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A report released this week by a non-profit, environmental law group questions whether forest biomass is actually a renewable source of fuel.
As a result of this conviction, the company's name will be added to the Environmental Offenders Registry.
Cenveo Inc. has announced it is increasing its production services in the Northwest, expanding the company's Kent, Washington, facility.
Georgia-Pacific LLC has reached an agreement to sell its engineered lumber business to Boise Cascade for $215 million, including working capital.
Model Group acquired industrial site in western Poland, including a production and storage facility with an area of around 20,500 m2.
Catalyst Paper, operating in Powell River, was reportedly fined $200,000 in British Columbia Provincial Court on 8 December 2015, after pleading guilty to offenses under the Fisheries Act related to the deposit of a deleterious substance into water frequented by fish.
A final decision by the boards of both companies on whether to proceed with the project is anticipated in mid-2016.
Catalyst Paper Corporation announced it is converting Powell River mill's paper machine 11 to produce a paper-towel product, a niche market manager Fred Chinn said has growth opportunity.
The curtailment will begin 7 a.m. Monday and "is expected to last seven days for the entire mill and will be extended an additional two days for certain product grades and paper machines," the company said in a press release. No other KapStone mills will be affected.
Orient Paper noted that the temporary suspension of production will not impact its tissue paper operations.
The fire was reported at 10:15 a.m. on Saturday.
Dow Chemical and the DuPont Co. have announced that they are merging in a $130 billion chemical industry megadeal.
A Boston-based investment firm has completed its purchase of the Lincoln Paper and Tissue mill and said it's open to selling the facility to a company that will restart the mill.
At closing, WestRock will pay a total consideration of approximately $105 million.
Dow Chemical and DuPont, two of the biggest and oldest companies in the American chemical industry, are in talks to merge in what would be one of the largest transactions in a year full of huge deals.
Suzano announced that it has launched production and sales of fluff pulp, which was named Eucafluff.
Epson's PaperLab machine reportedly breaks down workplace wastepaper and fashions it into fresh sheets on-site.
Attorneys defending a $5 million class action lawsuit against Glatfelter and its Chillicothe paper mill say those bringing the suit have not provided enough facts and specifics about their claims to justify the case going to trial.
Tranlin Inc.'s $2 billion paper plant in Chesterfield County, scheduled to be fully operational in 2020, will start partial production as early as 2018, a company official said this week.
Milas is a leading producer of specialist corrugated packaging and displays in Turkey.
Supremex Inc. says it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Premier Envelope Ltd and affiliated operating entities.
Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. and Eastman Chemical Company have settled their legal dispute and entered into a new cellulose specialties purchase and sale agreement.
An air ambulance and paramedics were called to the Kemsley Paper Mill Tuesday after a man fell from a scaffolding.
APRIL Group announced on Tuesday that it would double its peatland restoration activities in Indonesia and invest $100 million for the next ten years in conservation and restoration activities.
Chetwynd Mechanical Pulp ceased production in September in hopes of weathering low commodity prices, with a plan to restart in January, Deputy CEO Pedro Chang said in October.
Now, the closure has been extended to March 2016.
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