Leading Stories

Up to 50 or 60 firefighters on the scene.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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%.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Company successfully reaches milestone to create a more sustainable future for 100-year-old Hartsville Mill Complex

No injuries were reported in the blaze along Michigan's border with Wisconsin. But the blaze was so large that crews from five fire departments were called to the scene, the Stephenson Fire Department said.

The United Steelworkers (USW) said that approximately 480 members of its local unions 971, 1471 and 1972 were locked out of their jobs by management at WestRock's Mahrt Mill on Thursday after management's persistent refusal during months of negotiations to bargain in good faith for a fair contract.

Paper Excellence announced the indefinite curtailment of its paper operations at the Catalyst Crofton facility starting in early December 2022. Paper markets in China served by the mill have significantly weakened while there have been substantial cost escalations for chemicals, energy and wood fibre used at Crofton. The intersection of these pressures has materially impacted the financial viability of the paper operation.

Effingham Assistant Fire Chief Matt Kulesza said the fire was contained to a dust collector bag cylinder. He said there were no injuries.

Approximately 130 jobs will be eliminated by this closure.