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CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc. announced an agreement to acquire 51,700 acres of prime timberlands in South Carolina for $101.8 million, excluding closing costs, from funds managed by Forest Investment Associates.

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Solar panels will provide approximately 45 percent of Pratt box plant's electrical usage, reducing the company's impact on the environment.

Brazilian cellulose firm Eldorado Brasil will develop a biomass project in Mato Grosso do Sul with the capacity to produce 50 MWh, local media reported on Wednesday.

The Montreal-based pulp, paper and lumber producer said a machine at its mill in Augusta, Ga., isn't competitive because of the high U.S. dollar. About 100 jobs will be affected by the closure.

If a mill is thinking about adding to their energy generation sources, that is by adding another boiler to their fleet--it is time to pause and take a deep breath. It is one thing if you are changing fuels, quite another if you are just adding to your total steam generation capacity...

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The annual paper recovery rate has nearly doubled since 1990 and the industry has set a goal to exceed 70 percent paper recovery for recycling by 2020 as part of its Better Practices, Better Planet 2020 sustainability initiative.

Xerium Technologies, Inc. announced this week that it has acquired the business of J.J. Plank Corporation, including its Spencer Johnston brand spreader roll line and related family of product lines for $18 million, comprised of $16.25 million in cash at closing, and the rest in future obligations.

Motorola Solutions has announced a new managed services contract to implement a communications system for Chilean forestry company CMPC.

Leading pulp and paper producers from more than 30 countries converged on Vancouver this week to attend International Pulp Week, a three-day conference that is part of PwC's Global Forest Products Leadership Summit.

SCA has appointed Georg Schmundt-Thomas as its new President of Global Hygiene Category. He will have global responsibility for SCA's customer and consumer brands and innovation in the hygiene area.

A Georgia-Pacific facility in Florida was locked down Tuesday after a recently fired employee made death threats against the mill before allegedly murdering three people before taking his own life.

Port Townsend Paper Corp. has cut its greenhouse gas emissions by more than half compared to emission levels a decade ago. And mill officials hope a new compressed natural gas (CNG) project, to be completed this year, will reduce emissions even further.

LignoBoost is Valmet's proprietary technology for the extraction of purified lignin from black liquor produced by pulp mills. Moghi in turn is Biochemtex's proprietary technology for the conversion of lignin into biofuels and biochemicals.

The New York Times Co. took a $41.4 million hit in the first quarter as a result of the upcoming Madison Paper Mill closure, the company reported Tuesday.

The Canadian forest products industry is pledging to help Canada move to a low-carbon economy by removing 30 megatonnes of CO2 per year by 2030 -- more than 13% of the Canadian government's emissions target.

Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, is launching an efficiency improvement programme at the Husum integrated mill in Sweden. The efficiency improvement programme concerns all operations at the mill.

Wood Pellets Market was valued at USD 6,260.1 million in 2014 and is anticipated to reach USD 20,073.1 million by 2023, expanding at a CAGR of 14.1% between 2015 and 2023.

Acquisition of 61,000 acres of well-stocked, highly-productive timberlands in Oregon and Washington for $263 million; disposition of 55,000 acres comprised predominantly of pre-merchantable timber in Washington for $130 million.

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The mill is undergoing another new beginning that current mill manager Sean Wallace said represents a commitment by Glatfelter to the long-term presence of the operation in Chillicothe. Ohio.

International Paper said the deal includes five pulp mills and two converting facilities that produce fluff pulp, softwood pulp and specialty pulp to be used in a range of consumer goods, including diapers, tissue and textiles.