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Catalyst Paper announced that a temporary shutdown of the No. 12 paper machine here would be extended to August, resulting in the layoff of approximately 50 workers.
MeadWestvaco Corporation and Rock-Tenn Company each announced a date for special meetings of their respective shareholders or stockholders to approve the previously announced combination of the two packaging companies.
Firefighters responded Wednesday evening for a report of smoke coming from the Cedar Rapids International Paper facility.
Firefighters from three departments worked Tuesday to put out a large fire at a Charleston, South Carolina Sonoco Recycling plant. The cause of the fire remains under investigation and two firefighters were taken to the hospital as a precaution for heat-related injuries.
WestRock Company was announced today by MeadWestvaco Corporation and Rock-Tenn Company as the name for the new company when the two packaging leaders complete their previously announced combination. WestRock will trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol WRK.
The Horizonte 2 Project consists in the construction of a new bleached eucalyptus pulp production line with capacity of 1.75 million tons per year and an estimated investment of US $2.5 billion. The start-up of the new production line is projected for the fourth quarter of 2017.
Sinar Mas Group, one of Indonesia's largest conglomerates, says the pulp and paper mill it plans to build in Ogan Komering Ilir, South Sumatra, will help Indonesia compete globally.
Focusing on local markets, the new plant will meet the demand for cores used in foil and paper industries.
The 57-employees at Georgia-Pacific's Parchment facility were notified Friday that the plant will be closing by the end of the year, and its work consolidated at plants in Wisconsin and Mississippi.
A small fire outside the KapStone paper mill in North Charleston, South Carolina on Tuesday afternoon, 5 May 2015, has been contained, authorities said.
KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation and Victory Packaging/Golden State Container jointly announced 5 May 2015 that they have signed an agreement for KapStone to acquire the assets of Victory Packaging in a cash-free, debt-free transaction for $615 million in cash, subject to post-closing adjustments.
AkzoNobel has finalized the €153 million divestment of its global paper chemicals business to Kemira. The deal was first announced in July 2014.
Metsä Board Zanders GmbH contains the business operations of Gohrsmühle mill located in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany. Gohrsmühle mill has approximately 480 employees and its main products are cast coated and label papers.
In the US, Kimberly-Clark Professional is launching a range of tissues and towels incorporating wheat straw and bamboo. The company says it aims to provide a rapidly renewable source of fiber for its pulp mill and environmentally friendly products aimed at its commercial customers.
Quad/Graphics worker died in an industrial accident Friday morning, 24 April 2015, in southeast Oklahoma City, police reported.
According to a statement from International Paper to Paperitalo Publications on Thursday, "At approximately 8:45 a.m. yesterday (Wednesday) morning, an employee of Southern Environmental, a mill contractor, was involved in an electrical incident in the Orange Mill. He was treated at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston, Texas and released today."
Three people were injured and taken to the hospital after an accident at International Paper's Riegelwood mill Wednesday morning.
No one was injured when a fire erupted inside a debarking machine at Glatfelter paper company on Monday.
The Georgia-Pacific plant in Big Island is undergoing about $50 million in improvements with its biggest expense being an upgrade to its pulp mill.
No cause has been determined yet for the paper machine fire that broke out at the Catalyst paper mill late in the evening on Thursday, 16 April 2015, in Port Alberni.
For the second time in seven months, a massive fire broke out at the Norampac/Greenpac mill.
Firefighters arrived at a blaze reported Wednesday morning at the Expera Old Town mill to find the flames were extinguished by employees, company spokeswoman Addie Teeters said in an email.
Company chairman and owner Anthony Pratt said the acquisition would also help integrate his American and Australian holdings.
RockTenn announced this week that its Nicholasville, Kentucky, folding carton team set two world records. The team earned the first record by printing more than 9 million sheets in one month, and the second by printing more than 357,000 sheets in one day.
A US paper-manufacturing giant is reportedly weighing a £6bn-plus takeover bid for Ireland's Smurfit Kappa as a wave of global deals fueled by cheap debt continues to gather pace.
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