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Following the costliest year in history for world natural disasters, including more than a dozen billion-dollar weather-related events in the United States alone, The Weather Channel will feature FM Global, one of the world’s largest business property insurers, in five…
Buckeye Technologies Inc. has announced that its Foley Plant in Perry, Florida, which manufactures specialty wood cellulose and fluff pulp, is returning to normal operation following a power failure and electrical surge that occurred last Friday, February 17. The power failure was…
Palmetto Distribution Center achieves gold-tier award status by going landfill free Sonoco Recycling, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sonoco and one of the largest packaging recyclers in North America, today announced that Fruit of the Loom’s Palmetto Distribution Center,…
Sonoco, one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, today announced three executive officer appointments, according to Sonoco Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerHarris E. DeLoach, Jr., and M. Jack Sanders, president and chief operating officer. John M. Colyer, Jr. has been promoted…
AbitibiBowater Inc., doing business as Resolute Forest Products, has announced that it applied to the Bureau de décision et de révision (Québec), the administrative tribunal with statutory jurisdiction in securities law and regulatory matters in Quebec, for an order to…
International Paper Company has announced that it has completed its acquisition of Temple-Inland Inc. through the merger of its wholly owned subsidiary Metal Acquisition Inc. with and into Temple-Inland.  Temple-Inland is now a wholly owned subsidiary of International Paper.  Under the terms of the transaction,…
Mercer International Inc. has announced that it has entered into a support agreement (the "Support Agreement") with Fibrek Inc. ("Fibrek") for Mercer to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Fibrek (the "Fibrek Shares") by way of…
International Paper Company and Temple-Inland Inc. have announced that they have reached an agreement with the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") with respect to International Paper's acquisition of Temple-Inland.  As part of the agreement, the DOJ has entered into a…
AbitibiBowater Inc., doing business as Resolute Forest Products ("Resolute"), has announced that the Bureau de décision et de révision (Québec) has ordered that all rights and securities issued or issuable under the shareholder rights plan (the "Rights Plan") of Fibrek…
Xerium Technologies, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of industrial textiles and rolls used primarily in the paper production process, today introduced Formsoft, an advanced tissue forming fabric technology specifically designed to help its tissue fabric customers improve operational performance at…
Domtar Corporation has collaborated with Hatch Show Print® to create a limited edition poster that supports AIGA's "Design for Good" initiative - an effort to recognize and support pro bono social engagement design projects. The "Good Design Still Matters" poster is part of Domtar's commitment…
Resolute Forest Products has unveiled its Align™ family of high brightness, environmentally responsible papers that can be used as alternatives to chemical pulp coated and uncoated freesheet in most commercial printing applications. "Resolute Forest Products' Align Papers Logo (CNW Group/RESOLUTE…
AkzoNobel is planning to invest €80 million in the construction of a new pulp Chemical Island facility in Brazil. The plant, operated by the company's Pulp and Paper Chemicals business, Eka Chemicals, will supply the Suzano Maranhão pulp mill. This…
International Paper Company (NYSE: IP) and Temple-Inland Inc. (NYSE: TIN) has announced that they have agreed to extend the U.S. Department of Justice's ("DOJ") review period with respect to International Paper's acquisition of Temple-Inland until February 13, 2012 to provide the parties with time to enter into binding documentation to…
Mercer International Inc. has announced that Ken Shields has resigned as a director of the Company. Mr. Shields stated: "It has been a great pleasure to serve as a director and vice-chairman of Mercer but, due to demands from my…
Mercer International Inc. has served a Notice of Intent to Submit a Claim to Arbitration (the "Notice") on the Government of Canada for breaches by it of its obligations under the North American Free Trade Agreement ("NAFTA"). Under NAFTA, Mercer's…
International technology Group ANDRITZ, through its U.S. subsidiary ANDRITZ Inc., is collaborating with ZeaChem Inc. on the production of cellulosic biofuels and bio-based chemicals by providing the technology for a continuous biomass pre-treatment pilot plant. ZeaChem is a developer of…
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply newly developed decanters for cleaning of industrial wastewater in Canada. The order value is approximately SEK 110 million and…

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