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Klabin says it will conduct maintenance shutdowns at its two units in Paraná, Brazil

A ruling issued by Georgia Superior Court Judge Stephen Kelley has reversed a previous decision in state administrative court that required the Georgia Environmental Protection Division to issue a more stringent pollution permit for the Rayonier Advanced Materials mill near Jesup.

Avery Dennison Corporation has appointed Gregory S. Lovins as vice president and interim CFO, effective immediately.

Voith says it is accelerating its digital transformation, taking yet another step in its digital agenda. The technology group announced that it has joined forces with the Boston Consulting Group Digital Ventures - a subsidiary of the Boston Consulting Group - to establish a digital marketplace for the paper industry.

Fibria announced that it started construction on an intermodal terminal located in Aparecida do Taboado, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, which will ship the pulp produced at its new facility in Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul to the Macuco Terminal at the Port of Santos in São Paulo, from where it will be exported to clients in Asia, Europe and the United States.

Firefighters from Bucksport and several surrounding towns extinguished a fire Saturday morning at the former Verso paper mill.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was slated to be on hand Monday as Pratt Industries officially opens its new 350,000-square-foot corrugated box factory in Beloit.

Today we spend lots of time talking about predictive, preventive maintenance and have all sorts of seminars and software to manage this. There is no excuse for not having a strong predictive, preventive maintenance program. But can it all come down to something as simple as proper care of bearings?

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Huhtamaki Foodservice Europe-Asia-Oceania today introduced AdtoneTM, a single-use paper cup with digitalized connection.

Rayonier Inc. announced that the company has entered into three transactions with separate sellers to acquire approximately 95,100 acres of high-quality industrial timberlands located in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $217 million, or $2,280 per acre.

Wood pellet manufacturers in both the US and Canada are increasingly diversifying their feedstock to reduce fiber costs and take advantage of less utilized fiber sources, according to analysis by Wood Resources International.

Sonoco announced it has completed the acquisition of Peninsula Packaging Company.

The Dow Chemical Co., based in Michigan, and Delaware-based DuPont are nearing the end of the regulatory approval process for their upcoming merger into DowDuPont, and the companies are now targeting a second-quarter closing date.

The town's top elected official criticized demolition crews on Tuesday for unsafe conditions that impeded firefighters battling a toxic fire at the former Great Northern Paper Co. site.

Canfor Pulp Products Inc. has been awarded $13 million to continue its funding one of its environmentally-friendly green initiatives.

The combination of Ahlstrom and Munksjö is approved by the European Commission and expected to be completed in the beginning of April 2017.

Moose browsing damage to pine sites incurs major costs in the forest industry every year. On estates owned by Södra's members, the annual loss is an estimated SEK 450 million. The total cost in Götaland is SEK 980 million per year.

Cascades has announced the launch of a brand-new consumer line of tissue paper.

Many older managers and some who are now in retirement operated within a traditional business management structure. This included organization charts, which outlined the company functions and lines of reporting...

A fire that burned through a conveyor belt was extinguished last week at the nearly dormant Nippon Paper Industries USA mill.

Nordic forestry firms racing to replace paper business lost to the internet are trying to transform their pulp mill by-products into glue, biofuel and carbon fibre for aircraft and wind turbines.