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Fire crews spent several hours overnight Feb. 18 keeping an eye on a portion of the Domtar mill where a small fire broke out just before midnight. KFR crews assisted emergency crews from Domtar in dealing with the issue.
Clearwater Paper Corporation announced that it temporarily suspended its pulp and paperboard operation in Cypress Bend, Arkansas. The cold weather has resulted in the curtailment of natural gas deliveries to the mill as natural gas providers prioritize residential needs.
UPM has joined The Climate Pledge, a cross-sector community of world-class companies working together to crack the climate crisis and to decarbonise our economy. These companies are committed to reach the targets of the Paris Agreement well in advance. The Climate Pledge was co-founded by Amazon and the Global Optimism.
This packing system, which is designed for smaller businesses and brands, comes after the launch of their high speed machine with KHS last year. This now completes the portfolio of Smurfit Kappa's end to end solutions for TopClip, ensuring it is suitable for beverage companies of all sizes.
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Appvion Inc. officials announced Monday they will close the Spring Mill, which has been operating since 1866, this spring and nearly 300 jobs will be lost.
Grant will help Novolex brand Burrows division invest in new machinery, equipment and infrastructure.
When the mill was closed in 2019, 190 people worked for Louisiana-Pacific.
Paperitalo Publications CEO Jim Thompson has been calling mills this morning (15 Feb 21) and found general reports of widespread abnormal conditions due to the extremely cold weather. If the mills can get natural gas, they are slowed down, just trying to keep the mills from freezing up. Spot natural gas prices are as high as $300/mmBtu and purchased electricity is on curtailment in many places.
Pixelle Specialty Solutions LLC, a leading manufacturer of specialty papers in North America, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the carbonless rolls and security papers business of Appvion Operations, Inc.
Avery Dennison said it has agreed to acquire JDC Solutions, Inc., a privately owned manufacturer of pressure-sensitive specialty tapes headquartered in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, for the purchase price of $24 million.
Ox Industries has acquired Corex US, LLC. The Corex facility, located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin is a manufacturer of spiral wound tubes and cores customized for any application. This facility adds high strength paper core production technology for plastic film and paper mills to the Ox converted product line.
International Paper has entered into an agreement to sell the Kwidzyn pulp and paper mill and supporting operations to Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG for €670 million (approximately $812 million) in cash, subject to closing adjustments for net debt and net working capital.
Norbord was fined for having no guards in place on the machine. The company pleaded guilty in court last week.
Port Huron's mill as well three other Domtar facilities in the US are expected to close in the first quarter of 2021, affecting 780 employees in total.
IT Tech Packaging, Inc., a leading manufacturer and distributor of diversified paper products in North China, announced that it has completed the 75 t/h biomass boiler procurement bidding process for its biomass cogeneration project and Tai Shan Group Co., Ltd., a top manufacturer in the industry, has won the bid.
J.D. Irving, Limited is working and cooperating fully with NB Public Health regarding five cases of COVID-19 identified at the company's sawmill at St. Leonard, NB.
The total investment value of the programme is approximately EUR 67 million, divided in 2021-2023, and mainly in 2023.
Rengo Co., Ltd. enters into a memorandum of understanding with Taiko Paper Mfg., Ltd. (TPM) to consider supporting the business reconstruction of TPM. TPM filed an application to commence corporate reorganization proceedings in the Tokyo District Court, Japan.
The Packaging Corporation of America's Wallula paper mill has been fined $28,500 by the Washington Department of Ecology for air pollution released from the facility's wastewater treatment plant.
Interfor Corporation announced that it has reached an agreement with WestRock Company to acquire its sawmill located in Summerville, South Carolina (the "Summerville Mill") for cash consideration of US$59 million.
Initially, 25 workers have been recalled, but more will be brought back in the coming months.
SCA has decided to invest SEK 1.45 billion in the production of chemically pretreated thermomechanical pulp on the Ortviken industry site.
Designed with protection in mind, this range of certified recyclable barrier paper solutions is fully integrated across Mondi's value chain--from paper production to the barrier application--and can run on existing filling lines for form-fill-and-seal (FFS) applications.
The Honourable Seamus O'Regan Jr., Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, announced a $15,000 investment in an energy management information system (EMIS) for Kruger Products L.P.'s Gatineau facility that will reduce energy costs and improve energy efficiency as part of the government's efforts to advance a low-carbon energy future.
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