1 of the former Verso Paper mill demolition project is under way and on schedule to be completed by the end of the year.

Nippon Paper Industries says it plans to build a large-scale cellulose nanofiber (CNF) production facility at the Ishinomaki mill in Miyagi, Japan.

The final eight hourly employees at the WestRock paper mill in Newberg, Oregon were terminated this month, meaning there are no more union-represented workers onsite.

Verso Corporation announced Thursday that the bankruptcy court presiding over Verso's Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding yesterday authorized Verso to reject a specialty paper supply contract with Expera Specialty Solutions.

Germany's mutares AG announced this week that it has acquired the French core board manufacturer Sonoco Paper France from Sonoco Products Company.

As of mid-May, Södra has produced 500,000 tonnes of dissolving pulp at its pulp mill in Mörrum. Production started in December 2011 and has increased steadily since then.

Shares in Catalyst Paper jumped more than 700% Tuesday after the company announced that Indian papermaker Kejriwal Group International is interested in acquiring it.

Verso Corp. posted $88 million in losses for the first quarter of the year, with operating losses nearly doubled from one year ago.

Appointments would go into effect after the deal closes.

Production at the mill ended Saturday and there has been no change in the search for buyers, according to the mill president and CEO.

The American Forest & Paper Association has released US paper production statistics for April 2016.

An incident at a Greif facility in Gladstone, Virginia left a North Carolina man dead Monday, according to the Amherst County Sheriff's Office.

Wood costs for pulp mills in Eastern Canada have fallen dramatically the past four years, and the region has some of the lowest wood fiber costs in North America, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review. In 2012, pulp mills in Ontario and Quebec had some of the highest wood fiber costs on the continent.

At 5:54 a.m. March 31, 2016 the A64 paper machine produced its last reel of paper, marking the final day of operation for one machine and setting the stage for a new era and the future of the Ashdown mill.

Simmering tensions between B.C. and Quebec, and between large and small Canadian lumber producers, will frame formal Canada-U. S. negotiations to take place here next week.

Norbord Inc. announced that its mill in High Level, Alberta resumed production over the weekend following a fire that occurred on May 4th.

Damage was estimated at $100,000 to a Graphic Packaging facility following a fire late Friday night. Thirty employees were evacuated without injury. Seventeen firefighters fought the fire and were at the scene three hours.