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Wednesday, 14 July 2010 16:00
AF&PA Releases 2010 Sustainability Report
The American Forest & Paper Association has issued its 2010 report measuring progress by the forest products industry on key sustainability indicators. The report – Sustainable Practices: a foundation of the forest products industry – shows that despite the severe…
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Wednesday, 14 July 2010 14:00
Stowe Woodward closes Canadian manufacturing facility
The Stowe Woodward plant in North Bay, Ont., is closing as a result of reorganization at its parent company, Xerium Technologies, Inc. Xerium manufactures clothing and roll covers used primarily in paper production.It is expected that production at the North…
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Thursday, 08 July 2010 15:00
Pacific Northwest Update
Following impressive gains in lumber and plywood prices, Douglas fir log prices delivered to mills in western Oregon and Washington increased from $432/MBF to $528/MBF, up more than 20 percent since the beginning of the year. For May, Southwest Oregon…
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Tuesday, 06 July 2010 13:00
Sonoco Acquires Associated Packaging Technologies, Inc.
Sonoco (NYSE: SON), one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, has completed the acquisition of Associated Packaging Technologies, Inc. (APT), North America's largest manufacturer and supplier of Crystallized Polyethylene Terepthalate (CPET) containers to the frozen food industry, it was…
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Friday, 25 June 2010 10:00
Clearwater Paper Announces Second Quarter 2010 Conference Call and Audio Web Cast
Clearwater Paper Corporation has announced that it will host its second quarter 2010 financial results conference call on Thursday, July 29, 2010, at 8 a.m. Pacific Time (11 a.m. Eastern Time). The company will issue its financial results before the…
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Thursday, 24 June 2010 09:00
International Paper Named to IDG Computerworld's 2010 List of Best Places to Work in Information Technology
International Paper has been named an IDG Computerworld's 2010 Best Places to Work in IT honoree for organizations that challenge their IT staff while providing great benefits and compensation. Honorees will be included in Computerworld's coverage along with results from…
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Wednesday, 23 June 2010 14:00
International Paper donates PRO-DESIGN™ paper for Great Ormond Street charity book
International Paper, the world’s largest paper and packaging company, has donated its PRO-DESIGN™ colour laser paper range, for the production of “This book is all about me”, a book that has been produced to raise funds for Great Ormond Street…
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Tuesday, 22 June 2010 11:00
Buckeye Technologies Florida Facility Back in Operation Following Power Failure
Buckeye Technologies Inc.announced that its Foley Plant in Perry, Florida, which manufactures specialty wood cellulose and fluff pulp, is back in operation following a power failure and electrical surge that occurred last Thursday, June 17. The power failure was triggered…
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Wednesday, 16 June 2010 11:00
NewPage Announces Executive Leadership Changes
NewPage Corporation announced today that E. Thomas Curley has resigned as president and chief executive officer and as a director of NewPage and its affiliates. In addition, NewPage announced that the Boards of Directors of NewPage and its affiliates have…
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Friday, 11 June 2010 12:19
Clearwater Paper Selects Shelby, North Carolina, for Its New Tissue Machine and Converting Facility
At a ceremony today in North Carolina, Gov. Bev Perdue announced that Clearwater Paper Corporation (NYSE:CLW) has chosen Shelby as the location to build its newest tissue facility. The company had previously announced the project, which includes a Through-Air-Dried (TAD)…
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Thursday, 10 June 2010 15:00
Georgia-Pacific Reaches Agreement to Purchase Alabama River and Alabama Pine Pulp Mills
Parsons & Whittemore and Georgia-Pacific have reached a definitive agreement for subsidiaries of Georgia-Pacific to purchase Parsons & Whittemore's Alabama River and Alabama Pine pulp mills in Perdue Hill, Ala. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. This acquisition includes…
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Thursday, 10 June 2010 08:00
Metso settles intellectual property dispute in United States
A lawsuit involving the protection of certain Metso intellectual property rights, Metso versus FLSmidth-Excel LLC, Excel Foundry & Machine, Inc., et al., United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, has been settled. According to the settlement agreement,…
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Friday, 04 June 2010 12:45
Kruger announces indefinite, partial closures at Trois-Riviéres and Wayagamack
Kruger Inc. will cease coated and supercalendered paper production at the Trois-Rivières Mill and extend the interruption of directory paper production at the Wayagamack Mill for an indefinite period of time. The company cites persistently unfavourable market conditions and the…
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Friday, 28 May 2010 09:52
Cascades' latest clean sweep
The antibacterial paper towel Cascades has been busily working to develop for five years is launching at an opportune time. In the aftermath of H1N1 where concern over the spread of germs remains high, the paper company’s latest offering is…
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Thursday, 27 May 2010 11:57
Clearwater Paper announces new TM and converting
Clearwater Paper Corporation announced that its board of directors has approved plans to build a Through-Air-Dried (TAD) paper machine and seven converting lines capable of producing ultra grades of private label tissue products. Final site selection for the South-eastern United…
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