Tuesday, 24 April 2012 08:30
Verso Paper Corp. Announces Retirement of CEO
Verso Paper Corp. have announced that Michael A. Jackson will retire as the President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Verso and that David J. Paterson has been elected by Verso's board of directors to serve in such roles, with both events…
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Monday, 23 April 2012 16:30
Resolute Forest Products and National Envelope Announce Partnership
Resolute Forest Products and National Envelope have announced a unique partnership that will provide customers with an expanded portfolio of solutions, including folio-size sheets using Resolute's innovative, high-yield, sustainable paper. This alliance is an integral part of both companies' continued…
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Monday, 23 April 2012 13:30
Univar announces board changes
Univar Inc., a leading global chemical distributor, announced today that J. Erik (Erik) Fyrwald will join Univar as president and chief executive officer effective May 7. Fyrwald, age 52, is currently president of Ecolab (NYSE: ECL) a global provider of water, hygiene and energy…
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Monday, 23 April 2012 12:30
Ecolab Announces Resignation of J. Erik Fyrwald, president of Ecolab
Ecolab announced that J. Erik Fyrwald, president of Ecolab, will leave the company to become the chief executive officer of Univar, a leading global distributor of commodity and specialty chemicals. Fyrwald joined Ecolab as part of the Nalco merger, which…
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Monday, 23 April 2012 10:30
ISRI Presents Annual Design for Recycling® Award to Cascades
Award recognizes those who are committed to recycling safely and economically. The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc. (ISRI) today presented Cascades Fine Papers Group with their annual Design for Recycling® Award. In order to be considered for…
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Friday, 20 April 2012 16:30
Mercer Withdraws its Cease Trade Application
AbitibiBowater Inc., doing business as Resolute Forest Products has announced that Mercer International Inc.has withdrawn its application requesting an order to cease trade Resolute's offer to acquire Fibrek Inc. Mercer filed its application with the Bureau de décision et de…
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Friday, 20 April 2012 15:30
Hazen Paper And NewPage Earn Printing Industry Recognition For Super Bowl XLV Collector's Program
NewPage has announced that the company's 7 pt. Sterling® Ultra web cover paper served as a key component of an award-winning Super Bowl XLV collector's edition program cover produced by its customer, Hazen Paper. Hazen's marketing entry swept the "decorative/display…
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Friday, 20 April 2012 12:30
Clearwater Paper to Present at the Oppenheimer 7th Annual Industrials Conference
Clearwater Paper Corporation has announced that Gordon Jones, chairman and CEO, andLloyd Fillis, vice president treasurer and tax, will present at the Oppenheimer 7th Annual Industrials Conference on Tuesday, May 15, at 8:00 a.m. Eastern time. A live audio webcast of the presentation and accompanying slide materials…
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Friday, 20 April 2012 11:30
Cascades Announces the Closure of its Norampac – Trenton Mill
Cascades Inc., a leader in recovery and in the manufacturing of green packaging and tissue paper products, announces today the closure of its Norampac containerboard mill located in Trenton, Ontario. Following the rejection of the final offer made to the…
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Friday, 20 April 2012 10:30
Catalyst Paper reschedules Creditor meetings and Court date
Catalyst Paper has announced that meetings of its secured and unsecured creditors to consider the plan of arrangement under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act have been changed from April 23, 2012 to May 2, 2012. The rescheduled meetings will be…
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Friday, 20 April 2012 09:30
Domtar plans to convert wood waste to liquid fuels at Dryden mill
Domtar is investing up to $14 million to develop a fast pyrolysis technology at its Dryden, Ont., NBSK mill that will convert wood to “drop-in” liquid fuels. CRIBE is providing up to $6 million in funding to leverage a total…
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Thursday, 19 April 2012 15:30
Mercer International Announces That Supreme Court of Canada Denies Leave to Appeal
Mercer International Inc.announced that the Supreme Court of Canada has denied Fibrek Inc.'s ("Fibrek") and Mercer's applications for leave to appeal the Québec Court of Appeal's decision to maintain the cease trade order of the Bureau de décision et de…
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Thursday, 19 April 2012 12:30
Swapping the Sack in Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas, is the most recent community to restrict the use of single-use plastic and paper bags. Plastic bag bans and taxes are nothing new. San Francisco became the first city in the United States to ban single-use carryout bags…
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Thursday, 19 April 2012 09:30
SCA strengthens its presence in South America
SCA acquires the remaining 50 percent in the Chilean hygiene company PISA (Papeles Industriales S.A.), and will after the transaction own 100 percent of the company. The purchase price is approximately 520 MSEK. The turnover 2011 was approximately 780 MSEK.…
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Wednesday, 18 April 2012 15:30
Wausau Paper and Starboard Reach Agreement
Wausau Paper has announced it has reached an agreement with Starboard Value LP and its affiliates regarding the composition of the Company’s Board of Directors. Under the terms of the agreement, Wausau has agreed to nominate two new directors recommended by Starboard,…
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