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Friday, 07 January 2011 11:00
Alberta-Pacific named a Top 100 Canadian employer
Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc. has been named one of Canada?s Top 100 Employers for the fourth year running. Maclean?s magazine, in partnership with Mediacorp Canada Inc, began determining the list of 2011 Top 100 companies by examining the recruitment histories…
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Tuesday, 28 December 2010 08:48
Clearwater Paper Completes Acquisition of Cellu Tissue Holdings, Inc.
Clearwater Paper Corporation (NYSE: CLW) today announced it has agreed to acquire Cellu Tissue Holdings, Inc., an Alpharetta, GA-based integrated manufacturer of tissue products (NYSE: CLU), for approximately $502 million, including equity value of approximately $247 million and net debt…
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Wednesday, 15 December 2010 12:00
Kruger Products completes installation of new heat recovery technology in it's Gatineau Mill
Kruger Products, Canada’s leading manufacturer of quality tissue products, today announced that an innovative heat recovery technology is now operational in its Gatineau mill, which manufactures a wide range of tissue products for consumer and industrial use. This technology will…
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Monday, 13 December 2010 11:00
AbitibiBowater Announces Leadership Succession Plan - Richard Garneau to Succeed David J. Paterson as President and CEO
Richard B. Evans, Chair of AbitibiBowater, today announced that David J. Paterson will step down as President and Chief Executive Officer on January 1, 2011, having successfully led the Company through the most far-reaching restructuring in its history. He will…
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Thursday, 09 December 2010 09:18
West Fraser Announces $37 Million Hinton Pulp Upgrade
West Fraser will proceed with an energy efficiency upgrade of its Hinton Pulp pulp machine. The project, which is expected to cost approximately $37 million, will be funded with credits earned under the Canadian federal government’s “Pulp and Paper Green…
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Wednesday, 08 December 2010 13:00
AbitibiBowater Making a Difference on the Ground through Stakeholder Engagement
Based in Montreal, Quebec, AbitibiBowater Inc. is the third largest pulp and paper company in Canada and the eighth largest publicly traded pulp and paper manufacturer in the world. It manages the largest area of publicly-owned forest land in Canada,…
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Tuesday, 30 November 2010 10:00
Canfor Pulp Income Fund Announces $100 Million Green Transformation Program Project Approval
Canfor Pulp Income Fund has announced that Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership (the “Partnership”), in which the Fund has a 49.8% ownership, has received approval from the Canadian federal government for funding of its $100 million capital project to upgrade the…
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Tuesday, 23 November 2010 06:30
AbitibiBowater Finalizes Canadian Pension Agreements
AbitibiBowater announces that, as part of its restructuring process, it had entered into agreements with the Government of Ontario related to funding relief in respect of the material aggregate solvency deficits in the registered pension plans the Company sponsors in…
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Monday, 22 November 2010 09:00
St. Marys Paper moves ahead with $175-million biomass co-gen plant
St. Marys Paper Corp. has signed a 10-year, 30-megawatt power-purchase agreement with the Ontario Power Authority for the electricity produced by a biomass-fueled co-generation plant to be built adjacent to the St. Marys Paper mill in Sault Ste. Marie. The…
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Thursday, 11 November 2010 11:30
St. Marys Renewable Energy Corporation Announces Power-Purchase Agreement
St. Marys Renewable Energy Corporation has announced that a [ten-year] power-purchase agreement has been reached with the Ontario Power Authority. Under this agreement, the OPA will purchase the electricity produced by a bio-mass-fueled co-generation plant to be built by SMREC…
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Tuesday, 09 November 2010 11:30
Internet Technologies Will Lead To Kraft Pulp Decrease: Report
A new study conducted by Pira International – a worldwide authority on the packaging, paper and print industry supply chains – says the Internet and mobile computing-related technologies will have the strongest influence on the global pulp and paper industry…
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Tuesday, 02 November 2010 09:30
St Marys Paper Corp. Announces Re-Start
Sault Ste Marie, ON: Announced at a joint press conference by David Orazietti, MPP and St Marys Paper Corp. officials has provided a much needed shot-in-the-arm to the local economy and forest industries. Following Mr. Orazietti’s announcement of support in…
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Tuesday, 02 November 2010 09:00
Port Hawkesbury Biomass Co-Generation Project Proceeding
Nova Scotia Power and NewPage Port Hawkesbury are proceeding with the 60-megawatt biomass co-generation facility recently approved by the Nova Scotia Utility & Review Board. The sale of certain mill assets is expected to close in the near term. Project…
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Tuesday, 26 October 2010 13:34
Cogeneration Provides Energy Efficiency
From contributing to a more environmentally-friendly energy economy, to saving company’s money by using in-house energy, to generating revenues by selling off excess energy, co-generation has undoubted benefits for pulp mills around the world. A new article in Biomass Power & Thermal…
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Monday, 25 October 2010 09:38
Decision day for AbitibiBowater restructuring approaches
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court is planning to hear arguments on AbitibiBowater's reorganization plans on Nov. 5. The reorganization plan already has creditor approval in both the U.S. and Canada, and has been approved by the Quebec Superior Court. One subsidiary,…
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