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Showing 12 articles from July 27, 2017.

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[Adv.] Airmaster Aerator
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Jim's Articles

Week of 31 July 2017: People versus computer technology
Week of 31 July 2017: People versus computer technology

I was talking to an old friend who spent one of his college days' summers doing fetch-and-carry work in a paper mill. Although it had been many years ago, he was still in awe of that "big ol' paper machine" and the fact that it took "twelve or thirteen men" to run it. No more, Tom, I said...

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Bucksport's papermaking lore captured in
Bucksport's papermaking lore captured in "Still Mill"

"Farewell, dear materials coordinators, mill controllers and mill managers," writes Bucksport's poet laureate, Pat Ranzoni, toward the end of her new book "Still Mill."

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Industry News

Cascades announces the sale of its equity holding in Boralex
Cascades announces the sale of its equity holding in Boralex

Cascades Inc. announced that it has reached an agreement to sell all of its shares in Boralex to the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec for an amount of $ 287.5 million.

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Kadant Carmanah Receives Order for OSB Line Upgrade at Tolko Industries' High Prairie Mill
Kadant Carmanah Receives Order for OSB Line Upgrade at Tolko Industries' High Prairie Mill

Kadant Carmanah Design, a subsidiary of Kadant Inc. (NYSE: KAI), received an order for two pocket batch feeders from Tolko Industries Ltd. for an OSB line upgrade at its High Prairie facility in Alberta, Canada.

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Kadant Nordic Awarded Fabric Cleaning Equipment Order from Hiang Seng
Kadant Nordic Awarded Fabric Cleaning Equipment Order from Hiang Seng

Kadant Nordic AB, a subsidiary of Kadant Inc. (NYSE: KAI), was awarded the order for an M-clean fabric cleaning system from Hiang Seng Fibre Container Company Ltd. of Bangkok, Thailand.

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Metsä Tissue to rebuild greaseproof paper machine at Düren mill
Metsä Tissue to rebuild greaseproof paper machine at Düren mill

Metsä Tissue will rebuild paper machine 5 at its Düren mill in Germany. The total investment is approximately EUR 15 million and the rebuild starts immediately.

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West Fraser Announces Major U.S. Acquisition
West Fraser Announces Major U.S. Acquisition

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the operations of the Gilman Companies from the Howard Gilman Foundation and other shareholders for approximately US$430 million, subject to certain post-closing adjustments.

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Leading Stories

Ahlstrom-Munksjö to release additional capacity in Turin, Italy
Ahlstrom-Munksjö to release additional capacity in Turin, Italy

Ahlstrom-Munksjö says it will release additional capacity at its Turin plant in Italy to meet the growing demand for engine and industrial filtration media.

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Georgia-Pacific mill in Thorold to be demolished
Georgia-Pacific mill in Thorold to be demolished

Any hope that the Georgia-Pacific paper mill in Thorold South could be restarted and the more than 100 people who used to work there rehired has been dashed.

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Glatfelter cutting costs, jobs
Glatfelter cutting costs, jobs

Glatfelter announced several cost reduction measures in its Specialty Papers Business Unit. The changes include the shutdown of Paper Machine 24 at the Company's Chillicothe, OH facility...

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