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The transaction remains on track to close in the second half of 2026, subject to the receipt of regulatory approvals and satisfaction of other remaining customary closing conditions.
Södra has now completed the initial inventory after storm Dave and a first compilation shows that approximately 1 million m³fub of forest has been damaged on member land in Götaland. Västra Götaland County and parts of Jönköping County are the hardest hit areas.
Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) is dismissing rumors that its Wallula containerboard mill will close in the coming weeks, according to company officials.
Incident command confirmed two separate fires at the location.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency reports it has fined West Fraser Forest Products $24,750 for exceeding the total amount of hazardous air pollutants allowed by the air permit for the company's Solway facility from January 2024 to January 2025.
This session will explore how pulp and paper operations are evolving as mills navigate workforce transition, operational complexity, and the need for faster, more coordinated decision-making.
Abdulkarim, an employee of a third-party distributor of the Kimberly-Clark paper goods warehouse in Ontario, allegedly filmed himself lighting multiple pallets of toilet paper on fire inside the 1.2 million square foot building. It was destroyed last Tuesday as a result.
The fire destroyed some $500 million in paper products and destroyed the warehouse, valued at $150 million.
A Longview paper mill that built its reputation on "superior quality newsprint" will stop making the product at the end of the month, according to industry reports.
A mill operator at the Domtar site in Port Alberni has been transported to hospital in serious condition following an on-site injury Thursday morning, April 9.
Premier David Eby told the annual gathering of the B.C. Council of Forest Industries (COFI) on Friday, April 10, said that the government plans to ease industrial carbon prices for pulp mills as the province's forestry sector continues to struggle to remain competitive.
An early evening fire at Packaging Corporation of America in the Horn Rapids area led to the evacuation of the building on April 8.
Investigation underway after fatal shooting at Mondi Richards Bay mill.
A six-alarm fire broke out Tuesday, April 7 at a Kimberly-Clark warehouse in Ontario, Calif., requiring 175 firefighters to contain it.
Clearwater Paper Corporation announced the restructuring of its Cypress Bend, Arkansas facility, resulting in the reduction of approximately 20% of salaried and hourly roles at the facility. The company plans to operate the facility at about half of its production capability. The company expects these actions to deliver $8 to $12 million of annualized cost savings, while not impacting shipment volumes.
Saica Flex Deeside has announced a GBP 2.2 million (Euro 2.5 million) investment in a fully automatic coating machine, a move that quadruples the site's previous coating capacity. The state-of-the-art equipment coats wider materials at higher speeds with enhanced precision, delivering improved efficiency and product quality for the UK label industry.
An online auction will be held on Thursday, May 7, 2026 for High End Stock Prep, Pulping, and Finishing Equipment from the former Georgia-Pacific Specialty Pulp Mill in Perry, Florida.
Chamel Abdulkarim, 29, of Highland has been arrested on two felony arson charges for torching a warehouse operated by consumer goods company Kimberly-Clark in Ontario, according to sources with knowledge of the investigation.
One firefighter was taken to a hospital for a minor head injury and some property was damaged during a blaze at a Solvay industrial facility Tuesday night, April 7.
More than 100 firefighters were on scene battling the flames that cast an orange glow in the area.
An active fire investigation is still underway at the time of this release to determine the cause of the fire. Early estimates of total loss are near $1 million.
No injuries were reported in the explosion, which is still under investigation. A cause has not yet been determined.
Jesup is resuming operations following the outage, with one production line currently not operating due to the fire.
Packaging Corporation of America is closing a converting plant in Richmond, Virginia, impacting 110 employees come June.
Metsä Group has initiated a pre-engineering project for its first commercial biogenic carbon capture plant, with a planned nominal capacity of 100,000 tonnes of captured wood-based carbon dioxide per year.
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