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New 210,000 tonne per year kraft paper machine will meet the growing demand for paper-based flexible packaging

Rengo Co., Ltd. announces that its consolidated subsidiaries, Kato Danboru Co., Ltd.'s Noda Plant and Sanwa Danboru Co., Ltd., have decided to cease operation of their outdated corrugators and remove them at the end of September 2022.

Boise Cascade's Building Materials Distribution (BMD) division announced the acquisition of 4.67 acres of land adjacent to its Albuquerque, New Mexico branch.

Chronic lack of fibre could see more mills shut down by Christmas

Employees at the Graphic Packaging paper mill in Cass County went under lockdown the morning of Tuesday, Oct. 18 after a man drove his vehicle through the security gate. Motorist told deputies he didn't know where he was and thought he was driving on the highway.

Alistair McAlinden and Blair Nimmo, of Interpath Advisory, were appointed joint administrators of the 10 UK based companies within the Arjowiggins UK Group on Thursday 22 September 2022, including Arjowiggins Scotland Limited and Arjowiggins Chartham Mill Limited.

Up to 50 or 60 firefighters on the scene.

The final major component to allow installation of a newly constructed paper machine at ST Paper's mill arrived at Duluth port on Monday via the Federal Kumano.

In total the four weeks of downtime is reducing Canfor Pulp's production output by approximately 28,000 tonnes of market kraft pulp.

Fernandina Beach employees at the Westrock Paper Mill protested Monday morning as contract negotiations continued.

While efforts continue at the Menominee site to suppress remaining smoldering hot spots and cleanup efforts begin, Kursman said the facility is idled and production is not expected to resume in October. He said the company will continue, however, to pay employees at this time.

According to a notice filed with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, the layoffs took effect on Monday. G-P promises to pay employees for at least 60 days, in accordance with state law.

Conifex Timber Inc. continues working with its engineers and contractors to resume operations at its power plant in Mackenzie, British Columbia, Canada, for which necessary repairs have been faced with global supply chain issues impacting replacement parts.

The declaration will make state resources available to help fight the fire at Resolute Forest Products.

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality recently fined Georgia-Pacific's Toledo mill about $62,000 for alleged air and water quality violations, some dating back two years.

The acquisition includes Port Townsend Paper Corp. and Crown Corrugated Co. as the latest additions to its manufacturing and distribution businesses.

Smurfit Kappa said it is investing almost $100m in a sustainable biomass boiler in Colombia which will reduce its global Scope 1 and Scope 2 CO2 emissions by about 6%.

Investment will create the world's largest specialty hemp fibre processing and purification company

The new Rauma pine sawmill of Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, was inaugurated on Monday, 10 October 2022. The sawmill was inaugurated by Prime Minister Sanna Marin with Ilkka Hämälä, Metsä Group's President and CEO, and Jussi Linnaranta, Chair of the Board of Directors of Metsäliitto Cooperative.

On October 3, 2022, Mativ Holdings, Inc. filed an official notice of a data breach with the Massachusetts Attorney General's office after the company experienced a cyberattack that compromised sensitive employee information contained on its computer network. According to Mativ, the breach resulted in the names, dates of birth, medical information, financial account numbers, and Social Security numbers of certain employee's being leaked.

The fire at Resolute Forest Products in Menominee began around 11 p.m. on Oct. 6 and is expected to burn for several days, according to officials in the U.P. town. The fire is contained, officials said.

Police say she is an employee at the facility. They say due to the injury to her hand she had to be life-flighted to a Pittsburgh Hospital.

Local United Steel Worker unions are continuing to negotiate with Graphic Packaging Paper Co. over a contract that expired in April.

Following a Euro 79 million investment, the new CLT site is one of the most modern in the world, supporting Stora Enso's strategy of growth within wooden building solutions.

Conifex Timber Inc. is temporarily curtailing its Mackenzie, British Columbia sawmill operations for two weeks commencing October 11, 2022.