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BASF has signed a contract to sell its global paper hydrous kaolin business to Imerys.
Fire crews were called to Universal Forest Products in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin just before 11 a.m. on Thursday morning for reports of a fire and an explosion.
Orient Paper, Inc. announced that it has begun commercial production of tissue paper products at its production facility in the Wei County Industrial Park in China's Hebei Province.
The lawyer representing 58 former Bucksport millworkers has asked a federal judge to consider recent layoffs at the Catalyst paper mill in Rumford as evidence the U.S. Department of Justice should have required more divestments from Verso Paper Corp. in the purchase of its larger competitor, NewPage.
Huhtamaki executives met on Monday in Helsinki with employee representatives from nine countries. The employees singled out India, Mexico and the United States as countries where organized labor had problems with Huhtamaki.
Amcor Flexibles Asia Pacific announced on 1 June 2015, that it has completed its acquisition of Zhongshan Tiancai Packaging Company, expanding Amcor's footprint in China to a total of ten manufacturing plants.
Borregaard and Rayonier Advanced Materials announced on 1 June 2015 that they have entered into a non-binding letter of intent regarding the establishment of a new lignin operation adjacent to Rayonier Advanced Materials' Fernandina Beach pulp mill in Florida.
Stora Enso and NXP Semiconductors announced that they have entered into joint development of intelligent packaging solutions. The development will focus on integrating RFID (Radio frequency identification) into packages for consumer engagement and supply chain purposes. The collaboration would also focus on brand protection and the development of tamper evidence applications.
Huhtamaki said the new molded fiber plates, made from 100 percent pre-consumer paper scraps, will be produced at its Waterville, Maine location.
Fire officials contained a small fire at Sonoco in Hartsville Saturday, officials say.
Catalyst Paper has announced an investment of nearly $16 million in the Rumford pulp and paper mill in Maine, U.S. This is a planned second quarter investment that includes the company's single largest maintenance expenditure in 2015.
Amcor has confirmed plans to relocate jobs from its Australian headquarters to Switzerland, while the company will continue to be listed on the ASX.
Purtell was also among the original investors in Sussex-based Quad -- one of the biggest employers in Wisconsin, where Quad employs nearly 7,000 -- and he took an active role in strategy as a board member from its 1971 inception until his board retirement in 2005.
Mike Harwood joined Pratt as a director with global responsibility for containerboard in 1995 and was named Deputy CEO three years later. During his tenure with Pratt, the company grew from the 46th biggest box producer in the nation to number 5.
A minor fire at a Glatfelter mill had emergency crews on scene for approximately two hours Tuesday night.
DuPont emerged from a bitter proxy war on Wednesday 13 May 2015 with its Board of Directors slate intact, as none of activist investor Nelson Peltz's four nominees won a seat.
The new forestland program aims to protect as much as 1 million acres of responsibly managed working forests which provide fiber for pulp, paper and wood products.
Green Bay Packaging Inc. announced that is has acquired Baird Display, a Wisconsin Corporation. The acquisition was effective 30 April 30, 2015 and terms of the deal were not disclosed, the company said.
MeadWestvaco Corporation announced on 30 April 2015 the completion of the previously announced sale of its European-based tobacco folding carton business to AR Packaging Group AB.
The parties have now signed a settlement agreement and will withdraw the case from arbitration. The settlement agreement results in a USD 44 million (EUR 40 million) cash payment to be made by Montes del Plata of which Stora Enso's share is 50%.
The headquarters will accommodate 120 employees supporting a variety of corporate functions for the specialty chemicals company, which was previously known as Ashland Water Technologies.
In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Atlanta, Georgia-Pacific says the packaging of its Angel Soft toilet paper has been blatantly imitated by Aldi for Aldi's SoftTouch toilet paper, particularly the color of the label, images of clouds, a picture of a baby and the use of the word "soft."
Smurfit Kappa announced this week that it has agreed a deal to sell its solidboard and graphicboard operations in the Netherlands, Belgium and the UK to the Aurelius Group.
Metsä Fibre says it has made the decision to build a bioproduct mill in Äänekoski, Finland in the area of the existing pulp mill.
Orchids Paper Products Company plans to build an integrated manufacturing site in Barnwell, South Carolina. The project will include a tissue paper machine with paper making capacity between 35,000 and 40,000 tons per year and two converting lines with converting capacity between 30,000 and 32,000 tons per year, which are capable of producing value through ultra-premium grades of tissue products.
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