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The statutory negotiations at the Suolahti mill concerned all the plywood mill's employees, in total about 370 people.
Industry minister also called to appear before natural resources committee.
Domtar is a separate company from APP with its own management structure and governance. Domtar and APP will remain distinct entities, with no operational overlap and independent governance structures.
Irving Paper will once again shut down 50 per cent of its operations beginning Monday December 2nd in response to NB Power's record high industrial electricity rates, and remain down for at least a week.
Swedish pulp and paper company Billerud announced it's investing in upgrades worth 1.4 billion Swedish kronor, about $127 million, at its U.S.-based production facilities. The majority, worth about $109 million, will go toward its graphic paper mill in Escanaba, Michigan, where earlier this year the company canceled a project to convert the plant into a cartonboard production facility.
Ahlstrom, a global leader in fiber-based specialty materials, has acquired ErtelAlsop, a New York based manufacturer of high-performance liquid depth filter media serving end-markets in the pharmaceutical, food & beverage, flavors and fragrances, and chemical industries.
Visy partnered with two solar energy companies on the initiative, which aligns with Visy's ongoing commitment to sustainability.
Communications Advisor for Tolko Chris Downey said this temporary downtime is due to high fibre costs, poor weather conditions during the harvesting season, and the weak North American lumber and plywood markets.
Approximately 1,600 employees were included in the scope of the change negotiations. As a result of the negotiations, a reduction of a maximum of 88 positions will take place.
Officials say no injuries or fatalities were reported.
Twelve units and 60 firefighters were able to bring the fire under control just after 8 p.m., said the FDNY. EMS units were also on scene.
The expansion works at the industrial complex located in the state of Durango include a new impregnation center and a melanin line, which will supply value-added products to the subsidiary's eight plants in Mexico, the United States and Canada.
The number of positions affected is 154.
Magnera is formed from the spinoff and merger of Berry's HHNF Business with Glatfelter.
Canada will keep tabs on promises made by Paper Excellence, Natural Resources minister says.
The investment will enhance operations at the company's sites in Füzesabony, Nagykáta, and Győr, with completion expected by April 2026.
The German Federal Cartel office has today started an inspection on Metsä Tissue, a subsidiary of Metsä Group, related to hygiene papers.
Michael Robinson, 41, pleaded guilty to the charge before his jury trial. According to court records, he told his family member, who works at Pratt Industries, that he would bring an AK-47 there, shoot up the place and "come bang on the ... door and beat her ..."
UFP Packaging announced the opening of its 10,000-square-foot Packaging Design and Development Center (DDC) at its Newnan, Ga., facility.
A fire at the Dryden Fibre Canada mill was extinguished and the scene cleared in just over an hour.
U.S.-based International Paper's 5.8-billion-pound ($7.29 billion) bid for British packaging firm DS Smith will be decided by EU antitrust regulators by Jan. 10, a European Commission filing showed on Tuesday.
Saica is considering building and operating a recycled paper mill facility at the northeast corner of Little Richmond and Olive roads in northwest Dayton, just south of Trotwood, that could employ about 230 full-time workers, say documents submitted to the city. The site has recently been used for agricultural purposes.
The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador announced that an agreement has been extended between Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (Hydro) and Kruger's Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Limited.
The Smurfit Westrock paper mill in Longview, Washington, 'likely contributed' to the pungent stench that wafted through southwest Washington and northwest Oregon in September, the Washington State Department of Ecology determined.
Opposition MPs are expressing concern that after buying up two major Canadian companies, the foreign owner of one of Canada's biggest forestry businesses is now also formally taking over an Indonesian-Chinese pulp and paper conglomerate from his family -- a company he has long denied operating in tandem with.
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