Monday, 24 June 2013 20:39
Port Townsend Paper mill's landfill hearing delayed until December
The Port Townsend Paper Corp.’s controversial landfill issue won’t be heard by the state Pollution Control Hearings Board until December. A hearing had been set for August before the state board to rule on whether the mill’s landfill classification should…
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Saturday, 15 June 2013 12:27
Klabin holds General Shutdown at Otacilio Costa Plant
Between the 11th and 20th of June, Klabin’s Otacilio Costa Plant (SC) will be holding its Annual General Shutdown, a compulsory procedure which consists of interrupting paper production and is intended to ensure that all the necessary maintenance for the…
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Saturday, 15 June 2013 11:52
Catalyst adds Ascent to expand its range of lightweight coated papers
Catalyst Paper (TSX:CYT) is reaching higher to expand an already broad mechanical printing product range with the addition of Ascent, a coated three paper. Made at the Port Alberni mill on the only coated mechanical paper machine in Western North…
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Thursday, 25 April 2013 16:13
Metso strengthens global service network by opening center next to Suzano's new mega pulp mill in Brazil
Metso will expand its global service network by opening a new service center to serve Suzano Papel e Celulose S.A.'s 1.5-million-tonne greenfield pulp mill in Maranhão, northeastern Brazil. The service center will supply roll grinding and other maintenance services, and…
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Wednesday, 24 April 2013 15:45
Buckeye Technologies Inc. To Be Acquired By Georgia-Pacific LLC
Buckeye Technologies Inc. (NYSE:BKI) and Georgia-Pacific LLC has announced that they have reached a definitive agreement for Georgia-Pacific to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Buckeye Technologies' common stock for $37.50 per share in cash. The transaction, subject to…
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Thursday, 18 April 2013 10:00
Energizer® Streamlines Operations, Improves Efficiencies and Drives Savings
Sonoco, one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, has announced that it has been awarded the primary packaging, retail display assembly and fulfillment of a segment of battery products for Energizer brands. As part of a companywide plan to…
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Wednesday, 17 April 2013 10:07
B.C. forest companies can’t get enough rail cars to ship products to customers
Forest companies say they can no longer get enough rail cars to move their products to market at a time when the U.S. housing market is going through a major recovery. U.S. housing starts topped one million in March on…
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Tuesday, 16 April 2013 08:37
Mike Bly Hired as Executive Vice President of Global Human Resources
Harold Bevis, Xerium CEO and President, has announced the creation of the new position of Executive Vice President of Global Human Resources and the filling of that position with the hiring of Mike Bly as the company’s new global leader…
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Monday, 15 April 2013 22:47
Montreal Chamber Orchestra's Domtar Discovery Series: Fourth concert featuring George Gao, erhu (Chinese violin),
Domtar is proud to be the Montreal Chamber Orchestra's Season Partner for the 2012-2013 Discovery Concert Series. We invite classical music lovers of all ages to join us. Also on the program: Symphony no. 1 in C Majour, op 21…
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Monday, 15 April 2013 22:35
Paper mill launches investigation into cancer concerns
High cancer rates in Thunder Bay, Ont. has both past and present mill workers concerned that there might be a connection to their paper plant. As a result, they have enlisted an occupational health clinic to determine whether workers contracted…
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Monday, 15 April 2013 20:15
Clearwater Paper to Attend Two May Investment Conferences
Clearwater Paper Corporation (NYSE:CLW) has announced that Linda Massman, president and CEO, and John Hertz, senior vice president and CFO, will present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Smid Cap Conference on May 8, 2013, at 10:15 a.m. EDT…
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Saturday, 13 April 2013 18:16
Sides cut deal in mixing zone complaint
Willamette Riverkeeper drops threat to sue over waste from Halsey pulp mill An environmental watchdog group has backed off its threat to sue the operators of a Halsey pulp mill over pollution in a Willamette River mixing zone after the…
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Saturday, 13 April 2013 13:47
N.S. firms still steamed over Northern Pulp aid
A Pictou County businessman is critical of the Dexter government for helping a much larger company expand at the expense of his operation. Robert Langille, president of E&R Langille Contracting Ltd. of New Glasgow, says direct involvement by government in helping Northern Pulp finance…
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Friday, 12 April 2013 20:32
Praxair Starts up Plant to Supply Eldorado in Brazil
White Martins, the Brazil-based subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. (NYSE: PX), has started up a new air separation plant in the state of Mato Grosso, in Brazil’s fast growing Midwest region. As part of a long-term contract, Praxair will supply Eldorado…
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Friday, 12 April 2013 09:00
Syrup producer worries about dirty mill emissions
Nagzie Harb compares it to someone spitting in his sap. Harb woke on the morning of March 27 to freshly fallen snow on his property, but as he looked closer, he saw something else on top of the new snow.…
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