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The partnership with Suzano, one of the ten largest consumers of natural gas in Brazil and one of the main customers in this segment, marks the beginning of Petrobras' operations in the free market in the state.
Under the deal, J&F will repurchase Paper Excellence's 49% stake in pulp producer Eldorado Celulose for approximately $2.7 billion (R$15.2 billion).
Weyerhaeuser Distribution announced a partnership with Nichiha USA that will make Nichiha's full portfolio of siding and trim products available in Texas through its distribution centers in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio.
Two-Day Online Auction Scheduled for June 4-5, 2025, Featuring Extensive Paper Production Equipment from a 135-Year-Old Facility
"Most of our customers that export, especially to the U.S., really don't know what the price of their goods is going to be," said Cristian Infante, who heads Copec's forestry arm Arauco, in a presentation. "So they're trying to buy as little as possible."
Smurfit Westrock says it intends to prepare its closing St. Paul paper recycling facility site for sale and redevelopment "as soon as possible" following a planned closure this summer.
Employees at the Cedar Springs Containerboard mill in Georgia were told today (May 14) that Georgia-Pacific plans to permanently close the operation later this year. Most positions will be eliminated by August 1, 2025. All jobs at the Cedar Springs mill will eventually be impacted.
The settlement, which the company said is not an admission of liability, stems from a 2019 lawsuit, in which New Jersey officials sued chemical makers DuPont, Chemours and 3M to pay for the clean-up of years of contamination caused by toxic chemicals commonly known as PFAS.
The estimate of the final number of redundancies is 7 employees.
Operations generated $2.8bn in 2024 in three countries with eight mills and two conversion facilities.
Operations generated $2.8bn in 2024 in three countries with eight mills and two conversion facilities.
Metsä Group and Amcor, a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions, announced a strategic collaboration to develop three-dimensional moulded fibre packaging solutions with lidding and liner for a variety of food applications.
The Vernon-based forest company said in an email they expect the downtime to begin as early as May 12 at the Armstrong plant and May 15 at White Valley.
Essity's Board of Directors has today appointed Ulrika Kolsrud as President and CEO. Ulrika Kolsrud will assume her position on June 1, 2025. Currently, she holds the position as President of Essity's business unit Health & Medical. She succeeds Magnus Groth, who earlier this year informed the Board that he will leave his position during the year.
As part of its strategic growth initiative, and commitment to the Rio Grande Valley, the company will make strategic investments to convert the current Edinburg, Tex. sheet plant into a warehouse, invest in its current facility in McAllen, Tex. to increase capabilities and shift its current Reynosa, Mexico operations to a new, more modern and capable facility that is currently under construction in Reynosa. The company will close its box plant and sheet plant in Edinburg, Tex.
Södra has reached an agreement with Robert Jan de Waard and Ronald Rijswijk to acquire all shares in the Dutch company Smartt Timber BV.
The strikes at the mills are ending and work will start immediately.
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Two-Day Online Auction Scheduled for June 4-5, 2025, Featuring Extensive Paper Production Equipment from a 135-Year-Old Facility
The negotiations involve the entire personnel of these production facilities, a total of approximately 465 people.
Employees at the Emporia Plywood mill in Emporia, Virginia, were told that Georgia-Pacific will permanently close the plant, effective May 2. Approximately 550 jobs will be impacted. Normal operations will cease May 2 - and the site will be permanently closed on July 1.
Ahlstrom, a Finnish company which owns the longtime Thilmany mill in Kaukauna, said its planned acquisition of Pixelle's Stevens Point facility will complement its food packaging business and strengthen its position in the U.S. market.
Mondi, a global leader in sustainable packaging and paper, is pleased to announce that following the start-up of its state-of-the-art paper machine at its Štětí mill (Czech Republic) in December 2024, early production runs have demonstrated excellent results in terms of strength, runnability and consistent quality.
Two Rhinelander paper mill employees suffered minor injuries Wednesday evening, April 30, after a paper machine experienced an equipment failure, the mill's parent company, Ahlstrom, has confirmed.
The mill, which produces both coated recycled paperboard (CRB) and uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) is expected to remove 50,000 tons of CRB and 22,000 tons of URB capacity from the market and will end Greif's coated paperboard production on the West Coast.
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