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Pregis, a leading global manufacturer of protective packaging, celebrated production start-up at its new 265,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Arlington, Texas with a ribbon cutting attended by the city's mayor The Honorable Jim Ross.
The modernisation of the Metsä Board Kyro mill's finishing area has now been completed and the finishing line with new advanced equipment has started up. During the mill's annual maintenance shutdown in October, a new state-of-the-art reeler and winder were installed on the production line, and the reel broke handling system was significantly upgraded.
Trex Company plans to develop a new multi-faceted production site in Little Rock, Arkansas. Trex believes the new production complex, to be located within the Port of Little Rock, should increase the company's ability to meet the anticipated strong demand for its industry-leading decking and railing products.
Rottneros is partnering with KAPSU, a startup company within the beverage industry, based in Karlstad, to develop and produce a new plastic-free beverage solution. The new container will be made of 100% fiber from local certified forests.
The Park Falls Pulp & Paper Mill, which was purchased by Maynard Industries, will go up for auction on Tuesday, Nov. 9, at 9 a.m.
Domtar received confirmation from the Sûreté du Québec this morning (Oct. 28) of the tragic news regarding the second worker, Mr. Hugo Paré, who also lost his life following the collapse of a scaffolding on October 26 at approximately 1:35 a.m. at the company's Windsor mill. This loss is in addition to Mr. Yan Baillargeon, who was found yesterday.
Paper Excellence announced that its Catalyst Crofton facility will take a market curtailment of about two weeks in November 2021.
Ron Van Den Heuvel, 67, is serving a 90-month sentence in federal prison for fraud stemming from his operation of Green Box, a business that he pitched to investors as a way to convert food-contaminated waste into reusable paper and plastic products. At sentencing in January 2019, he also was ordered to pay $9.4 million to 14 of the organizations and investors he was found guilty of defrauding.
The first draft of a proposal to help restart idled paper mills in Wisconsin Rapids and Park Falls is being finalized.
The Allendale facility, which initially began producing OSB in 2007, has been idle since late 2019 and has an estimated stated capacity of approximately 760 million square feet (3/8-inch basis).
The White Mountain Paper Co., formerly Gorham Paper and Tissue, expects to restart tissue production this week at the Cascades mill on the banks of the Androscoggin River.
At approximately 1:35 a.m. on Oct. 26, an accident occurred at the Domtar Windsor Mill site when a scaffold collapsed into equipment. Three workers were injured in the accident. One worker was taken to hospital where his life is not in danger. Two workers are still trapped and efforts are being made for their safe rescue by first responders.
Stora Enso is investing Euro 97 million to expand the board production at the Skoghall site in Sweden. At the same time, Stora Enso is initiating a pre-feasibility study to convert the second, currently idle, line at its Oulu site in Finland, to a packaging board line.
Nippon Paper Industries Co. -- touted for its high-quality "Kushiro brand" paper used for newspapers and magazines -- ended 100 years of production at its paper mill in Kushiro, Hokkaido, in September, shifting its primary business to thermal power generation.
Mercer International Inc. is proud to announce that President and CEO, David Gandossi, has been announced as the CEO of the Year during the prestigious 2021 Canada's Safest Employer Awards ceremony (CSEA). Mercer was nominated in two outstanding categories: President and CEO, David Gandossi as CEO of the Year, and Mercer Celgar for Canada's Safest Manufacturing Employer.
NaturaFluff Eco is an oxygen-delignified fluff pulp, which means that no bleaching chemicals are used in its production.
The new five-year target will be supported by the expansion of Suzano's forest covering which will involve both an uplift in commercial planting operations and setting aside new designated conservation areas that were previously anthropized.
The start-up of the new facility is planned for the end of 2023.
Stora Enso is also committing to new 2030 targets for its key sustainability priorities: climate change, biodiversity and circularity.
WestRock Company is creating 50 jobs in its plans to expand its packaging facility in Claremont, Catawba County, according to the governor's office.
Mercer International Inc. is in the planning stages of a new investment project in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
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Smurfit Kappa has announced a new project at its Nettingsdorf Paper Mill, Austria that will utilise waste heat generated at the mill to help power a sustainable district heating solution for the local community of Ansfelden.
From 2022 onwards, Metsä Group will review the herb-rich forests in forests owned by owner-members and intensify its guidance for the management of herb-rich forests. These measures will supplement the Metsä Group ecological sustainability programme, which was started in 2020 and is implemented in commercial forests.
Company says losses related to the closure of mill exceed $450 million.
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