Wednesday, 23 January 2013 08:00
Kemira strengthens global polymer product line, positioning for future growth
Kemira Oyj has announced that it has reached two milestones in the execution of its long-term growth path. Kemira signed a licensing agreement with geographical exclusivity with Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. for acrylamide manufacturing technology, and has completed a substantial capacity…
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Wednesday, 23 January 2013 07:03
Gardner Denver Appoints Vincent Trupiano President of Industrial Products Group
Gardner Denver, Inc. has announced that Vincent Trupiano has been appointed Vice President, Gardner Denver, Inc. and President, Industrial Products Group (IPG), effective immediately. In his new position, Mr. Trupiano has full responsibility for the company's global Industrial Products Group, reporting directly to Michael M. Larsen, President, Chief…
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Saturday, 19 January 2013 15:20
Corporate Leaders Expand Use of FutureMark Recycled Paper in 2012
FutureMark®Paper Group, North America’s leading provider of responsibly made, high-recycled paper, grew its customer base for a third straight year in 2012 with the addition of respected organizations such as the American Museum of Natural History, Black & Decker, Kaplan, Kohl’s, Sam’s…
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Saturday, 19 January 2013 15:17
Nalco Named Preferred Paper Industry Supplier for Third Consecutive Year
For the third consecutive year, Nalco, an Ecolab company, was selected as a preferred supplier for the paper industry by readers of Pulp & Paper International (PPI) magazine, a leading industry trade publication. Pulp, paper and paperboard manufacturers around the…
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Friday, 18 January 2013 13:30
Wausau Board of Directors Responds to Starboard Letters
Wausau Paper (NYSE:WPP) has announced that it was in receipt of the letter sent yesterday by Starboard Value LP (“Starboard”), as well as a letter sent on January 11, 2013, which indicated Starboard’s intent to nominate three candidates to the Company’s Board of Directors. The…
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Friday, 18 January 2013 12:15
KapStone Announces Opening Of New Manufacturing Facility
KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation (NYSE: KS) ("KapStone") will open a new corrugated manufacturing facility in Aurora, IL. The 192,000 square foot facility located 40 miles west of the city of Chicago will produce corrugated packaging and will also include a design lab…
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Friday, 18 January 2013 12:00
Sonoco Announces Price Increase for All Uncoated Recycled Paperboard Products
Sonoco (NYSE: SON) has announced that it will raise the price for all grades of uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) products by $25 per ton, effective for shipments in the United States andCanada beginning Feb. 11, 2013. "This price increase is necessary to recover continued inflationary pressure from…
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Friday, 18 January 2013 11:45
Wausau Paper to Narrow Focus to Tissue Business
Wausau Paper (NYSE:WPP) has announced that it commenced a process last year to identify strategic alternatives for its Paper Segment that will position the Company to focus its management efforts on continuing the growth of its highly successful tissue business. In early…
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Friday, 18 January 2013 11:15
Irving Paper: Record-Breaking Performance
Irving Paper has a new target to beat in 2013 as it ends 2012 with record-breaking production. The team of over 300 employees pulled together to make 408,214 tonnes of quality specialty grade paper. While production has increased, the team…
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Thursday, 17 January 2013 12:13
First Metso Advantage NTT tissue line to be started up at Fabrica De Papel San Francisco in Mexico
The Mexican tissue producer Fabrica De Papel San Francisco is preparing to start up their third Metso tissue production line. It will be the world’s first tissue line based on the Advantage NTT concept, which enables high bulk and softness…
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Monday, 14 January 2013 19:20
International Paper Finalizes Transaction with Grupo Orsa in Brazil
International Paper and Brazilian corrugated packaging producer Jari Celulose, Embalagens e Papel S.A., a Grupo Orsa company, have finalized the formation of Orsa International Paper Embalagens S.A. The new entity, in which IP will hold a 75 percent stake, includes three containerboard mills and four box…
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Thursday, 03 January 2013 11:44
Metso strengthens its plant optimization services by acquiring U.S. software company ExperTune Inc.
Metso has acquired U.S. software company ExperTune Inc. ExperTune's products are widely used as software tools to analyze and monitor the performance of industrial processes and to identify the associated maintenance and improvement opportunities. ExperTune's acquisition is in line with…
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Friday, 21 December 2012 12:00
Catalyst Paper and Pacifica Deep Sea Terminals Inc. unable to close agreement on sale of Elk Falls site
Catalyst Paper has announced that the sale of its Elk Falls site in Campbell River to Pacifica Deep Sea Terminals Incorporated did not close and the sale agreement has been terminated. The sale of the 400-acre industrial site and adjacent…
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Friday, 21 December 2012 11:00
Clearwater Paper Announces Divisional Executive Appointments
Clearwater Paper Corporation (NYSE:CLW) has announced two key divisional executive appointments, effective January 1, 2013. Thomas A. Colgrove, president of the pulp and paperboard division, has been named president of the consumer products division, succeeding Robert P. DeVleming, who will retire after a transitional…
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Thursday, 20 December 2012 11:30
Domtar closes one line at Kamloops
Domtar will permanently shut down one pulp machine at its Kamloops, B.C., facility, putting 125 employees out of work and curtailing Domtar's annual pulp production by approximately 120,000 air-dried metric tons of sawdust softwood pulp. The pulp machine, known at…
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