Tembec has indicated its full support for an energy conservation program announced earlier today by Ontario Energy and Infrastructure Minister Brad Duguid. The Company believes this program will encourage energy management practices that will have both a positive environmental impact…
FM Global, one of the world’s largest business property insurers, has released a new research report, Flirting with Natural Disasters: Why Companies Risk It All that examines why some companies prepare for the risk of natural disasters while others seemingly…
Standard & Poor's has today upgraded M-real Corporation's CCC+ rating to B-. The outlook of the rating is stable.                                                                                                                                  Upgrade has a positive impact of approximately EUR 1 million on M-real's current annual financing costs.                                                                                                                                        …
Ahlstrom, a global leader in nonwowens and specialty papers, today announces the completion of an investment to increase the speed of an off-line coater at its Jacareì plant in Brazil. The higher speed of the coater will markedly increase the…
The Norske Skog Skogn mill in Norway is one of the largest newsprint producers in Europe. The mill has decisively sought ways in which to improve the operation and efficiency of its three newsprint machines, PM 1, PM 2 and…
Orient Paper, Inc. (AMEX: ONP) ("Orient Paper" or the "Company"), a leading manufacturer and distributor of diversified paper products in Hebei, China, today announced the launch of its new corporate website under the domain name http://www.orientpaperinc.com . The Company's new…
Monday, 23 August 2010 07:48

Tronox Announces TiO2 Price Increase

Tronox Incorporated (Pink Sheets: TRXAQ, TRXBQ), on behalf of its subsidiary companies, today announced the following price increase for all TRONOX® titanium dioxide (TiO2) grades effective September 1, 2010 or as contracts allow: Latin America $200 per tonne This increase…
Kadant Canada Corp., a subsidiary of Kadant Inc., has completed the acquisition of Filtration Fibrewall Inc., a Canada-based supplier of pressure screen baskets and a dewatering equipment product line from a related company. The dewatering equipment, which includes twin wire…
The FSC Board of Directors election is currently open and FSC would like to remind members to vote for three candidates. If you would like to know more about the candidates, their aspirations and objectives, please visit the dedicated discussion…
Saturday, 21 August 2010 11:08

Join FSC at the XXIII IUFRO World Congress

The Forest Stewardship Council will be at the XXIII IUFRO World Congress in Seoul, Korea with two side meetings on the impacts and perspectives of FSC certification, a presentation by the FSC Director General and other experts in the FSC…
BASF will contribute €250,000 to the United Nations Central Emergency Fund (CERF) for immediate aid to flood victims in Pakistan. This donation, provided by the BASF Social Foundation, will be used in on-site initiatives such as the World Food Programme…
KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation (NYSE: KS) ("KapStone") announced that they have ranked 5th on Fortune's annual list of the 100 Fastest-Growing Companies. The ranking, from the September 6, 2010 issue of Fortune, is based on revenue growth rate, EPS…
Forest certification systems in Finland, Italy, Luxembourg and the Slovak Republic meet its globally recognized Sustainability Benchmarks and have been re-endorsed, PEFC International, the world’s largest forest certification organization, announced today. All systems successfully completed the comprehensive and thorough endorsement…
The Siemens Industry Solutions Division has developed a new software solution with an energy-saving control strategy for dryer sections. The Sipaper APC (Advanced Process Control) DrySec is designed to reduce steam consumption in papermaking by decreasing energy needs in the…
Standard & Poor´s Ratings Services has affirmed Metso’s BBB long-term credit rating and changed the outlook from negative to stable. At the same time the short-term corporate credit rating was raised to A-2 from A-3. Metso is a global supplier…
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