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With other mills in Maine struggling to survive, Woodland Pulp LLC indicated that it is nearly halfway done with its $120 million expansion.
A Wisconsin man died Wednesday in a workplace accident at a Bolingbrook, Illinois RR Donnelley warehouse, authorities stated, when he was pinned between two semitrailers.
Georgia-Pacific plans to add hundreds of jobs downtown as part of a significant renovation of its namesake Atlanta tower and expansion of its corporate hub.
International Paper announced that it has entered into a binding agreement with Holmen Paper to purchase Holmen's newsprint mill in Madrid, Spain, and intends to convert the facility to produce recycled containerboard.
International Paper on Monday announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its corrugated packaging business in China and Southeast Asia to Xiamen Bridge Hexing Equity Investment Partnership Enterprise. International Paper's corrugated packaging business in Asia has 18 plants and a workforce of approximately 3,000 employees.
UPM-Kymmene Inc. and Northern SC Paper Corp., a subsidiary of the New York Times Company, announced Monday the dissolution of their partnership, Madison Paper Industries, in the USA.
Klabin has announced the startup of its new pulp mill located in Ortigueira, Paraná. The company produced the first pulp bale at the Puma Unit, which already holds Chain of Custody certification from Forest Stewardship Council.
Major companies operating in Canada which could be affected if the U.S. lobby pushed for higher duties on lumber include Canfor Corp, Tembec, Resolute Forest Products and West Fraser Timber Co.
The former Great Northern Paper Co. LLC mill closed in February 2013, laying off 212 of 256 workers and devastating the Katahdin region economy.
Rod Bender, general manager of Norske Skog's newsprint and catalogue papers mill, said the location of the fault was a positive because it removed one of the uncertainties from Basslink's repair schedule.
Fire in a printing press caused $50,000 damage at R R Donnelley & Sons in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on Monday morning, an official said.
WorkSafeNB is investigating a fatality at a Sussex facility owned by J.D. Irving Ltd., involving the death of a 50-year-old-man on Monday.
Verso Corp. has received approval for $600 million in financing that will allow the paper maker to continue operations through its bankruptcy.
Sinar Mas is set to commence the operation of one of the world's largest pulp mills, expected to help boost Indonesia's economy and push up the country's position in the sector.
A log truck reportedly headed to a Georgia-Pacific facility in Florida rolled over on Monday afternoon, spilling logs on a road and sending the driver to a hospital in Gainesville with serious injuries.
It may be rainy season now in Indonesia, but for two of the biggest pulp and paper companies operating in fire-prone areas in Indonesia -- Asia Pacific Resources International, or April and Asia Pulp & Paper, or APP -- sounding their fire management strategy is important.
Stora Enso announced that it is investing around US $68.5 million to further improve its competitiveness in consumer board and biomaterials in the strategic growth areas of China and Sweden.
Norske Skog's debt-swap plan has divided investors, with opposition from secured bondholders including BlueCrest and support from unsecured creditors including Blackstone Group LP's GSO Capital Partners.
Around 70 firefighters responded.
International Paper is moving ahead with an upgrade to its linerboard mill valued at more than $100 million.
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced Friday that Graphic Packaging is investing $20 million and adding more than 40 jobs in Staunton.
Fire crews in Melbourne on Thursday were tackling a large fire in a paper yard at Pratt Industries in Campbellfield, in Melbourne's north.
The Board of Directors of the Paper Industry International Hall of Fame Inc. has announced Kevin M. Gilligan, CEO of Appvion will be the keynote speaker at the 22nd annual Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Oct. 6. The event will be held at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel in Appleton.
The new owner of much of the bankrupt Lincoln Paper and Tissue mill has sold one of three tissue machines in a move a group of former employees said could imperil an apparent last-ditch effort to keep the mill running.
A former Georgia-Pacific paper company employee who accessed computers at the company's Port Hudson plant after being fired is now awaiting sentencing following a guilty plea in federal court.
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