Thursday, 01 March 2012 09:00
Cascades Continues to Consolidate its Operations
Cascades Inc., a leader in the recovery and the manufacturing of green packaging and tissue paper products, continues to consolidate its operations and announces the permanent closure of Cascades Enviropac, located in Toronto. Production at this unit, specialized in the…
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Thursday, 01 March 2012 08:30
Domtar negotiates $3-billion, 15-year deal to supply paper to Appleton
Appleton and Domtar Corp. have reached a tentative agreement in which Domtar would supply Appleton with most of the uncoated base paper the company needs to produce its thermal, carbonless, and other specialty paper products. The historic 15-year supply deal…
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Thursday, 01 March 2012 08:00
Rayonier to Present at Raymond James 33rd Annual Institutional Investors Conference
Rayonier has announced that Paul Boynton, president and CEO, will present at the Raymond James 33rd Annual Institutional Investors Conference in Orlando on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, at 8:05 a.m. EST. A live audio webcast of the presentation will be…
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Monday, 27 February 2012 12:00
ThermoSafe Brands Expands Certis® Packaging Line
ThermoSafe Brands, a business of Sonoco (NYSE: SON), is pleased to introduce Certis Silver, the latest offering in the Certis line of off-the-shelf packaging solutions for temperature-sensitive products. Designed to the ISCsilver™ Ambient Temperature Profile, Certis Silver packaging solutions offer…
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Monday, 27 February 2012 09:00
Resolute Announces That Fibrek's Special Warrants To Mercer Have Been Cease Traded
AbitibiBowater Inc., doing business as Resolute Forest Products ("Resolute") (NYSE: ABH) (TSX: ABH), has announced that the Bureau de décision et de révision (Québec) has accepted, with immediate effect, the Company's application to cease trade Fibrek Inc.'s ("Fibrek") (TSX: FBK)…
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Thursday, 23 February 2012 23:04
Michael Larson Appointed to Ecolab's Board
The Board of Directors of Ecolab Inc. announced that it has appointed Michael Larson to the Ecolab board. Mr. Larson is Chief Investment Officer toWilliam H. Gates III and the Business Manager ofCascade Investment, L.L.C., inKirkland, WA. He has been…
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Tuesday, 21 February 2012 20:00
FM Global to be Featured in Multiple Segments on The Weather Channel
Following the costliest year in history for world natural disasters, including more than a dozen billion-dollar weather-related events in the United States alone, The Weather Channel will feature FM Global, one of the world’s largest business property insurers, in five…
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Tuesday, 21 February 2012 18:48
Buckeye Technologies Florida Facility Resuming Operation Following Power Failure
Buckeye Technologies Inc. has announced that its Foley Plant in Perry, Florida, which manufactures specialty wood cellulose and fluff pulp, is returning to normal operation following a power failure and electrical surge that occurred last Friday, February 17. The power failure was…
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Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:31
Sonoco Recycling Names Fruit of the Loom® a Sonoco Sustainability Star Award Winner
Palmetto Distribution Center achieves gold-tier award status by going landfill free Sonoco Recycling, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sonoco and one of the largest packaging recyclers in North America, today announced that Fruit of the Loom’s Palmetto Distribution Center,…
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Tuesday, 14 February 2012 09:40
Sonoco Announces Executive Officer Appointments
Sonoco, one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, today announced three executive officer appointments, according to Sonoco Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerHarris E. DeLoach, Jr., and M. Jack Sanders, president and chief operating officer. John M. Colyer, Jr. has been promoted…
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Tuesday, 14 February 2012 08:38
Resolute Applies to Cease Trade Mercer's Offer to Acquire Fibrek
AbitibiBowater Inc., doing business as Resolute Forest Products, has announced that it applied to the Bureau de décision et de révision (Québec), the administrative tribunal with statutory jurisdiction in securities law and regulatory matters in Quebec, for an order to…
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Monday, 13 February 2012 15:30
International Paper Completes Acquisition of Temple-Inland
International Paper Company has announced that it has completed its acquisition of Temple-Inland Inc. through the merger of its wholly owned subsidiary Metal Acquisition Inc. with and into Temple-Inland. Temple-Inland is now a wholly owned subsidiary of International Paper. Under the terms of the transaction,…
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Monday, 13 February 2012 11:00
Mercer International Inc. Announces Agreement to Acquire Fibrek Inc.
Mercer International Inc. has announced that it has entered into a support agreement (the "Support Agreement") with Fibrek Inc. ("Fibrek") for Mercer to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Fibrek (the "Fibrek Shares") by way of…
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Monday, 13 February 2012 09:58
International Paper, Temple-Inland Announce Settlement Agreement With Department of Justice
International Paper Company and Temple-Inland Inc. have announced that they have reached an agreement with the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") with respect to International Paper's acquisition of Temple-Inland. As part of the agreement, the DOJ has entered into a…
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Friday, 10 February 2012 07:14
Resolute Announces that Fibrek's Shareholder Rights Plan has been Cease Traded
AbitibiBowater Inc., doing business as Resolute Forest Products ("Resolute"), has announced that the Bureau de décision et de révision (Québec) has ordered that all rights and securities issued or issuable under the shareholder rights plan (the "Rights Plan") of Fibrek…
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