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Verso Corporation closed the Luke paper mill a little over one year ago due to profitability, the company said. Over 600 people lost their jobs from the closure. Then in December 2019, Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court for Allegany County regarding the alleged pulping liquor pollution.
IT Tech Packaging, Inc. announced that its operating entity in China, Hebei Baoding Dongfang Paper Milling Company Limited, has entered into a letter of intent to acquire 60% equity interest in Baoding Huizhi Ruixing Information Technology Co., Ltd., a new high technology company with registered capital of RMB10 million focused on providing intelligent healthcare IT solutions to hospitals, medical institutions, government agencies, enterprises and public institutions in China.
During May West Fraser have substantially resumed lumber and plywood production with only a few facilities operating at less than full schedules, the company announced.
Cascades Inc. announces the closure of the Brown Containerboard Packaging facility located in Burlington, Ontario, as part of the Corporation's continuing optimization initiatives for its Containerboard Packaging business.
Company says order is 'impractical' and shows 'a lack of understanding of the pulp and paper industry'.
A man accused of bilking investors in a recycling operation out of $9.8 million is now hoping COVID-19 will be his get-out-of-jail-free card.
Announcement comes as new research reveals confusion over recycling contributes to more than 46 million tonnes of rubbish going to landfill or incineration
The new lines will have a capacity to produce more than one million surgical face masks (EU Standard Type IIR) per day.
There were no injuries to Twin Rivers employees resulting from the incident. The fire started in, and has been contained to, chip and bark piles.
B.C.-based corporation cites 'challenging' economy, COVID-19 difficulties.
Verso Corp. is laying off 59 workers at its Miami Twp. headquarters, the papermaker reported to Ohio government.
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Canfor Pulp Products Inc. is announcing the curtailment of Prince George Pulp and Paper and Intercontinental Pulp for approximately four weeks starting July 6, 2020. Canfor Corporation also announced it will be closing its Isle Pierre sawmill, which is located near Prince George, British Columbia.
Georgia-Pacific's Cedar Springs operations will temporarily idle one of its three paper machines for two separate week-long periods in late May and late June due to lack of demand, according to Public Affairs Manager Peggy Jaye.
UPM plans to increase the proportion of broadleaved trees to one fifth of all tree species growing in habitats that are suitable for birch. The dominant tree species growing in Finnish forests are typically pine and spruce.
The new starting date for the PM2 paper machine at the Hamburger Container Board location in Spremberg, Germany, was set for the first week of September 2020. The decision was made following impacts from corona crisis as well as a recent fire on the building site.
The move follows on from the packaging leader recently revealing in its 2019 Sustainable Development Report that it has reduced its fossil CO2 emission intensity by almost a third (32.9%) since 2005.
Metsä Board is adding three new grades into its Express Board offering. The new eco-barrier paperboard MetsäBoard Prime FBB EB, uncoated folding boxboard MetsäBoard Natural FBB and MetsäBoard Pro FBB OBAfree are now available with enhanced availability and quick lead times via the Express Board service.
Extia® Protect portfolio of face masks materials is created to protect people, delivering reliable filtration performance.
Five employees in Smurfit Kappa's 46,000-strong workforce have died from Covid-19.
Before executives at paper-goods giant Kimberly-Clark rushed to shut their offices on Friday the 13th of March, they convened for one last emergency meeting.
Now to be called Lenah Estate Pty Limited, the Tasmanian plantations were bought by Australian-based international forestry investor New Forests, on behalf of its Australia New Zealand Forest Fund 3 (ANZFF3), from Norske Skog in February this year.
This comes one week after the mill announced plans to temporarily layoff nearly seventy employees at Covington's top employer.
UPM and the new Government of Uruguay have signed a memorandum of understanding on pending items related to UPM's growth project in Uruguay that will further strengthen the implementation of UPM's growth project and existing operations in Uruguay as well as the local economy.
Ahlstrom-Munksjö, Filterpak and K Group will start in co-operation the production and supply of face masks for civil use in Finland. The first batch of masks will be available at the end of May.
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