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The 55-year-old worker reportedly fell from a hydraulic bucket while installing insulation

Weyerhaeuser Company has announced the appointments of Cathy Slater as senior vice president, Cellulose Fibers, and Adrian Blocker as senior vice president, Wood Products. Both changes are effective 1 Jan. 2015.

GLV Inc. has announced that, following a Special Meeting of the shareholders of GLV, a resolution approving the sale of GLV's Pulp & Paper Division to 9027173 Canada Inc., a corporation owned by Richard Verreault, the President and Chief Executive Officer of GLV and Laurent Verreault, the Executive Chairman of the Board of GLV, was adopted by GLV shareholders.

Universal Forest Products, Inc. announced that one of its subsidiaries has closed on the acquisition of certain assets of Bigs Packaging and Lumber, LLC, a Dallas, Texas-based manufacturer of industrial wood and packaging solutions.

Instead, make everyone a thought leader, at least part time. So, how do we make everyone a "thought leader?" It is really quite simple...

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Twin Rivers Paper Company a global leader in the manufacture of innovative printing and technical specialty papers, has announced the acquisition of specific envelope assets of the Cascades division in East Angus Quebec Canada.

New York-based private equity firm Patriarch Partners closed Old Town Fuel & Fiber indefinitely 14 Aug. 2014, furloughing 180 workers

Cenveo will reportedly close its Minneapolis facility and eliminate 112 jobs. Layoffs could start as soon as 31 Dec 2014.

Rayonier Inc. announced that Douglas Long, Director, Atlantic Region, U.S. Forest Resources, has been appointed to the newly created position of Vice President, U.S. Operations, effective immediately.

To illustrate how the North American paper industry's environmental progress can be used to counter many environmental objections, consider the following information...

The chief executive of Smurfit Kappa, Europe's largest paper and packaging maker, has said the company would consider moving from Ireland to the UK in order to qualify for the FTSE 100 index.

Bemis Company, Inc. announced that it has completed the sale of its global Pressure Sensitive Materials business to Platinum Equity, a California-based private equity firm. The transaction was completed for a purchase price of $170 million, subject to customary post-closing adjustments.

Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. announced this week the latest expansion of its Forest Products business through the construction of two new formaldehyde plants in Geismar, Louisiana and Luling, Louisiana

At 432 Park Avenue, Manhattan, New York, a new building is under construction. It will be 1,396 feet tall. The top penthouse apartment has already been sold for $95 million. Couple this with idea we promulgated last spring at the Light Green Machine® Institute of the vertical paper machine. The idea is simple, yet revolutionary--build a paper machine standing on its head, forming at the top, winding at the bottom...

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The new mill will have an annual production capacity of 1.5 million tons of pulp, of which 1.1 million tons is short fiber (eucalyptus) and 400 thousand tons islong fiber (pine), part of which will be converted into fluff pulp

Andritz says it has received an order from Stora Enso to rebuild the fiberline, evaporation plant, recausticizing plant, recovery boiler, and recycled fiber plant at the Varkaus pulp mill in Finland