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Canfor Corporation says will invest approximately US$160 million to build a new sawmill near DeRidder, Louisiana. The company will receive state and local incentives in support of the project. The facility will have an annual production capacity of 250 million board feet on a two-shift basis and will directly employ about 130 people plus create significant additional indirect jobs.
Prairie Industries, along with its partner company Nu-Pak, announced its new name for the combined organization: Truvant. The announcement coincides with Prairie's recent acquisition of Sonoco's European contract packaging business.
The Offer will expire at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on July 2, 2021 unless extended (such date and time, as the same may be extended, the "Expiration Time") or earlier terminated.
Columbia Pulp has officially reopened its Lyons Ferry mill, processing wheat straw for the creation of paper products such as food containers, towels and tissues, the company announced Thursday, June 3.
LSC Communications announced that its Book Division, the largest book producer in the United States, will now operate as Lakeside Book Company ("Lakeside").
Smurfit Kappa Group, one of the world's largest integrated manufacturers of paper-based packaging products with operations in Europe and the Americas, is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of Cartones del Pacifico, a leading paper-based packaging company in Peru.
AmeriPrint Corporation is a trade printer specializing in custom-printed documents, barcoding, integrated products, and business forms. Although Jim and Vicky Schulty are retiring after the sale, many of the same people will continue to work at the two facilities in Harvard, Illinois.
A bill authored by Representative Scott Krug of Nekoosa which calls for W E D C to issue a fifty million dollar loan to the co-op looking to buy the idled Verso paper mill will get a hearing in Madison.
Reducing carbon dioxide emissions, water protection, and using energy more efficiently are key targets of Kotkamills' strategy. In 2020, significant investments were made to improve the mill's energy efficiency. The aim is to complete the big project to reduce the wastewater treatment plant's load and the mill's carbon dioxide emissions by August 2021. Investment projects stretching also into 2022 have been launched.
Last year BillerudKorsnäs and Haver & Boecker published a total of nine sack packaging norms. These norms cover the basics and some of the most critical factors that need to be taken into account when powdered goods are packed. The reactions in the market show that the norms support the work of bulk goods manufacturers. They provide a helpful guideline for determining the optimal packaging process and the perfect sack packaging for products to be filled. BillerudKorsnäs and Haver & Boecker have decided to jointly develop further norms after receiving positive feedback worldwide.
Correll became chairman and CEO in 1993 and made it into a powerhouse. He negotiated a $21 billion sale of the company to Koch Industries in 2006.
WestRock Company announced the future retirement of Jeff Chalovich, president of Corrugated Packaging and chief commercial officer.
The cause of a fire last week at the idled Verso paper mill in Wisconsin Rapids is still under investigation, but company leaders say they do not anticipate it will affect "any future plans or options for the mill."
Red Leaf Pulp Ltd., developer of a proprietary wheat straw-based pulp mill, announced the Company will locate its initial facility in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Company has secured properties on the west side of the City of Regina and will commence construction of the $350 Million facility in early 2022.
Smurfit Kappa has announced an investment of €11.5 million in its Zülpich paper mill in Germany, which produces approximately 500,000 tonnes of paper annually.
Further to the announcement on February 16, 2021, that the hygiene and health company Essity had entered an agreement to acquire the remaining 63.8% of the shares in the Australian hygiene company Asaleo Care, Essity today notes the announcement by Asaleo Care, that the company's shareholders voted in favor of accepting Essity's offer.
Clearwater Paper Company announced Tuesday it's exiting the away from home tissue business by the end of July. The Neenah mill, which it acquired in 2010, is part of Clearwater's consumer products division. It has three tissue machines and ten converting lines and makes tissue products for grocery and drug stores and commercial customers.
Since 1992, wood fuel pellets are produced at the Murbergsviken industrial site in Härnösand. In the drying process, terpenes and resin acids - natural substances in wood - are emitted. When vapour and particles are subject to sunlight, sometimes a refraction phenomenon occurs that makes the vapours look blueish and they may have an odd smell.
Olmuksan is a leading and well-established corrugated packaging player in Turkey, listed on the Istanbul stock exchange. Its network of five plants provides a diverse customer base with high-quality sustainable packaging for food, beverage, agriculture and industrial applications.
Kruger Packaging announces investment of $114.2 million into its state-of-the-art packaging manufacturing operation. The project will create at least 150 quality jobs in the coming years.
Interfor announced that it has reached an agreement with Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC and GP Wood Products LLC (collectively "Georgia-Pacific") to acquire four of its sawmill operations located in Bay Springs, MS, Fayette, AL, DeQuincy, LA and Philomath, OR (collectively the "Sawmill Operations"). The total purchase price of US$375 MM, which includes working capital, will be funded entirely from cash on hand.
Huhtamaki, a global key advanced manufacturer of sustainable packaging solutions, is setting up a new manufacturing unit in KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa to serve its existing and new egg packaging customers in the KwaZulu-Natal area with a broad range of locally produced packaging solutions.
Stora Enso has signed an agreement to divest its Sachsen Mill located in Eilenburg, Germany, to the Swiss-based family-owned company Model Group. Sachsen Mill has an annual production capacity of 310 000 tonnes of newsprint specialty paper based on recycled paper.
Group in talks to buy Verso Mill says fire 'does not diminish our interest'.
About 60 local firefighters responded to a fire Tuesday night at the Verso paper mill in Wisconsin Rapids.
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