Catalyst Paper Corporation (TSX: CYT) ("Catalyst") has announced that an important milestone has been achieved in the previously announced acquisition by Catalyst of the Biron paper mill in Wisconsin and the Rumford pulp and paper mill in Maine, USA from…
Resolute Forest Products Inc. (NYSE: RFP) (TSX: RFP) recently learned from a Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) Canada press release that FSC has requested that the Rainforest Alliance certification body extend the temporary suspension of one of Resolute's two certificates in…
Settlement Enables Completion of Acquisition in Early January 2015 Verso Paper Corp. (NYSE: VRS), a leading North American producer of printing and specialty papers and pulp, has announced that it has reached a settlement with the United States Department of…
Clearwater Paper Corporation (NYSE:CLW)(the "Company") has announced the Company has sold its specialty products business and mills to Dunn Paper, Inc. The Company intends to reinvest the net proceeds of the sale into capital projects within its Consumer Products Division.…
Xerium Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:XRM), a leading global provider of industrial consumable products and services, recently was honored by Triangle Business Journal as one of the top 35 Healthiest Employers for 2014. In recent years, Xerium initiated its corporate-wide wellness programs…
Tuesday, 30 December 2014 10:31

AstenJohnson acquires Eagle Nonwovens business

AstenJohnson, a premier supplier of paper machine clothing, filaments, specialty and filtration fabrics, and equipment for the paper industry, has completed the acquisition of Eagle Nonwovens, Inc. in the USA. Eagle Nonwovens is known for producing consistent, high-quality products and…
Atlas Paper Mills, LLC announced today that it has completed a merger with Atlas Southeast Papers, LLC (“Atlas Southeast”), forming a leading multi-facility integrated manufacturer of tissue paper products. The combined company will be known as Atlas Paper Holdings, Inc.…
KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation (NYSE: KS) ("KapStone" or "the Company") has announced that its Board of Directors has approved the initiation of a regular quarterly dividend of $0.10 per share. Roger Stone, chairman of the board of directors and…
Cascades Inc. (TSX: CAS), a leader in the recovery of recyclable materials and the manufacturing of green packaging and tissue paper products, announces that it has reached an agreement for the sale of its North American boxboard manufacturing and converting…
Celupaper S.A., part of Grupo Vual, South American leading regional player producing pulp and tissue, has signed a contract with Toscotec for a new PM3 tissue machine and a rebuilding of the existing PM2 at Papelera Nicaragua in Argentina. Vual…
Catalyst Paper (TSX: CYT) has announced the decision to indefinitely curtail the No. 9 paper machine, one of three machines at its Powell River operation. This decision is fully market-related as the company is facing a lack of orders and…
Domtar Corporation (NYSE: UFS) (TSX: UFS) has announced that its Board of Directors has approved a $160 million capital project to convert a paper machine at the Ashdown, Arkansas mill to a high quality fluff pulp line used in absorbent…
Link to the origional Two Sides North America article Here are 5 key reasons why going paperless will not save North American forests. 1 – Our forests are growing due to sustainable forestry practices In North America we grow many…
Iroquois Falls (Ontario) Mill and Two Paper Machines in Quebec to be Permanently Closed Resolute Forest Products Inc. (NYSE: RFP) (TSX: RFP) has announced the permanent closure of 465,000 metric tons of newsprint production capacity in Canada. This capacity reduction…
Imerys Ceramics North America announced today that it will increase prices up to 15% on all of its ball clay and kaolin products manufactured in the United States, effective January 1, 2015, subject to any provisions in individual contracts. The…