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Roseburg Forest Products was fined $38,400 by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality for violating air quality standards at its plant in Dillard back in March.
Three companies being investigated by the National Environment Agency (NEA) over the 2015 haze crisis had large numbers of fire alerts on their pulpwood concessions this year, an analysis of fire alerts published on Monday (Nov 18) shows.
IT Tech Packaging, Inc. announced the commercial launch of a new tissue paper production line (the "PM9 Production Line"), following the success of its trial production, the receipt of its disposed wastewater discharge permits and construction completion acceptance from Chinese environmental authorities.
The company planned to reopen the mill in December 2018, announced in September 2018 that September 2019 was the target date, and announced this September that by Dec. 31, the mill would be up and running.
Northern Pulp and an associated company owe the province more than $85 million.
Roseburg Forest Products is laying off about 30 employees from its Dillard plant because of a downturn in the North American plywood market.
County coroner Austin Fiveash said he has never had to perform an investigation "of this magnitude."
Sonoco announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Thermoform Engineered Quality, LLC, and Plastique Holdings, LTD, (together TEQ), a global manufacturer of thermoformed packaging serving healthcare, medical device and consumer markets, from ESCO Technologies, Inc. for approximately $187 million in cash.
The damage was done, according to deputies, in the process of stealing copper cable "that was insignificant next to the damages."
On 18 November, Södra's facility for cross-laminated timber (CLT) will increase to two shifts and four new employees will be taken on, thereby doubling the production capacity.
Tolko Industries says it will be shutting down operations across B.C. for two weeks over the holiday season due to low lumber prices and high log costs.
Domtar Kanloops, B.C. crews spent the better part of Thursday (Nov. 14) ensuring a hog pile fire was out.
Resolute Forest Products said Thursday it is "indefinitely idling" its Augusta newsprint mill effective immediately, leaving 160 employees without work.
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Irving Tissue's newest $470 million tissue plant is officially open in Macon, Georgia and based on a new, additional $400 million investment, will soon double its capacity.
The multi-phase project will add 45,000 square feet and new technology to manufacture nonwovens components for K-C's Depend and Pull-UPs products.
Weyerhaeuser Company announced the completion of the sale of its Michigan timberlands to Lyme Great Lakes Holding LLC, an affiliate of The Lyme Timber Company LP, for approximately $300 million in cash.
SEK 50 million will be invested in a pilot facility in Umeå. Stora Enso, Sveaskog and Holmen are co-funding the project.
Pixelle Specialty Solutions has signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire specialty paper mills in Jay ("Androscoggin"), ME and Stevens Point, WI from Verso Corporation. The transaction is anticipated to close in the first quarter of 2020.
The lawsuit, filed last week in the U.S. District court for the Southern District of New York, seeks to establish a class action case against Quad for anyone who bought shares between Feb. 21, 2018 and Oct. 29, 2019.
Deputies are investigating a deadly crash involving a log truck Friday morning.
Bulgaria has become the latest member to achieve PEFC endorsement of its national forest certification system. The PEFC General Assembly voted for the endorsement of the Bulgarian system in a postal ballot.
On Friday morning, Nov. 8, managers somberly gathered at the Tolko office in Kelowna to call 140 workers one by one to tell them the lumber mill will close forever Jan. 8.
The stoppages are expected to reduce production by 30,000 cubic metres.
The new facility currently adds more than 80 workers to the existing workforce, employing a total of 179 full-time employees.
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