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The facility will mean the creation of at least 10 new jobs, initially, and could produce as many as 40 jobs within the next five to 10 years as new products are developed.

Mondi bought the mill in 2008 and decided to close part of its production capacity last year. The mill makes speciality papers for packaging, food services, the hygiene and medical industries.

WWF France and Rougier Group announced that they will work together in a three-year strategic collaboration that focuses on advancing sustainable forestry in Africa and responsible supply chains in Europe.

The company said that this innovative new process - a Canadian first - is used to extract hemicellulose, a cellulosic sugar with high value-added potential, from wood chips.

In our mills, how much work, especially in maintenance, is caused by a lack of thoroughness? My wild guess is probably something in neighborhood of 25%. How many accidents are caused in our mills by lack of thoroughness? In the "Safety Show '15" on Pulp & Paper Radio International, I can think of several accidents we described that were the result of not being thorough. So how do we teach thoroughness?

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Amcor Limited says it has agreed to buy a tobacco packaging company in Brazil for A $39 million.

Two of the country's largest unions in the pulp and paper sector have agreed to work jointly in the next round of pulp and paper bargaining in Western Canada. Unifor and the Pulp, Paper, and Woodworkers of Canada (PPWC) met in Vancouver last week to re-establish the Joint Pulp and Paper Caucus for the upcoming negotiations in 2017.

Solenis Chemicals India Private Limited has completed the acquisition of Connell Bros. Company (India) Private Limited, a specialty chemical company dedicated to the pulp and paper market in India.

The best benchmarking I have ever seen is this: benchmark yourself against running flat out, 24/7. This should always be the goal, nothing else should count. Why benchmark yourself against your competitors? Are you telling me your goal is to become just as good as (not better) than your competitors? Some goal! What if your competitors aren't very good?

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Metso has completed the divestment of its Process Automation Systems (PAS) business to Valmet.

Huhtamaki has completed the acquisition of Butterworth Paper Cups Sdn Bhd, a privately owned paper cup and foodservice packaging manufacturer in Malaysia.

Company appoints Markku Hämäläinen as its new CEO.

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International Paper's decision to sell the Carolina brand was a result of its plans to convert the Riegelwood N.C., Mill to 100 percent fluff and softwood pulp production, thereby eliminating the manufacturing capability to produce the brand.

Sometimes we get so caught up in doing maintenance on an existing asset that we cannot see that there is a better way. Sometimes we are trapped by the accountants and finance department--the old assets are still on the books at a ridiculously elevated value and cash is too tight to do things right. Nevertheless, you should raise a stink...

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Acquired from Stora Enso in July of 2010, Kotkamills represents one of the most complex carve-out and transitions for OpenGate Capital to date. At acquisition, OpenGate launched its operations plan to consolidate Kotkamills' five legal entities into a single business and establish entirely new IT, HR, treasury, finance, procurement, sales and logistics processes, separate from its parent company, Stora Enso.

Federal trade officials have launched an investigation of Canadian government subsidies to the Port Hawkesbury Paper mill, which two paper companies with mills in Maine argue unfairly undercut and damaged their business.

Police said the employee was attempting to clear a clog in a book baler when the accident took place. While the victim was inside the machine the clog cleared, causing a load of paper circulars to fall onto the man.