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The City of Ruston and regional partner North Louisiana Economic Partnership are excited to announce that Weyerhaeuser intends to relocate a regional office to Ruston, LA. With this relocation, Weyerhaeuser will bring approximately 20 jobs to the Ruston market.
Stora Enso and Volvo Cars officially opened a new hot water pipeline between their manufacturing sites in Ghent, Belgium, on 18 November 2016.
On November 17, inventor Isis Shiffer won the 2016 International James Dyson Award, a prestigious design accolade given to university students, for the helmet design. Shiffer imagines the helmets could be sold in vending machines near bike share stations for $5 each.
Sofidel announced that effective immediately, drivers of vehicles entering Sofidel sites can have their alcohol level tested. The company said that the initiative, which will run in compliance with privacy regulations, has been set up to prevent road accidents and guarantee the safety of transported goods.
Valmet Ltd, who supplied the machine and carried out maintenance work, has now been fined £120,000
Indiana state environmental officials announced Thursday they found no air quality violations while recently investigating odor complaints at the local Pratt Industries facility.
A landmark Supreme Court ruling ordering a plantation company to pay a high line for illegal forest clearing is expected to serve as a deterrent for companies that seek to engage in deforestation.
DuPont will no longer contribute to active employees' pension plans, a move that will affect the retirement of 13,000 workers.
Finnish pulp, paper and board maker Stora Enso expects to sign its first orders for food packaging boards from a new mill in China shortly and is not concerned by slowing Chinese growth, its chief executive said.
Finch Paper in December will conduct tests and market analysis of two new potential reuses of waste from the pulp-making process at the company's Glens Falls mill.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement Nov. 3 with WestRock CP LLC. The company will pay $1.6 million in cash, plus stock shares valued at $3 million to resolve allegations related to hazardous waste near Prescott, Arizona.
The U.S.-Russia Business Council announced that Mark Sutton, Chairman and CEO of International Paper, has been unanimously approved by its Board of Directors to be the next Chairman of the USRBC.
SCA and Fotografiska (The Swedish Museum of Photography) in Stockholm have signed a partnership agreement aimed at highlighting how hygiene and health affect people's well-being.
Hood Container of Louisiana is installing new equipment at its St. Francisville paper manufacturing facility in a $61 million project that will add 10 jobs with an average salary of $51,450, plus benefits.
Stora Enso has finalized the co-determination negotiations regarding the consolidation of manufacturing of corrugated packaging in Finland, which will result in the company's corrugated packaging plant in Heinola to be closed permanently and packaging manufacturing transferred to the Lahti plant.
Cascades has announced a new partnership with the David Suzuki Foundation, a respected, non-government environmental organization dedicated to protecting the environment.
OMNOVA Solutions Inc. is moving forward with its CEO succession process, and Kevin M. McMullen is stepping down as Chairman, CEO and President, and as a member of the Board of Directors, effective December 1, 2016, to pursue other interests.
The Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co. merger talk is back on the table. The European Commission said it received missing information it had requested as antitrust regulators review the $130 billion deal.
Michelman recently held its 5th Annual Global Day of Service. Hundreds of employees around the globe left their offices, labs and email behind to volunteer their time at a wide variety of locations.
Multi Packaging Solutions International Limited has completed two strategic acquisitions that complement other operations within MPS and further extend the range of products the group offers its customers.
Sonoco has completed the sale of its rigid plastics blow molding operations to Amcor, a global leader of rigid and flexible packaging products, for $280 million.
The Board of Directors of Ahlstrom Corporation has appointed Sakari Ahdekivi as the interim President & CEO with immediate effect. He replaces Marco Levi due to the announced merger plan between Ahlstrom and Munksjö Oyj.
Ahlstrom has signed an agreement to sell its German subsidiary with operations in Osnabrück to Kämmerer Paper Holding GmbH.
Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co. hit another roadblock on their path to gaining regulatory approval for their proposed merger after the European Union antitrust regulator said on Friday it suspended its review into the deal for the second time.
Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP), the global pulp, paper, packaging and tissue manufacturing company has committed to importing certain coated papers manufactured in Indonesia and no more than $50 million dollars worth annually - only 2.5% of the current $2 billion dollar coated paper U.S. manufacturing market.
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