Leading Stories

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.

The Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, at the University of Helsinki and UPM Biochemicals have started a joint research project with the purpose of investigating the applicability of UPM's new cellulose-based gel material for cancer research.

Cascades announced this week that by the end of its 2013-2015 Sustainable Development Plan, the company gave a second life to 76 percent of the residual materials generated by its plants, exceeding its target of 71 percent. Over this three-year period, a total of 1.4 million tons of residuals were recovered.

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the planned merger of rivals Staples Inc. and Office Depot Inc. because of antitrust concerns, prompting the office-supply companies to say they will abandon the roughly $6 billion deal.

Renewable materials company Stora Enso and specialty chemicals company Rennovia Inc have announced a joint development and license agreement to cooperate on bio-based chemicals development.

Employees say their main concern is about overtime policies that allow little choice but to work far in excess of full-time hours.

Evergreen Packaging's consolidated global headquarters will create 70 jobs with an average salary of $176,283 and nearly $1 million in capital investment.

Fire crews have contained the fire to one end of the log storage area outside the mill. Norbord continues to assess the damage and currently estimates that the mill should be able to resume production in two weeks.

Smurfit Kappa boss Tony Smurfit sees the U.S. as a potential hunting ground for acquisitions. He said the company could spend between €200m and €400m on acquisitions each year without overly stretching its balance sheet.

No vehicle occupants or mill employees were injured in the fire and no firefighters were injured extinguishing the fire.

Solar panels will provide approximately 45 percent of Pratt box plant's electrical usage, reducing the company's impact on the environment.

Brazilian cellulose firm Eldorado Brasil will develop a biomass project in Mato Grosso do Sul with the capacity to produce 50 MWh, local media reported on Wednesday.

The Montreal-based pulp, paper and lumber producer said a machine at its mill in Augusta, Ga., isn't competitive because of the high U.S. dollar. About 100 jobs will be affected by the closure.

Motorola Solutions has announced a new managed services contract to implement a communications system for Chilean forestry company CMPC.

Leading pulp and paper producers from more than 30 countries converged on Vancouver this week to attend International Pulp Week, a three-day conference that is part of PwC's Global Forest Products Leadership Summit.

A Georgia-Pacific facility in Florida was locked down Tuesday after a recently fired employee made death threats against the mill before allegedly murdering three people before taking his own life.

Port Townsend Paper Corp. has cut its greenhouse gas emissions by more than half compared to emission levels a decade ago. And mill officials hope a new compressed natural gas (CNG) project, to be completed this year, will reduce emissions even further.