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Fire officials are crediting an International Paper facility's sprinkler system with keeping an early morning fire contained to a dust hopper.

Ingevity will be the new name of MWV Specialty Chemicals division of WestRock Company.

Georgia-Pacific announced that installation work has been completed on upgrades to the bleached board machine, known as C3, at Crossett Paper Operations.

Sappi Fine Paper North America will temporarily lay off about 250 workers from its mill in Cloquet, Minn., on 21 July 2015, closing its paper-making operations for eight days to reduce inventory.

KapStone's union mill workers overwhelmingly authorized an unfair labor practice strike this week, the union reported.

Probably once a month or so, I encounter a client who is having problems. Be it the width of paper rolls, the fit of a pipe, you name it, dimensions are a big problem. Many people seem to think that mere dimensions are beneath them, that having conquered calculus, such arithmetic is child's play. Let me tell you, it is not and dimensional mistakes, particularly on a construction site, are probably the largest cause of backcharges and overages. Face it: we live in a three dimensional world and everything has to fit...

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It is expected that the transaction will close in September 2015.

The acquisition of PIPL expands Amcor's footprint into Southern India, increases the local talent pool and adds to the existing blown film and cylinder making capabilities.

Graphic Packaging said the decision was made as a result of a thorough assessment of the facility's manufacturing capabilities, associated costs and market demand for its products. The closure will affect approximately 140 employees.

A blaze at Weyerhaeuser caused limited damage to some machinery early Sunday morning.

It took a three-alarm fire response and nearly 75 firefighters on Wednesday to battle a large pile of recycling paper at the International Paper Co. facility in Kent.

Glatfelter disputed violation claims made in February by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency in a notice to the company and the two parties are presently in the process of working out their differences.

So, you have been informed that the board of directors, or other high ranking officials from headquarters, are coming to see your facility. The range of emotions at your site will range from snickers and sighs to people who are actually looking forward to this. May I suggest a neutral viewpoint be adopted? This is an occasion as important as any event in the life of any facility. It is somewhat akin to making paper--it is simply part of your duties, an important part.

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Archroma said that the BASF business delivers products and technologies across the entire textile chemicals spectrum, with particular strengths in printing, finishing and coating chemicals.

UPM announced that it has certified all its European pulp and paper mills, the UPM Fray Bentos pulp mill in Uruguay and the UPM Changshu paper mill in China in accordance with the EMAS.

Cascades Inc. announced that it has entered into an agreement with its banking syndicate led by National Bank of Canada and Scotiabank as co-lead arrangers and joint book runners to extend and amend certain conditions of its existing $750 million revolving credit facility.

Borregaard and Sappi announced this week that they have decided to increase the lignin production capacity by 20,000 metric tons at LignoTech South Africa.

A fire early Friday at the Verso Paper Mill was limited to some machinery but the paper-making process was not halted.