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Södra has now ended the furlough scheme introduced at the sawmill and port at Mönsterås in April in light of reduced demand related to the ongoing pandemic.
The Monroe Fire Department said there had been an explosion in the building which resulted in a fire that activated the sprinkler system.
Layoffs will last at least 30 days.
Stora Enso and Cordenka have signed a joint development agreement to develop precursors for bio-based carbon fiber. The co-development is driven by the need for high performance carbon fiber in transportation, construction and power generation.
Quad, the magazine printer that has major operations in Saratoga Springs, is looking to add two new presses at its local site in a $45 million expansion plan.
USG will deep clean the facility before reopening.
Graphic Packaging has notified the Louisiana Workforce Commission of 56 planned layoffs in West Monroe.
Rayonier Inc. announced the completion of its previously announced acquisition of Pope Resources, A Delaware Limited Partnership. Unitholders of Pope Resources approved the transaction at a special meeting of unitholders held on May 5, 2020.
Pope Resources, A Delaware Limited Partnership announced that its unitholders approved its previously announced merger with Rayonier.
However, the company's Houston and Isle Pierre mills will remain closed.
The plant provides printing for publishers of magazines, comic books, journals and direct mail advertisements, but the company said in its notice to state officials that the coronavirus pandemic has hurt business. The unforeseen circumstances made it impossible to provide a 60-day notice, the company said.
The Georgia Pacific facility in Madison would remain closed until at least May 4 after eight employees tested positive for the coronavirus and one employee died from the highly contagious upper-respiratory disease. The plant has more than 100 employees self-quarantining after coming into contact with those who tested positive for COVID-19.
McGraw-Hill and Cengage announced that they have mutually agreed to terminate their proposed merger of equals, which had been announced in May 2019. The decision was unanimously approved by the Boards of Directors of McGraw-Hill and Cengage. The Termination Agreement foresees no payment of a break fee on either side.
Resolute Forest Products Inc. is temporarily laying off more than 1,000 workers mainly in Quebec because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
North Pacific Paper Co. in Longview has cut staff and curtailed production in response to a "significant, sudden change" in orders due to the coronavirus, company officials said.
Georgia-Pacific will "cease operations" at its lumber facility in DeQuincy due to market conditions, the company announced over the weekend.
IT Tech Packaging, Inc. announced the Company plans commercial launch of a new tissue paper production line (the "PM10").
An employee at Sonoco of Hartsville was injured in a workplace accident Monday night at the company's number 4 mill, according to Brian Risinger with Sonoco Corporate Communications.
A new slate of state-imposed operational rules will require International Paper to pay $190,000 in penalties, implement a $1 million environmental mitigation project and pay a $10,000 fine each time it fails certain water quality tests.
Greif will communicate a comprehensive transition plan to its customers to ensure orders are filled as expeditiously as possible.
Conifex Timber Inc. announced that, in response to continued weakened global demand for forest products amid sustained uncertainty from the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is extending its temporary production curtailment at its Mackenzie, British Columbia, Canada sawmill for four weeks to June 1, 2020. The curtailment is not expected to have any adverse consequence on bioenergy operations.
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the Shenandoah Valley, with 426 confirmed cases in Harrisonburg by April 30, LSC Communications has confirmed more cases of the virus in their workplace.
By embedding customer feedback across all touchpoints to deliver the best packaging solutions.
At the beginning of April, Södra announced that it would be introducing short-time working at the Orrefors sawmill in light of the fall in demand related to the ongoing pandemic.
An industrial fire has caused significant damage to a building on the site where San Group is building a remanufacturing plant in Port Alberni.
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