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The longshoreman injured while working on a ship at Weyerhaeuser Co. log dock last week died in a Portland hospital Saturday, according to several sources.
The European Commission has found the Euro 33 million investment aid to Hamburger Rieger GmbH, to be in line with EU state aid rules, in particular the Guidelines on Regional State Aid for 2014-2020, because it furthers regional development without unduly distorting competition in the Single Market.
Huhtamaki announced that it is taking actions to improve the competitiveness of its Foodservice business in Asia and Oceania.
Kronospan will invest $362 million in expansion its Oxford, Alabama, mill and will hire an additional 160 workers, the Calhoun County Economic Development Council (EDC) announced.
Verso Corp. said Thursday it could emerge from bankruptcy by the end of July. The announcement came the same day a federal judge confirmed Verso's Chapter 11 reorganization plan -- a major step in the bankruptcy process -- and nearly five months since the company sought bankruptcy protection in late January.
Federal regulators have opened an investigation into the accident that critically injured a longshoreman aboard a ship at the Weyerhaeuser Co. log dock Tuesday.
SCA announced that it will close its tissue production plant in Sant Joan de Mediona, Spain.
Weyerhaeuser says it will continue to operate three mills in Montana.
Cascades Inc. plans to close its de-inked pulp mill in Auburn on July 15, laying off 45 employees at the facility that uses recycled paper to make packaging and tissue products.
OX Industries says it has purchased Philadelphia, PA-based equipment maker, Paco Winders Manufacturing, Inc.
Universal Forest Products Inc. said it is acquiring an Idaho-based distributor of products for building materials retailers and the manufactured housing and recreational vehicle industries.
Nippon Paper says it won't lay off employees when it buys Weyerhaeuser Co.'s liquid packaging plant in Longview this fall.
The plant will be close to industrial size and will be located at Sappi's Ngodwana Mill in South Africa. Start-up of the new plant is scheduled for the beginning of 2017.
Marc Dube of Port Hawkesbury Paper said this week that poor market conditions for printing and writing-grade paper has led to the week-long shutdown.
Expera has not presented any formal plans on a specific use for the building, just the request to raise the roof and stack.
The $64 million investment includes new state-of-the-art converting lines that are scheduled for commissioning at the end of the first quarter of 2017.
Weyerhaeuser Co. announced this week that it will sell its Longview liquid packaging plant -- a major portion of the Longview operations -- to Nippon Paper Industries for $285 million.
IP International Holdings, Inc, and International Paper Investments (Luxembourg), both group entities, have proposed acquisition of 20.05 percent and 54.95 percent shares in listed entity International Paper APPM Limited from IP Holdings Asia Singapore pte Holdings, Inc.
The antitrust watchdog said Monday it discovered 45 companies, including the industry's leading Tailim Packaging Co. and Asia Paper MFG Co., collusively cut the unit cost of corrugated board paper, which is the core raw material for shipping containers and cardboard boxes, and sold the final product at a fixed higher price between 2007 and 2014.
Ron Van Den Heuvel expected his Green Box businesses to garner national -- if not worldwide -- notoriety for turning trash into treasure. Instead, the business has drawn the attention of no less than five federal agencies that are investigating Van Den Heuvel and the long list of companies he created. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, FBI, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, Department of Justice and Internal Revenue Service have been involved in the investigation.
Indonesia is piling the pressure on Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) to hand over information relating to its concession lands, many of which are on highly flammable peatland.
Georgia-Pacific announced this week that it has bought Santa Fe Springs Calif.-based Reliable Container Corp. for an undisclosed amount.
The case would affect between 4,000 to 5,000 retirees and spouses nationwide.
If convicted, Charles Hicks, 51, faces up to 20 years in prison and/or a fine of $250,000 with restitution payment mandatory.
Stora Enso will invest EUR 26.5 million in Skutskär pulp mill to increase its fluff capacity to meet the growing demand in the hygiene market.
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