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With the completion of the NewPage acquisition, Verso will have approximately $3.5 billion in annual sales and approximately 5,800 employees in eight mills across six states

Bill Dougherty set a goal for his 90th birthday: 1,000 stomach crunches. He was going to do them Saturday, his actual birthday, but Jan, his wife of 63 years, prevailed on him to wait a day or two. They had 46 people coming.

Verso Paper Corp. announced that it has reached a settlement with the United States Department of Justice that will permit Verso to proceed with its acquisition of NewPage Holdings Inc.

Clearwater Paper Corp. announced that it has sold its specialty products business and mills to Dunn Paper Inc. for $113.5 million

There is a book called "Confederacy of the Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole. The book was published in 1980, eleven years after Toole committed suicide. It is set in New Orleans, and centers on a coterie of quirky individuals who essentially see the world as they want to see it. Of course, this is cockeyed by a normal metric, hence, the "confederacy of the dunces." I find the overarching theme of this book applicable nearly everywhere...

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Mohawk plans to sign a seven-year lease on 1 Jan. 2015 and begin renovations in early January. Production is expected to begin in April.

The deal, which would deliver the rest of the about $18 million in severance payments owed to former Bucksport millworkers before a March deadline, is a compromise that Gov. Paul LePage said in a prepared statement aims to avoid a prolonged legal battle

"Carbon neutral" is a phrase being heard often around the pulp and paper industry these days, as mills everywhere try to keep up with the latest emissions standards

I think there are more opportunities for accidents in pulp and paper mills this time of year as compared to any other. Why? Despite fewer participating than in the past, this is still the prime season for shutdowns around the world...

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I've drunk coffee for so long that if I quit, my body would go into a coma, I'm sure. There! I've confessed it and feel relieved. Having done so, I now feel compelled to write about something that bugs me: the economics of coffee consumption.

As the last shift of workers walked out of the Resolute paper mill shortly before sunrise on Monday, 22 December 2014, there were residents and family members there to greet them.

Pratt Industries says it will begin construction on a new $52 million corrugated box factory in Wisconsin next spring. The proposed 350,000 square foot manufacturing facility, which will be built on a 56-acre site in Beloit, will produce approximately 600 tons of recycled boxes a day at capacity.

Executive offices will relocate to its Chestnut Run Plaza campus from downtown Wilmington, Delaware, effective 1 July the company said today in a statement

AstenJohnson, a supplier of paper machine clothing, filaments, specialty and filtration fabrics, and equipment for the paper industry, says it has completed the acquisition of Eagle Nonwovens, Inc.

Rick Holley, CEO of Plum Creek Timber, returned the bonus earlier this month

The Kauttua plant manufactures base paper for masking tape

Appleton Coated announced that it has been purchased by Virtus Holdings LLC, a new company formed by members of Appleton Coated's management team.

Company officials announced Wednesday that the Dickson Quad/Graphics plant will close permanently on March 12, impacting about 115 employees. The plant shuttering was caused by Gannett's decision to cease publishing USA Weekend and the reduced circulation of Parade magazine, according to company spokesperson Claire Ho.