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Rayonier Inc. announced that Douglas Long, Director, Atlantic Region, U.S. Forest Resources, has been appointed to the newly created position of Vice President, U.S. Operations, effective immediately.
Bemis Company, Inc. announced that it has completed the sale of its global Pressure Sensitive Materials business to Platinum Equity, a California-based private equity firm. The transaction was completed for a purchase price of $170 million, subject to customary post-closing adjustments.
Andritz says it has received an order from Stora Enso to rebuild the fiberline, evaporation plant, recausticizing plant, recovery boiler, and recycled fiber plant at the Varkaus pulp mill in Finland
Sonoco announced that it has completed the acquisition of Weidenhammer Packaging Group (WPG), Europe's leading provider of composite cans along with composite drums and rigid plastic containers, for €286 million, or approximately $360 million, in cash.
The Multiwall Packaging Division, founded in 1950 as a division of Greif, produces large format multiwall paper bags used primarily in industrial applications of agricultural and food grade products. Multiwall operates facilities in Rosemount, Minnesota and Omaha, Nebraska.
Catalyst Paper Corporation announced Thursday that it has entered into an agreement with NewPage Corporation, NewPage Wisconsin System Inc. and Rumford Paper Company to purchase the Biron paper mill located in Wisconsin and the Rumford pulp and paper mill located in Maine for $74.0 million
Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. has reached an agreement to sell approximately 165,000 acres of Montana and Washington forestland to The Nature Conservancy for $134 million
The Powell River No.9 paper machine will be idled on 31 October 2014 for a period of three weeks, with additional downtime possible based on market demands
Liberty Diversified International (LDI) announced that is has acquired San Diego-based Harbor Packaging Inc., a designer and manufacturer of corrugated packaging and Point of Purchase (POP) displays in Southern California and Mexico
Potlatch Corporation has signed a purchase agreement to acquire 201,000 acres of timberlands in Alabama and Mississippi from affiliates of Resource Management Service, LLC for $384 million
David Paul Wiser, chief financial officer of Pratt Industries, died 12 Oct 2014 of natural causes. Mr. Wiser worked at Pratt for the past 15 years.
Improvements at the mill include the installation of a new continuous dry kiln and a state-of-the-art planer mill, along with related infrastructure improvements. Project completion is expected by the third quarter of 2015, the company said.
The investment includes two separate production lines for anionic and cationic products which will produce FennoBond strength chemistries for tissue and also board customers
These full-tuition scholarships are highly competitive and winners are selected by committee from among applicants who are studying the paper science and engineering curriculum at Miami. Recipients are selected for their superior academic performance, creativity in problem-solving and demonstrated examples of exceptional leadership.
Fortress Paper Ltd. said this week that the antidumping duty imposed by China's Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") on dissolving pulp imports to China from Canada, the United States and Brazil has remained unchanged since its imposition.
Asia Pulp & Paper releases statement following government evaluation
Pacon Corporation said this week that it has completed the acquisition of the assets of Roselle Paper Co. Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Pacon acquired Roselle's equipment, inventory and trade names.
Cenveo, Inc. announced this week that it has opened two state of the art Envelope showcase, production and distribution facilities in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania and Chicopee, Massachusetts
ABB announced this week that it has inaugurated its first new office in Yangon, Myanmar, after an absence of 20 years. Having a local presence in the country will allow the company to better serve local customers, improve service capabilities, and expand its activities, the company said.
Hoosier Data Forms produces traditional snap-outs, continuous forms, cut sheets and additional value added services
The fire appeared to have ignited in the insulation of a turbine
The closure of the mill is expected to occur in the fourth quarter of 2014. The mill closure will reduce Verso's coated groundwood paper production capacity by approximately 350,000 tons and its specialty paper production capacity by approximately 55,000 tons.
Glatfelter announced today (1 Oct 2014) that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Spezialpapierfabrik Oberschmitten GmbH (SPO) from FINSPO Beteiligungs-GmbH for €8.5 million (approximately U.S.$11 million)
Additionally, Mercer said it has successfully amended Stendal's senior project finance credit facility
Bates employs 320 people and a substantial element of its approximately 135,000 tonnes of containerboard requirement will be supplied by Smurfit Kappa Orange County's containerboard mill in Dallas
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