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UPM-Kymmene Inc. and Northern SC Paper Corp., a subsidiary of the New York Times Company, announced Monday the dissolution of their partnership, Madison Paper Industries, in the USA.
Major companies operating in Canada which could be affected if the U.S. lobby pushed for higher duties on lumber include Canfor Corp, Tembec, Resolute Forest Products and West Fraser Timber Co.
Klabin has announced the startup of its new pulp mill located in Ortigueira, Paraná. The company produced the first pulp bale at the Puma Unit, which already holds Chain of Custody certification from Forest Stewardship Council.
The former Great Northern Paper Co. LLC mill closed in February 2013, laying off 212 of 256 workers and devastating the Katahdin region economy.
Rod Bender, general manager of Norske Skog's newsprint and catalogue papers mill, said the location of the fault was a positive because it removed one of the uncertainties from Basslink's repair schedule.
Fire in a printing press caused $50,000 damage at R R Donnelley & Sons in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on Monday morning, an official said.
WorkSafeNB is investigating a fatality at a Sussex facility owned by J.D. Irving Ltd., involving the death of a 50-year-old-man on Monday.
Verso Corp. has received approval for $600 million in financing that will allow the paper maker to continue operations through its bankruptcy.
Sinar Mas is set to commence the operation of one of the world's largest pulp mills, expected to help boost Indonesia's economy and push up the country's position in the sector.
A log truck reportedly headed to a Georgia-Pacific facility in Florida rolled over on Monday afternoon, spilling logs on a road and sending the driver to a hospital in Gainesville with serious injuries.
Stora Enso announced that it is investing around US $68.5 million to further improve its competitiveness in consumer board and biomaterials in the strategic growth areas of China and Sweden.
It may be rainy season now in Indonesia, but for two of the biggest pulp and paper companies operating in fire-prone areas in Indonesia -- Asia Pacific Resources International, or April and Asia Pulp & Paper, or APP -- sounding their fire management strategy is important.
Norske Skog's debt-swap plan has divided investors, with opposition from secured bondholders including BlueCrest and support from unsecured creditors including Blackstone Group LP's GSO Capital Partners.
Around 70 firefighters responded.
International Paper is moving ahead with an upgrade to its linerboard mill valued at more than $100 million.
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced Friday that Graphic Packaging is investing $20 million and adding more than 40 jobs in Staunton.
Fire crews in Melbourne on Thursday were tackling a large fire in a paper yard at Pratt Industries in Campbellfield, in Melbourne's north.
The Board of Directors of the Paper Industry International Hall of Fame Inc. has announced Kevin M. Gilligan, CEO of Appvion will be the keynote speaker at the 22nd annual Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Oct. 6. The event will be held at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel in Appleton.
The new owner of much of the bankrupt Lincoln Paper and Tissue mill has sold one of three tissue machines in a move a group of former employees said could imperil an apparent last-ditch effort to keep the mill running.
A former Georgia-Pacific paper company employee who accessed computers at the company's Port Hudson plant after being fired is now awaiting sentencing following a guilty plea in federal court.
Two water treatment chemicals executives have been charged in Newark, N.J., with the U.S. Department of Justice alleging they conspired to eliminate competition among suppliers of the industrial chemical to municipalities and pulp and paper companies in the United States.
The combined company retains the Weyerhaeuser name and continues to be traded under the WY ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange.
Quad's versatile foldable headset is much less expensive, lighter, thinner and more flexible than more widely known units such as Google Cardboard, the company said.
Work on the project will begin in spring 2016 and is scheduled for completion in November 2017.
An investigation is under way after a person was hurt at an International Paper facility.
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