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The Big Island Mill has been making more than paper since the late 1800s. As one of the longest continuously producing paper mills in the United States, the company has sustained the community of Big Island for generations.

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The shutdown involves interrupting paper production to perform the maintenance required to ensure the equipment's proper functioning and safety as well as the quality of the production process.

SCA announced Monday afternoon that it has been fined for improper market conduct by the Spanish National Commission for Markets and Competition.

AR Packaging announced today that funds advised by CVC Capital Partners have signed a binding agreement to acquire ÅR Packaging Group AB. Under the terms of the transaction, CVC will acquire 100% of the company from its current owners, Ahlstrom Capital and Accent Equity.

Australia-based Licella Fibre Fuels Pty Ltd. and Canada-based Canfor Pulp Products Inc., through its subsidiary Canfor Pulp Ltd., have signed an agreement to form a joint-venture: Licella Pulp Joint Venture.

According to a WARN notice filed with the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the jobs will be cut as of July 16. Positions eliminated include cutting and press operators, as well as inspectors, laborers and others.

Finnish-headquartered food and drink packaging giant Huhtamaki has funneled more than half-a-billion dollars through Dublin-registered company Huhtamaki Ireland Unlimited as part of a complicated intra-company 'hybrid loan' finance structure involving wholly-owned subsidiaries in Luxembourg, Netherlands, Hungary, Switzerland and America.

SCA announced Friday afternoon that Productos Familia S.A., based in Colombia, of which SCA owns 50% of the shares, has been found guilty in an anti-trust inquiry related to tissue products conducted by the Colombian competition authority.

This week Pratt Industries announced a major expansion to its American paper and packaging empire with the acquisition of a large Minnesota-based company. Pratt paid almost $100 million for Minnesota Corrugated Box Inc.

Stora Enso says its consumer board machine at Beihai mill in China successfully started production on 26 May.

The Prince Albert Pulp Mill might begin producing raw kraft pulp product as soon as 2020.

Resolute Forest Products has been fined $55,000 after a worker was injured at its Iroquois Falls paper mill in 2014. Resolute's Iroquois Falls mill has since closed, shuttering its doors permanently in December 2014, putting 180 people out of work.

De Pere businessman Ron Van Den Heuvel, the founder of Green Box NA Green Bay LLC, his wife Kelly Van Den Heuvel, and banker Paul Piikkila all pleaded not guilty to charges of bank fraud in federal court. Ron Van Den Heuvel is charged with seven counts of executing a bank fraud scheme and five counts of making false statements to influence a bank loan. If convicted, he faces up to 30 years in prison and up to $1 million in fines on each count.

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.