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Rayonier Elects Thomas I. Morgan to Board of Directors

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Rayonier has announced  that Thomas I. Morgan, chairman and chief executive officer of Baker & Taylor, Inc. has been elected to its board of directors. Baker & Taylor is a leading distributor of books, videos, and music products to libraries, institutions and retailers.…
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Ashland Inc. completes sale of PVAc business to Celanese Corp

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Ashland Inc. has announced it has completed the previously announced sale of its polyvinyl acetate homopolymer and copolymer (PVAc) business to Celanese Corporation. The proposed transaction included the transfer of the PVAc business, inventory and related technology. The sale does…
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BASF participates in US American technology company Renmatix

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BASF is participating with $30 million through BASF Biorenewable Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG in the American technology firm Renmatix Inc. The BASF subsidiary led a $50 million financing round, joined by new and existing investors.   The technology company Renmatix has…
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New marine transportation service to deliver fibre

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Ledcor Resources and Transportation has invested $70 million to launch a marine transportation service to Howe Sound Pulp and Paper. The company has also acquired a producer of wood chips and hog fuel located in the B.C. Interior region. The…
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Northern Pulp union shows goodwill to NewPage neighbors

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Unionized workers at the now-idled NewPage Port Hawkesbury mill in Nova Scotia received a welcome Christmas present from fellow workers at the nearby Northern Pulp Nova Scotia mill. Local 440 of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union delivered a $20,000…
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OMNOVA Solutions for Actions to Reduce Energy Usage

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OMNOVA Solutions received a letter of commendation from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the Company's achievement of a 5.8% reduction in energy usage for 2010. As a partner in DOE's Better Buildings, Better Plants program, OMNOVA has voluntarily…
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UPM to establish competence centre for eucalyptus research in Uruguay

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UPM will strengthen its research on eucalyptus fibre and build a competence centre at the Fray Bentos pulp mill in Uruguay. The new centre including expansion of the existing laboratory facilities will be operational during the first half of 2012.…
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Verso Paper Corp. Partnership for More Certified Acres in Maine - an Impressive Success

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Verso Paper Corp. has announced that their participation in a groundbreaking partnership involving Time Inc., Hearst Enterprises, National Geographic Society, the Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI®), and another forest products company has led to 790,000 acres of additional forest lands being…
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Metso to deliver the first commercial LignoBoost plant to Domtar

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Metso will supply the world’s first commercial installation of LignoBoost technology to Domtar in North America. The equipment will be intergrated with the Plymouth North Carolina pulp mill. The LignoBoost process separates and collects lignin from pulping liquor. This order…
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Metso wins a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States

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Metso has won a patent infringement lawsuit against Terex Corporation, one of its subsidiaries and two of its dealers in the United States. On December 9, 2011, the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of New York affirmed the…
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Temple-Inland Approve Merger with International Paper

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Temple-Inland Inc. announced that at its Special Meeting of Stockholders held today, Temple-Inland stockholders voted to approve the adoption of the merger agreement with International Paper Company (IP), with 86,908,118 shares of Temple-Inland common stock voting in favor of the…
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FITNIR ANALYZERS gains further traction in the Canadian pulp market

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FITNIR Analyzers has gained further traction in the Canadian pulp market as two pulp mills chose the company's equipment for process control optimization. Mercer International's Zelstoff Celgar mill, located near Castlegar, B.C., will be implementing FITNIR's fully automated, online analyzer…
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Ecolab and Nalco Complete Merger

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Shareholders from both Ecolab Inc. and Nalco Holding Company overwhelmingly approved the merger of the two companies on November 30. The merger became effective on December 1, 2011, creating the global leader in water, hygiene and energy services, offering premier…
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Resolute Forest Products Issues 2010 Sustainability Report

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Resolute Forest Products has issued its 2010 Sustainability Report, reviewing Company performance in key areas such as environmental impact, stakeholder engagement, product stewardship, fiber sourcing, community relations, human resources, and health and safety. This year's report is the first prepared…
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Nalco Stockholders Approve Merger With Ecolab

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Nalco Holding Company (NYSE: NLC) announced that its stockholders voted to adopt the previously announced merger agreement dated July 19, 2011 with Ecolab Inc. (NYSE: ECL). The approval came at a special meeting held today in Naperville, Ill. More than…
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