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Nippon Paper Industries says it plans to build a large-scale cellulose nanofiber (CNF) production facility at the Ishinomaki mill in Miyagi, Japan.
The final eight hourly employees at the WestRock paper mill in Newberg, Oregon were terminated this month, meaning there are no more union-represented workers onsite.
Verso Corporation announced Thursday that the bankruptcy court presiding over Verso's Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding yesterday authorized Verso to reject a specialty paper supply contract with Expera Specialty Solutions.
Shares in Catalyst Paper jumped more than 700% Tuesday after the company announced that Indian papermaker Kejriwal Group International is interested in acquiring it.
Production at the mill ended Saturday and there has been no change in the search for buyers, according to the mill president and CEO.
An incident at a Greif facility in Gladstone, Virginia left a North Carolina man dead Monday, according to the Amherst County Sheriff's Office.
Norbord Inc. announced that its mill in High Level, Alberta resumed production over the weekend following a fire that occurred on May 4th.
Damage was estimated at $100,000 to a Graphic Packaging facility following a fire late Friday night. Thirty employees were evacuated without injury. Seventeen firefighters fought the fire and were at the scene three hours.
When sentenced in November, Robert Lees could face up to 60 years in federal prison. Lees was among those who were involved in alleged kickback schemes. He was convicted of conspiracy, mail fraud, money laundering and making false statements in a loan application following a seven-day trial in federal court.
After a historic court ruling in the United Kingdom, cigarettes will now be sold in plain packaging, with prominent, graphic health warnings. Ireland and France have also passed legislation requiring plain packaging.
An International Paper employee was hospitalized after being sprayed with sulfuric acid, according to the United Steelworkers Union.
Smurfit Kappa's recycling operations in the UK has completed a programme of investment in its national depot network, designed to save energy, increase the efficiency of its operations, improve worker safety and enhance customer experience.
The new napkin is specifically designed to improve the food service patron experience through superior product quality, while helping to minimize waste.
Stora Enso will invest a total of approximately Euro 70 million in a new polyethylene extrusion coating plant and an automated roll warehouse at Imatra mills in Finland.
Baileyville and Skowhegan, Maine paper mills will receive state grants for railroad improvements intended to make shipping and receiving from their facilities more efficient.
The strike at a Delaware, Ohio International Paper facility is entering a second week.
A 52-year-old Green Bay, Wisconsin man was charged this week with the death of a Georgia-Pacific worker and injury to another G-P employee when he hit them with his vehicle last summer.
Graphic Packaging International Inc. will close its paper converting facility in Menasha by the end of the year, laying off 228 employees.
After being closed for more than a year, Manistique's paper mill is expected to be back up and running in June.
The Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, at the University of Helsinki and UPM Biochemicals have started a joint research project with the purpose of investigating the applicability of UPM's new cellulose-based gel material for cancer research.
Cascades announced this week that by the end of its 2013-2015 Sustainable Development Plan, the company gave a second life to 76 percent of the residual materials generated by its plants, exceeding its target of 71 percent. Over this three-year period, a total of 1.4 million tons of residuals were recovered.
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the planned merger of rivals Staples Inc. and Office Depot Inc. because of antitrust concerns, prompting the office-supply companies to say they will abandon the roughly $6 billion deal.
Renewable materials company Stora Enso and specialty chemicals company Rennovia Inc have announced a joint development and license agreement to cooperate on bio-based chemicals development.
Employees say their main concern is about overtime policies that allow little choice but to work far in excess of full-time hours.
Evergreen Packaging's consolidated global headquarters will create 70 jobs with an average salary of $176,283 and nearly $1 million in capital investment.
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