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Federal trade officials have launched an investigation of Canadian government subsidies to the Port Hawkesbury Paper mill, which two paper companies with mills in Maine argue unfairly undercut and damaged their business.

Police said the employee was attempting to clear a clog in a book baler when the accident took place. While the victim was inside the machine the clog cleared, causing a load of paper circulars to fall onto the man.

MeadWestvaco Corporation and Rock-Tenn Company have announced the executive leadership team for the combined company following the completion of the transaction. As previously announced, Steve Voorhees will serve as the new company's chief executive officer and John Luke will be non-executive chairman of the board.

FutureMark Manistique confirmed Wednesday 18 March 2015 the company is shutting down the paper mill. FutureMark says due to large cash needs to fully reposition the mill, it will close on or around 24 March 2015.

It is time to stop playing chutes and ladders in our mills. This is not a game--lives have been lost and there is a potential for more lives to be lost on these dangerous structures. Start seriously evaluating every ladder and platform on your site today.

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Australia manufactures about 0.6% of the world's uncoated freesheet (UFS) paper, an amount almost insignificant in the more than 53 million metric tons globally consumed each year. It was therefore surprising to see Australian Paper (owned by Nippon Paper) named and shamed as one of the companies accused of dumping into the US market.

Norbord Inc. and Ainsworth Lumber have been informed by the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice that it has closed its review of the previously announced combination of Norbord and Ainsworth. Norbord and Ainsworth expect the transaction to be completed on 31 March 2015.

Federal authorities say they are investigating a chemical leak and explosion at a Menasha paper mill that forced people out of their homes. No one was injured in the blast at SCA Tissue, but dozens of homes south of the plant were evacuated shortly after 8 a.m. Monday morning 16 March 2015.

Residents in Chillicothe, Ohio have started receiving letters from a Columbus, Ohio-based law firm that is considering bringing legal action against Glatfelter in connection with complaints of odors from the mill.

GE Power & Water, a part of General Electric Company, has announced a distribution agreement with global chemicals company Kemira to bring the latest water technology to the pulp and paper industry.

If you are a CEO, I suspect you obey religiously all maintenance and recall notifications you receive for your Mercedes, Jaguar, or Tesla. Why don't you treat your operating assets with such care? Why do you let your mill operators get by with lousy maintenance practices? It couldn't be because you are afraid it will affect your bonus, could it?

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When I began my career in the paper industry, maintenance time was viewed essentially as a mill cost which should be minimized. After all, the time spent in making repairs reduced the output from the paper machines, and the same jobs often were repeated over and over, due to incorrect procedures or the use of makeshift materials. In fact, some mill superintendents refused to shut down the machines unless absolutely forced to do so by equipment failures.

Sappi to proceed with a pilot-scale plant for low-cost Cellulose NanoFibrils production.

Rock-Tenn Company and MeadWestvaco Corporation announced that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 with respect to the pending business combination transaction between RockTenn and MWV has expired.

Smurfit Kappa has agreed to acquire Grupo CYBSA, which has operations in El Salvador and Costa Rica.

Sonoco announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a majority interest in Graffo Paranaense de Embalagens S/A, a closely held flexible packaging business located in Pinhais, Curitiba, Brazil.

U.S. trade officials have found reasonable evidence that the American paper industry is at risk from cheap imports of uncoated paper, including copy paper used in homes and offices across the country.