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WestRock Co. will close one of its St. Louis facilities, laying off 54 workers in September, according to a notice filed with the state.
UPM Communication Papers plans to continue the temporary layoffs in Finland. The possible temporary layoffs could take place in several periods and would last a maximum of 90 days.
Officials said on Saturday, July 22, only six small areas remain smoldering at the Nippon Dynawave site in Longview.
It was reported 100 workers are getting a 3 percent raise and a $3,800 bonus in their new three-year contract.
The curtailment is currently scheduled to become effective July 29, 2023, until August 28, 2023.
The Prince George mill was temporarily curtailed last week, due to the strike by port workers.
Facilities affected include a paper mill in South Glens Falls, a warehouse and distribution center in Saratoga Springs, and a converting facility in Greenwich.
Cenveo did not give a reason for why it closed the plant, though the company has been restructuring after it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2018.
A WELSH company that manufactures kitchen and toilet tissue paper has been fined £1million after an employee was seriously injured when he was struck in the face by a crane hook.
Workers walked out and production at the paper mill ceased due to the Teamsters Local No. 346 strike.
Fire crews are on the scene of a large commercial fire that began Tuesday night, July 18, at Nippon Dynawave Packaging in Longview, officials say.
Södra Ädla is a new partner of Nordic Forestry Automation (NFA). The company develops next-generation operator support systems for forest machines based on sensor technology from autonomous vehicles and AI algorithms. The investment is done together with Sveaskog and Almi Invest Syd and comprises a total of SEK 10 million.
The hygiene and health company Essity has completed the divestment of its operations in Russia for a purchase price of approximately SEK 1.2bn on a cash and debt-free basis. Essity has thus exited Russia.
Huhtamaki is making a significant investment in its Paris, Texas facility in the U.S. The investment consists of an expansion of its manufacturing capacity as well as a consolidation of an external warehouse. The investment into production assets is approximately $30 million, and the warehouse and manufacturing facility will be leased.
Construction is expected to begin in the next 18 months, once the sale closes.
These two plants have a revenue of Euro 105 million in 2022, and provide direct employment to 247 people.
The paper mill currently owned by Billerud Wisconsin has been idle since Verso shut down operations in 2020, although converting operations have continued on-site.
Following the announcement of a tentative agreement in the labour dispute at B.C. ports, Canfor Pulp Products Inc. is announcing that Northwood Pulp Mill in Prince George will resume production next week (the week of July 17).
Ilim Group announces that Kseniia Sosnina has stepped down from her role as the Company's CEO due to the expiration of her employment contract. Aleksey Lomko, Senior Vice President Legal, has been appointed Acting CEO.
Rengo Co., Ltd. announces that its consolidated subsidiary, Tri-Wall Limited, has established a subsidiary in Suining City, Sichuan Province, China through its wholly owned subsidiary. The new subsidiary, Tri-Wall Bozheng Packaging Technology Co. Ltd., manufactures and sells heavy duty and general corrugated board and cases, and has started operation of its plant.
Roseburg has announced that Grady Mulbery will retire from his position as President and CEO, effective Sept. 30, 2023. As part of this planned leadership succession, Roseburg's board of directors unanimously elected Chief Operating Officer Stuart Gray to succeed Mulbery as president and CEO, effective Oct. 1, 2023.
The curtailment is due to limited storage space for pulp products that cannot be transported overseas as a result of the ongoing labour dispute at B.C. ports. The downtime is expected to remain in place for the duration of the labour dispute and will remove approximately 11,000 tonnes of market kraft pulp per week.
The Rock Hill facility manufactures recycled paperboard tubes. The location was one of 80-plus Caraustar facilities Greif acquired in the U.S. in a $1.8 billion deal in 2019.
In a notice of violation issued Monday, July 10, the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality has accused Pactiv Evergreen of dumping chemicals directly into its wastewater treatment system rather than disposing of them properly, as required by the company's permit.
The country's location enables Smurfit Kappa to serve not only the local market but wider regions in Africa.
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