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Intertek, a quality assurance provider to industries worldwide, has supported Frugalpac, a pioneering UK packaging firm, in developing a recyclable coffee cup. The innovative cup is now being trialled by some of the world's major coffee brands.
Louisiana is home to a significant portion of the North American pulp and paper industry, both mills and suppliers. When I think back to the business I have done over the decades in Louisiana, the volume is staggering (I received my first project in Louisiana in 1979 in Bogalusa). Right now several of our clients call Louisiana home as well as do many of our friends.
Georgia-Pacific announced Friday that it has contributed $50,000 to the Baton Rouge Area Foundation Flood Relief Fund for southeast Louisiana flood recovery efforts.
Maine's congressional delegation asks for help devising a plan to encourage economic growth, but Gov. LePage opts out.
Appvion Inc. has introduced additional sheeted versions of its Triumph treated and coated high-speed inkjet papers.
Boise Cascade will be taking up to seven days of maintenance downtime the week of September 4 at the company's plywood mill in Elgin, Oregon. The company's mill in Medford, Oregon, will take up to five days of maintenance downtime, also during the week of September 4.
About 45 employees were evacuated from Georgia-Pacific in Bradford Township, Pennsylvania for about an hour Wednesday afternoon after a bailer overheated and caught fire at the facility.
Catalyst says it's still investigating exactly what happened, but is confirming a mechanical failure at the Crofton mill sent a spray of residual liquor into the air for half an hour...
Oregon State Police say they arrested four people in connection with a campfire that spread out of control, igniting several logging slash piles on Weyerhaeuser property northwest of Portland.
Cascades Inc. announced that it has taken a majority position in Longhorn Paper Converting, a tissue converting plant in Grand Prairie, Texas.
The managers of the Kawerau pulp and paper mill are warning the cost of electricity transmission could drive the plant out of business.
Venezuela's newly nationalized Kimberly-Clark facility has produced 2,068,800 sanitary towels in the first month since reopening following a worker takeover in July.
Verso Corporation announced that David J. Paterson will retire as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Verso.
RR Donnelley & Sons Company announced that it intends to transfer the listing of its common stock to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) from the NASDAQ Global Select Market.
There was a fire Tuesday morning at the Verso Paper Mill, and Escanaba Public Safety was asked to respond in Wells Township.
A brush fire on undeveloped timber property in Scappoose, Oregon broke out Friday evening, Aug. 6.
A CSX train traveling through International Paper's Franklin Mill derailed at 9:15 a.m. on Aug. 9. Twelve cars toppled over onto a train on a track next to it.
Mac Papers says it has completed the acquisition of Higdon Paper & Packaging, a Birmingham-based paper and print, packaging, facilities supplies and office products distribution business.
Plain packaging laws have been blamed for the closure of one of Bristol's last remaining cigarette factories, resulting in the loss of dozens of jobs.
International Paper Co. tapped the bond markets on Tuesday to help pay down its pension obligation.
Catalyst Paper Corporation announced that it will invest approximately $2.7 million (U.S.) in two projects at its Biron, Wisconsin mill that will improve operational efficiency and lighten its environmental footprint.
Kadant Solutions, a division of Kadant Inc., announced the expansion of its manufacturing capacity for its new CeraEdge™ creping blade line used in tissue manufacturing.
Avery Dennison has completed the acquisition of the European business of Mactac from Platinum Equity, a California-based private equity firm, for the purchase price of Euro 200 million including assumed debt.
Avery Dennison has completed the acquisition of the European business of Mactac from Platinum Equity, a California-based private equity firm, for the purchase price of Euro 200 million including assumed debt.
Sun Chemical says it has reinforced its commitment to the graphic arts and packaging markets by opening a new coatings lab in its Carlstadt, N.J., research and development facility.
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