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The new allegations come as New-Indy Containerboard remains under federal and state orders to reduce hydrogen sulfide emissions at its Catawba mill.
The coroner has identified the victim as Felix Esqiulin Pomales, 35, of Charlotte, North Carolina. According to the coroner, Pomales was attempting to bolt two large steel beams together, when one of the beams toppled over and struck him.
Thousands of logging, sawmill and pulp and paper mill jobs may be lost in B.C., if the 2.6 million hectares (6.4 million acres) of old growth being made off-limits to logging through temporary deferrals become permanent, warn forestry sector industry groups.
A Green Bay company announced its new water system that wouldn't discharge a single drop of wastewater into the Fox River.
Some of Clearwater Paper's tissue operations, including those in Lewiston, might be temporarily idled in upcoming weeks as the manufacturer works to match production with volatile demand.
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice completed the previously announced combination of Fort Dearborn Company and Multi-Color Corporation, creating the world's largest prime label supplier by revenues. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Firefighters were called to put out a blaze at the Georgia-Pacific paper mill in East Baton Rouge on Friday.
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by affiliates of Atlas Holdings LLC ("Atlas"), which operates a global family of manufacturing and distribution businesses, in an all-cash transaction with a total enterprise value of approximately $2.1 billion.
Graphic Packaging announced its intent to acquire AR Packaging Group AB on May 14, 2021.
BillerudKorsnäs has agreed with the British investment firm Inspirit regarding the divestment of the Beetham mill. The transaction has been completed. The purchase price corresponds to an equity value of around SEK 30 million.
Rengo announces that Vina Kraft Paper, its joint venture in Vietnam, has decided to construct a new production base for containerboard.
Essity has acquired Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.'s professional sports tape brands Coach, Elastikon and Zonas, which are established premium products in the US market.
Pregis, a leading global manufacturer of protective packaging, celebrated production start-up at its new 265,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Arlington, Texas with a ribbon cutting attended by the city's mayor The Honorable Jim Ross.
The modernisation of the Metsä Board Kyro mill's finishing area has now been completed and the finishing line with new advanced equipment has started up. During the mill's annual maintenance shutdown in October, a new state-of-the-art reeler and winder were installed on the production line, and the reel broke handling system was significantly upgraded.
Trex Company plans to develop a new multi-faceted production site in Little Rock, Arkansas. Trex believes the new production complex, to be located within the Port of Little Rock, should increase the company's ability to meet the anticipated strong demand for its industry-leading decking and railing products.
Rottneros is partnering with KAPSU, a startup company within the beverage industry, based in Karlstad, to develop and produce a new plastic-free beverage solution. The new container will be made of 100% fiber from local certified forests.
The Park Falls Pulp & Paper Mill, which was purchased by Maynard Industries, will go up for auction on Tuesday, Nov. 9, at 9 a.m.
Domtar received confirmation from the Sûreté du Québec this morning (Oct. 28) of the tragic news regarding the second worker, Mr. Hugo Paré, who also lost his life following the collapse of a scaffolding on October 26 at approximately 1:35 a.m. at the company's Windsor mill. This loss is in addition to Mr. Yan Baillargeon, who was found yesterday.
Paper Excellence announced that its Catalyst Crofton facility will take a market curtailment of about two weeks in November 2021.
Ron Van Den Heuvel, 67, is serving a 90-month sentence in federal prison for fraud stemming from his operation of Green Box, a business that he pitched to investors as a way to convert food-contaminated waste into reusable paper and plastic products. At sentencing in January 2019, he also was ordered to pay $9.4 million to 14 of the organizations and investors he was found guilty of defrauding.
The first draft of a proposal to help restart idled paper mills in Wisconsin Rapids and Park Falls is being finalized.
The Allendale facility, which initially began producing OSB in 2007, has been idle since late 2019 and has an estimated stated capacity of approximately 760 million square feet (3/8-inch basis).
The White Mountain Paper Co., formerly Gorham Paper and Tissue, expects to restart tissue production this week at the Cascades mill on the banks of the Androscoggin River.
At approximately 1:35 a.m. on Oct. 26, an accident occurred at the Domtar Windsor Mill site when a scaffold collapsed into equipment. Three workers were injured in the accident. One worker was taken to hospital where his life is not in danger. Two workers are still trapped and efforts are being made for their safe rescue by first responders.
Stora Enso is investing Euro 97 million to expand the board production at the Skoghall site in Sweden. At the same time, Stora Enso is initiating a pre-feasibility study to convert the second, currently idle, line at its Oulu site in Finland, to a packaging board line.
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