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Businessman Ron Van Den Heuvel, the founder of Green Box NA Green Bay LLC who is involved in a federal bank fraud case, is being appointed a public defender.
Bemis said will close four plants in Latin America to improve efficiencies and reduce fixed costs. Total program charges incurred throughout 2016 and 2017 are estimated to be $28 to $30 million (at current exchange rates).
Packaging Corporation of America notified the state's labor agency this week that it will close its Commerce City plant on Oct. 7 and lay off 70 workers.
Tissue manufacturer Kruger Products L.P. has announced it's investing $55 million to add a paper machine at its Crabtree plant in the Lanaudiere region of central Quebec. The project will increase the facility's overall production by approximately 20,000 metric tonnes annually and will help to preserve approximately 600 jobs.
Kotkamills' new 400,000 tonnes/year consumer board machine, BM2, has started production in Kotka, Finland. A range of folding boxboards will be produced under the brand name AEGLE and a range of food service boards under the brand name ISLA.
Pratt Industries has been named one of America's largest private companies by Forbes magazine.
One employee and two firefighters were injured during the battle to extinguish an intensely smoky fire at Palatka's Georgia-Pacific plant Wednesday evening,
Shareholders for agriculture and chemicals companies DuPont and Dow Chemical have approved their merger. After it's complete, the century-old companies plan to break up into three parts.
Sun Paper Industry of China says the planned early 2017 construction start for a $1.3 billion superproject in Clark County, Arkansas will likely be pushed back because of ongoing pre-engineering and feasibility studies for the bio-product paper mill.
The KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp. mill in North Charleston, South Carolina is getting a new wood-chip supplier in Carolina Chips, which said Tuesday it will invest $32 million.
A 270,000-square-foot box and paper manufacturing facility on Jacksonville's Northside will close in September and will result in 127 workers who will be laid off.
A malfunctioning boiler started the fire, according to a Sappi spokesperson.
President says: "The ones who must go to jail will go to jail, no matter where they are..."
International packaging company Orora Limited announced it has invested more than $25 million to support its growing New Zealand customer base and increase its manufacturing capabilities.
Verso Corporation on Friday announced that the company and its subsidiaries have emerged from bankruptcy following a successful financial restructuring and confirmation of its Chapter 11 plan of reorganization by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
Xerox Corp. privately rejected a bid to merge its document business with R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., according to people familiar with the matter.
UPM-Kymmene, the world's biggest producer of graphic papers such as newsprint, says it is in talks with Uruguay on developing what would be its second pulp mill in the country, the company said on Wednesday.
LandVest has been retained by Rayonier as transaction manager for the sale of the Evergreen Timberlands, 62,160 acres located in South Alabama and Mississippi.
Venezuela's government said it occupied Kimberly Clark Corp.'s local plant, days after the diapers maker had halted operations because of shortages of raw materials in the crisis-stricken country.
Italian manufacturer Sofidel has broken ground on a $300 million tissue paper facility.
Xerox, which plans to separate into two companies by the end of the year, is in talks to acquire R.R. Donnelley & Sons, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Kimberly-Clark Corp. says it is halting its Venezuela operations due to the deteriorating economic situation that includes soaring consumer prices and shortages of basic goods.
Federal court documents reveal that the banker accused of conspiring with a De Pere businessman to illegally funnel loans has agreed to plead guilty and will testify against Ron Van Den Heuvel.
Packaging and paper group Mondi plc. on Monday said it is acquiring ZAO Uralplastic-N from Joint Stock Company Rusnano and a private investor.
While attempting to break a famously frustrating 109-year World Series drought, Joe Maddon, manager of the surging Chicago Cubs, still relies on paper instead of a computer to oversee his dugout strategy.
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