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Two explosions shook a flooded chemical plant near Houston early Thursday, sending a plume of black smoke into the air and triggering an intense fire that continues to burn.

Innovative start-up company and leading eucalyptus pulp producer connected for new high-value bio-based products

The difference a day can make.

Södra is investing in a small facility for cross-laminated timber (CLT) adjacent to Södra's sawmill at Värö.

International Paper has pledged $1 million to support disaster relief efforts in the communities impacted by Hurricane Harvey and Tropical Storm Harvey.

Firefighters brought the blaze under control in 45 minutes with no injuries.

Together with a large industrial consortium, VTT Technical Research of Finland has launched a EUR 4.5 million project to speed up the development of fibre-based products as alternatives to oil-based materials like plastics.

A fire broke out on the rooftop of a Packaging Corporation of America facility in Northampton on Wednesday afternoon, prompting an evacuation of employees and a large response from the city's fire personnel.

SWP's high-density, molded wood core plugs help paper companies reduce loss claims for pennies per roll. Two designs are smooth, flake-free, and feature superior crush strength for all grades of paper.

International Paper Co. (IP) -- a global producer of renewable fiber-based packaging, pulp and paper products -- employs about 2,700 people in Texas, with facilities spread across the state.

Håkan Larsson, Director of Forestry and President of Södra Skog, will assume responsibility for strategic issues within the Södra Group. He will remain a member of Södra's Group Senior Management and continue to report to the President, Lars Idermark.

Metsä Fibre plays an important role in three new development partnerships that have been successful in project evaluations and thus secured multiannual funding from the EU.

Over the past several months, Deltic has been approached by a number of industry participants regarding interest in a potential strategic transaction.

The gesture comes at a tense time in Canada-U.S. softwood lumber negotiations.

The trucks belonged to Sotraser, a subcontractor that mainly serves subsidiaries of Chilean forestry companies Empresas CMPC and Arauco.

Indonesia's Asia Pulp & Paper Co (APP) and its parent Sinar Mas Group denied they were planning to buy pulpmaker Eldorado Brasil Celulose SA, which is up for sale after its controlling shareholders got ensnared in Brazil's worst corruption probe.

Decision to be made no later than Nov. 14...

Mondi has decided to postpone its €135 million investment in a new 90,000 tonne per annum machine glazed speciality kraft paper machine at its Steti mill in the Czech Republic.

Anthony Pratt remembers the last words from his father. Richard Pratt, 74, was losing his fight with cancer but not his will for success. The Global Financial Crisis had hit and he was worried.

Brazil's Fibria Celulose SA began wood pulp production at its Horizonte 2 project in midwestern Brazil, which will increase output by 1.95 million tonnes per year, according to a Monday securities filing.

"The mill management is testing the patience of people and polluting the river without any fear."

Japan's biggest paper trader, Japan Pulp and Paper, is set to launch a recycling business in India, collecting and selling used paper.