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A hog fuel fire at Clearwater Paper was contained quickly Friday afternoon, 20 June 2015.

The mill employs 350 people, who will receive compensation and other support, the company said.

It is clear to those who understand the facts that the environmental performance of today's forest products industry is good, except for a small number of pulp mills and forestry operations. However, the industry's image in the minds of many environmental activists and much of the general public remains negative--and improving the industry's image so that the brightest youngsters want to work in it, and so that developers of new mills do not have to face massive and unreasonable public opposition, remains a challenge.

Everything goes on in your mill, from the honest and upright to the scandalous and felonious. It all happens, and if you don't think it does, I have a shiny bridge over the East River in New York I would like to sell you...

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Pratt officially opened two new recycling facilities this week, including a 110,000 sq. ft. plant in Gary, Indiana. The other is a 38,000 sq. ft. site in Wichita, Kansas.

UPM announced 16 June 2015 that it will invest Euro 50 million in its Kaukas pulp mill in Lappeenranta, Finland. The investment will go toward modernizing both pulp drying machines and installing a new baling line.

The Graphic Packaging International identity has now been rolled out across all former Benson Group assets.

The types and scope of materials needed by printing, packaging and other paper-related industries pose vital questions to manufacturers and scientists alike. How can technology help these industries improve their processes, compete in the global marketplace and improve their sustainability? The place that likely will have the answers is the Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI) at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

A total of 22 firefighters were at the scene...

Firefighters and the Plant Emergency Operations (PEO) team at Georgia-Pacific reportedly contained a fire Saturday in the ductwork at the facility.

Nippon Paper Industries USA has purchased a new paper-pulping machine to expand the range of products manufactured at its Ediz Hook mill.

Authorities said the release of a substance into the air Wednesday night (10 June) at International Paper Mill in Bogalusa does not pose a threat to nearby businesses and residents.

Clearwater Paper Corp. has agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle allegations of federal Clean Air Act violations at its Lewiston mill.

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No, not the Tropic of Cancer--the topic of Cancer. This column is off topic---but it is on topic. It's entirely possible that some readers of this column will get the news, within the next couple of weeks, that they or someone they know has cancer. If it jolts them out of denial, it was well worthwhile for all of us to spend a week of column time on it.

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Expectations are a major factor in the success or failure of what we do. The list of our expectation is usually almost endless, stretching from performance in kindergarten to marriage and company CEO or a soldier in combat. I've found that the most frustrating can be the most mundane...

BASF has signed a contract to sell its global paper hydrous kaolin business to Imerys.

A worker was killed in an accident at a Resolute Forest Products mill on Friday night, 5 June 2015.