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Friday, 18 January 2013 13:30
Wausau Board of Directors Responds to Starboard Letters
Wausau Paper (NYSE:WPP) has announced that it was in receipt of the letter sent yesterday by Starboard Value LP (“Starboard”), as well as a letter sent on January 11, 2013, which indicated Starboard’s intent to nominate three candidates to the Company’s Board of Directors. The…
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Friday, 18 January 2013 12:15
KapStone Announces Opening Of New Manufacturing Facility
KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation (NYSE: KS) ("KapStone") will open a new corrugated manufacturing facility in Aurora, IL. The 192,000 square foot facility located 40 miles west of the city of Chicago will produce corrugated packaging and will also include a design lab…
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Friday, 18 January 2013 12:00
Sonoco Announces Price Increase for All Uncoated Recycled Paperboard Products
Sonoco (NYSE: SON) has announced that it will raise the price for all grades of uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) products by $25 per ton, effective for shipments in the United States andCanada beginning Feb. 11, 2013. "This price increase is necessary to recover continued inflationary pressure from…
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Friday, 18 January 2013 11:45
Wausau Paper to Narrow Focus to Tissue Business
Wausau Paper (NYSE:WPP) has announced that it commenced a process last year to identify strategic alternatives for its Paper Segment that will position the Company to focus its management efforts on continuing the growth of its highly successful tissue business. In early…
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Thursday, 03 January 2013 11:44
Metso strengthens its plant optimization services by acquiring U.S. software company ExperTune Inc.
Metso has acquired U.S. software company ExperTune Inc. ExperTune's products are widely used as software tools to analyze and monitor the performance of industrial processes and to identify the associated maintenance and improvement opportunities. ExperTune's acquisition is in line with…
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Friday, 21 December 2012 11:00
Clearwater Paper Announces Divisional Executive Appointments
Clearwater Paper Corporation (NYSE:CLW) has announced two key divisional executive appointments, effective January 1, 2013. Thomas A. Colgrove, president of the pulp and paperboard division, has been named president of the consumer products division, succeeding Robert P. DeVleming, who will retire after a transitional…
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Wednesday, 19 December 2012 00:00
Up and Running: Clearwater Paper Adds New TAD Paper-Making Capabilities in Shelby, N.C., Upgrades in Las Vegas
Clearwater Paper Corporation has announced the completion of the next phase of the company's newest facility at Shelby, N.C., culminating in the start-up of the company's new through-air-dried (TAD) paper machine. The machine produced its first finished ton and converted product on December…
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Tuesday, 18 December 2012 16:40
Rayonier Increases Texas Timberland Ownership
Rayonier has announced it has acquired approximately 62,600 acres of timberlands in East Texas. The property, purchased from a private ownership group for $88 million, or $1,406 per acre, brings the company’s total ownership in Texas to over 150,000 acres. “These timberlands, located in one of…
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Monday, 17 December 2012 09:46
Metso supplies the Best Bioenergy Project of the Year
The Nacogdoches Generating Facility in Sacul, Texas was awarded the 2012 Project of the Year in the Biomass category by Power Engineering Magazine at the Power-Gen international conference on December 10,2012 in Orlando, FL. The Nacogdoches Project represents a Metso-supplied…
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Thursday, 13 December 2012 16:37
International Paper Reaches Agreement to Sell Temple-Inland Building Products Division for $750 Million
International Paper has announced that it has reached an agreement to sell its Temple-Inland Building Products division to Georgia-Pacific LLC for $750 million in cash, subject to certain pre-and post-closing adjustments. The assets to be sold include 16 manufacturing facilities - five…
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Tuesday, 11 December 2012 13:30
Metso to provide multi-year mill maintenance to Greenpac Mill in the USA
Metso and Norampac have reached an agreement in principle for Metso to supply the mill maintenance services for Greenpac Mill in Niagara Falls, NY, in the United States. With this mill maintenance agreement Metso will establish and manage all maintenance…
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Monday, 10 December 2012 21:23
NewPage Releases 2011-12 Sustainable Development Report
NewPage Corporation, the leading producer of printing and specialty papers in North America, announced that the release of its 2011-12 Sustainable Development Report, Making a Difference. "Because our products come from the forest, NewPage has a unique opportunity to make…
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Monday, 10 December 2012 09:30
State and Local Dignitaries Break Ground on Belfast Commerce Centre
The Development Authority of Bryan County, in partnership with TerraPointe, the real estate subsidiary of Rayonier, held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Belfast Commerce Centre. Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle and other state and local dignitaries were present to commemorate the event. Lieutenant Governor Casey…
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Thursday, 06 December 2012 07:49
BWIR Demonstrates “How to Enable Intelligence and Improve Efficiency” at Automate 2013
Barry-Wehmiller International Resources BWIR), a global provider of business and engineering technology solutions to the discrete manufacturing industry, has announced plans to participate in Automate 2013. This show is North America’s broadest automation event, to be held January 21-24 at…
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Thursday, 06 December 2012 07:40
Sonoco Announces New Executive Leadership for its Global Businesses
Sonoco (NYSE: SON) has announced that John M. Colyer Jr., has been named senior vice president, Global Industrial Products and Protective Solutions, and Rob C. Tiede has been named senior vice president, Global Consumer Packaging and Services, according to M. Jack Sanders, president and chief…
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