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Metsä Board Zanders GmbH contains the business operations of Gohrsmühle mill located in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany. Gohrsmühle mill has approximately 480 employees and its main products are cast coated and label papers.
In the US, Kimberly-Clark Professional is launching a range of tissues and towels incorporating wheat straw and bamboo. The company says it aims to provide a rapidly renewable source of fiber for its pulp mill and environmentally friendly products aimed at its commercial customers.
Quad/Graphics worker died in an industrial accident Friday morning, 24 April 2015, in southeast Oklahoma City, police reported.
According to a statement from International Paper to Paperitalo Publications on Thursday, "At approximately 8:45 a.m. yesterday (Wednesday) morning, an employee of Southern Environmental, a mill contractor, was involved in an electrical incident in the Orange Mill. He was treated at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston, Texas and released today."
Three people were injured and taken to the hospital after an accident at International Paper's Riegelwood mill Wednesday morning.
No one was injured when a fire erupted inside a debarking machine at Glatfelter paper company on Monday.
The Georgia-Pacific plant in Big Island is undergoing about $50 million in improvements with its biggest expense being an upgrade to its pulp mill.
No cause has been determined yet for the paper machine fire that broke out at the Catalyst paper mill late in the evening on Thursday, 16 April 2015, in Port Alberni.
For the second time in seven months, a massive fire broke out at the Norampac/Greenpac mill.
Firefighters arrived at a blaze reported Wednesday morning at the Expera Old Town mill to find the flames were extinguished by employees, company spokeswoman Addie Teeters said in an email.
Company chairman and owner Anthony Pratt said the acquisition would also help integrate his American and Australian holdings.
RockTenn announced this week that its Nicholasville, Kentucky, folding carton team set two world records. The team earned the first record by printing more than 9 million sheets in one month, and the second by printing more than 357,000 sheets in one day.
A US paper-manufacturing giant is reportedly weighing a £6bn-plus takeover bid for Ireland's Smurfit Kappa as a wave of global deals fueled by cheap debt continues to gather pace.
Mondi bought the mill in 2008 and decided to close part of its production capacity last year. The mill makes speciality papers for packaging, food services, the hygiene and medical industries.
The company said that this innovative new process - a Canadian first - is used to extract hemicellulose, a cellulosic sugar with high value-added potential, from wood chips.
Amcor Limited says it has agreed to buy a tobacco packaging company in Brazil for A $39 million.
Solenis Chemicals India Private Limited has completed the acquisition of Connell Bros. Company (India) Private Limited, a specialty chemical company dedicated to the pulp and paper market in India.
Company appoints Markku Hämäläinen as its new CEO.
International Paper's decision to sell the Carolina brand was a result of its plans to convert the Riegelwood N.C., Mill to 100 percent fluff and softwood pulp production, thereby eliminating the manufacturing capability to produce the brand.
Police said the employee was attempting to clear a clog in a book baler when the accident took place. While the victim was inside the machine the clog cleared, causing a load of paper circulars to fall onto the man.
MeadWestvaco Corporation and Rock-Tenn Company have announced the executive leadership team for the combined company following the completion of the transaction. As previously announced, Steve Voorhees will serve as the new company's chief executive officer and John Luke will be non-executive chairman of the board.
Federal authorities say they are investigating a chemical leak and explosion at a Menasha paper mill that forced people out of their homes. No one was injured in the blast at SCA Tissue, but dozens of homes south of the plant were evacuated shortly after 8 a.m. Monday morning 16 March 2015.
Sappi to proceed with a pilot-scale plant for low-cost Cellulose NanoFibrils production.
Rock-Tenn Company and MeadWestvaco Corporation announced that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 with respect to the pending business combination transaction between RockTenn and MWV has expired.
U.S. trade officials have found reasonable evidence that the American paper industry is at risk from cheap imports of uncoated paper, including copy paper used in homes and offices across the country.
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