Leading Stories

Metsä Group's Kerto LVL mill project is progressing as planned in Äänekoski, Finland, and the mill has reached its rooftop height.

Duties on softwood lumber from Canada have climbed to 14.54% from 8.05%.

Klabin continuously invests in fire prevention. To address this issue, the Company relies on a structure equipped with an advanced system for monitoring its forests, teams trained for the rapid containment of incidents, and the dissemination of information to raise awareness among the population about the risks and show that prevention is the best approach.

Interfor announced that it will indefinitely curtail operations at its sawmills in Meldrim, Georgia and Summerville, South Carolina. These curtailments are in response to persistently weak lumber market conditions.

Turkish industrial and retail group Eren Holding AS has secured a €775 million ($854 million) loan to finance a $1.3 billion container-board and tissue mill in Wales, in a boost to foreign direct investment in UK manufacturing.

First Quality Tissue is pleased to announce another major expansion initiative. The expansion includes a commitment to install two new state-of-the-art Thru-Air-Dried (TAD) paper machines with associated converting facilities at a new location to be announced in the near future. The company estimates the first paper machine to be operational in 2027; with the second machine coming online approximately eighteen months thereafter.

With the layoffs of almost 200 workers at the McKinley Paper mill looming in two weeks, the union representing them is still attempting to negotiate a softer landing for their members and get some clarity on when the mill might reopen.

'We're not asking them to give the mill away," Unifor Local 233 president said, 'but to sell it for its market value and get out of town'.

The latest Progroup corrugated sheetfeeder plant in Petersberg has been in routine production since the beginning of August. The Landau-based family company is extending its leading market position with its ultra-modern production site close to Pirmasens which will also create a combined total of 60 new jobs and training positions.

Brazilian digital agriculture Software as a Service (SaaS) business BemAgro raises US$2.6 million (R$15 million) in latest funding round led by CNH, with Suzano Ventures and ATVOS joining as strategic investors.

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced the final determination of a combined anti-subsidy and anti-dumping duty rate of 14.54% in the fifth annual review of unfairly traded Canadian softwood lumber imports into the United States.

While the precise intentions for the acquisition remain undisclosed, Green Bay Packaging's history of developing large plants throughout the country -- including a new 600,000-square-foot facility in Fort Worth and a 370,000-square-foot facility in Ohio -- indicates a pattern of strategic expansion, and it recently announced an expansion of its Great Lakes Packaging Division in Wisconsin with 270,000 square feet of manufacturing space.

Essity Southeast Regional Human Resources Manager Bryan Dyar said the warehouse was strategically built to collapse from within, crediting the design with controlling the fire in one area.

A carpenters union filed a complaint with the Wisconsin Department of Justice after a lumber manufacturing company notified the state one day before it closed three plants and lay off 139 workers.

Adjusted EBITDA totaled R$6.3 billion, a 60% increase on 2Q23, reflecting higher pulp prices, favorable FX rates, increased sales volume, and reduced production costs compared to the same period last year. Operating cash generation totaled R$4.5 billion, the strongest quarterly result since 1Q23, and net revenue came to R$11.5 billion, the strongest quarterly result since 4Q22.

In a statement, Oji Fibre Solutions says its Penrose mill has suffered three years of losses caused by a number of issues including rising energy costs.

Nippon to launch household paper business in Yatsushiro Mill, primarily targeting exports.

Pulp and paper producer says underlying profitability remains steady despite the third quarter being seasonally the weakest

Ingevity Corporation announced additional steps to advance the company's strategic repositioning of its Performance Chemicals segment for sustained improved profitability. Actions include consolidating segment operations at the company's North Charleston, South Carolina, facility by moving oleo chemical refining to the North Charleston site's secondary refinery. This consolidation will include closing its Crossett, Arkansas facility in August.

The company that owns the mill, Willamette Falls Paper Company, says it will lay off 158 of its 223 total employees on August, 9th. Affected employees were notified on August 6th.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service announces a $25 million funding opportunity to reduce wildfire risk and support local businesses. The hazardous fuels transportation assistance program aims to remove hazardous fuels from national forests, expanding market opportunities and supporting local jobs. More details can be found on the Forest Service website.

Continued strong demand in tissue, improved demand in paperboard.

Fire crews remain at the scene of a paper mill blaze more than 24 hours after they first arrived to tackle the flames.

The Washington Department of Ecology issued two penalties totaling $145,000 to Weyerhaeuser for stormwater violations at the company's Longview lumber mill.

The objective of the operation is to ensure the efficient functioning and reliability of the equipment at the unit.