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Australia-based Licella Fibre Fuels Pty Ltd. and Canada-based Canfor Pulp Products Inc., through its subsidiary Canfor Pulp Ltd., have signed an agreement to form a joint-venture: Licella Pulp Joint Venture.
According to a WARN notice filed with the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the jobs will be cut as of July 16. Positions eliminated include cutting and press operators, as well as inspectors, laborers and others.
This week Pratt Industries announced a major expansion to its American paper and packaging empire with the acquisition of a large Minnesota-based company. Pratt paid almost $100 million for Minnesota Corrugated Box Inc.
The Prince Albert Pulp Mill might begin producing raw kraft pulp product as soon as 2020.
Resolute Forest Products has been fined $55,000 after a worker was injured at its Iroquois Falls paper mill in 2014. Resolute's Iroquois Falls mill has since closed, shuttering its doors permanently in December 2014, putting 180 people out of work.
De Pere businessman Ron Van Den Heuvel, the founder of Green Box NA Green Bay LLC, his wife Kelly Van Den Heuvel, and banker Paul Piikkila all pleaded not guilty to charges of bank fraud in federal court. Ron Van Den Heuvel is charged with seven counts of executing a bank fraud scheme and five counts of making false statements to influence a bank loan. If convicted, he faces up to 30 years in prison and up to $1 million in fines on each count.
Nippon Paper Industries says it plans to build a large-scale cellulose nanofiber (CNF) production facility at the Ishinomaki mill in Miyagi, Japan.
The final eight hourly employees at the WestRock paper mill in Newberg, Oregon were terminated this month, meaning there are no more union-represented workers onsite.
Verso Corporation announced Thursday that the bankruptcy court presiding over Verso's Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding yesterday authorized Verso to reject a specialty paper supply contract with Expera Specialty Solutions.
Shares in Catalyst Paper jumped more than 700% Tuesday after the company announced that Indian papermaker Kejriwal Group International is interested in acquiring it.
Production at the mill ended Saturday and there has been no change in the search for buyers, according to the mill president and CEO.
An incident at a Greif facility in Gladstone, Virginia left a North Carolina man dead Monday, according to the Amherst County Sheriff's Office.
Norbord Inc. announced that its mill in High Level, Alberta resumed production over the weekend following a fire that occurred on May 4th.
Damage was estimated at $100,000 to a Graphic Packaging facility following a fire late Friday night. Thirty employees were evacuated without injury. Seventeen firefighters fought the fire and were at the scene three hours.
When sentenced in November, Robert Lees could face up to 60 years in federal prison. Lees was among those who were involved in alleged kickback schemes. He was convicted of conspiracy, mail fraud, money laundering and making false statements in a loan application following a seven-day trial in federal court.
After a historic court ruling in the United Kingdom, cigarettes will now be sold in plain packaging, with prominent, graphic health warnings. Ireland and France have also passed legislation requiring plain packaging.
An International Paper employee was hospitalized after being sprayed with sulfuric acid, according to the United Steelworkers Union.
Smurfit Kappa's recycling operations in the UK has completed a programme of investment in its national depot network, designed to save energy, increase the efficiency of its operations, improve worker safety and enhance customer experience.
The new napkin is specifically designed to improve the food service patron experience through superior product quality, while helping to minimize waste.
Stora Enso will invest a total of approximately Euro 70 million in a new polyethylene extrusion coating plant and an automated roll warehouse at Imatra mills in Finland.
Baileyville and Skowhegan, Maine paper mills will receive state grants for railroad improvements intended to make shipping and receiving from their facilities more efficient.
The strike at a Delaware, Ohio International Paper facility is entering a second week.
A 52-year-old Green Bay, Wisconsin man was charged this week with the death of a Georgia-Pacific worker and injury to another G-P employee when he hit them with his vehicle last summer.
Graphic Packaging International Inc. will close its paper converting facility in Menasha by the end of the year, laying off 228 employees.
After being closed for more than a year, Manistique's paper mill is expected to be back up and running in June.
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