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Columbia Pulp will have a groundbreaking and community tour next week for its $184 million mill in southeast Washington, which will use straw to make pulp for paper production.

General Assembly of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) in Vancouver to discuss crucial topics for sustainable forest practices around the world

DowDuPont Inc. says please don't go to www.dowdupont.com -- unless you want to buy a watch.

Firefighters on Thursday afternoon battled a fire at U.S. Paper Mills Corp. in Menasha.

WestRock Company announced plans to build a new corrugated box plant in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo to meet growing demand from WestRock's regional customers in South America.

Anthony Pratt has revealed his US company will build its next American box plant in the greater San Francisco area, and may spend up to $US500 million ($624.3m) on a new US paper mill as part of his pledge to spend $US2 billion in the world's biggest economy.

During the night between September 5th and 6th, there was a fire in one of the buildings at BillerudKorsnäs' production unit in Karlsborg, Sweden.

Kimberly-Clark announced its first major commitment to renewable energy with agreements to annually purchase approximately 1,000,000 megawatt hours (245 megawatts - MW) of electricity from two new wind power projects in Texas and Oklahoma.

Announced jointly by Kruger Products and the Government of Québec in July 2016, the $55-million investment to purchase and install PM8 received a $39.5-million loan from Investissement Québec, which is acting as an agent of the Government of Québec in this project.

Hurricanes Harvey and Irma are expected to have a multimillion dollar impact on International Paper Co.'s third-quarter earnings.

A roofing contractor fell 30 feet through a roof at Cloquet's Sappi mill Tuesday morning.

Firefighters were expecting to still be working a fire at Sonoco Friday, after battling blazes at the packaging company for most of the day Thursday.

Last week we talked about exactly who is defined as part of your team. This was done from the stance of making sure you don't, due to naïve generosity, take on work outside your scope and in the end, do everything poorly. At the same time, you must ward off the outside work without building silos or fortresses that seed discontent. This week, we will deal with two issues that may come up as you protect your team and strive for excellence in your team's area of responsibility, as well as good relations with all of your coworkers.

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Weyerhaeuser Company announced effective immediately that all of its lands in Flathead, Lake, Lincoln, Missoula, Sanders and Ravalli counties in western Montana have been reopened to public access.

Since the equipment in that building was down for annual maintenance, there was no interruption to production.

When the toilet paper makes contact with water, natural, non-pathogenic microorganisms are activated and produce enzymes to eat away dirt. Once their work is complete, the enzymes bio-degrade, leaving no residue or negative environmental impact.

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. announced that it is beginning to restart core systems at its Fernandina Beach, Fla. and Jesup, Ga. facilities after Hurricane Irma passed through the area.

Catalyst applauds the government's commitment to eliminate the Provincial Sales Tax (PST) on electricity for commercial and industrial users in its 2017 budget update, which will assist in protecting jobs in British Columbia's pulp and paper sector, says Len Posyniak, Senior Vice President, Human Resources & Corporate Services.

Expera Specialty Solutions has announced its newly branded Flame-Gard™ Technology. Expera provides flame-resistant solutions for multiple end-use applications.

Domtar Personal Care has launched its most advanced product line to date.

Smurfit Kappa has been awarded the gold Corporate Social Responsibility ('CSR') rating by EcoVadis, a leading evaluator of global supply chains, for the fourth successive year.

Norske Skog's new board is to publish a fresh set of proposals to recapitalise the ailing paper producer this coming Monday, September 18.