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Tuesday, 18 January 2011 14:53
Ashland Hercules Water Technologies to increase prices in North America
Ashland Hercules Water Technologies, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc., will increase prices immediately for its portfolio of polyacrylamide chemistries sold in North America by a minimum of 5 to 15 percent, or as contracts allow. In addition, other Water…
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Tuesday, 11 January 2011 09:14
Verso Paper Corp. Announces Proposed $360 Million Debt Offering
Verso Paper Corp. announced today that its subsidiaries, Verso Paper Holdings LLC and Verso Paper Inc., are proposing to issue $360 million aggregate principal amount of their second priority senior secured notes due 2019 (the "Notes") in a private offering…
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Friday, 07 January 2011 22:01
California is Bleeding Manufacturing Jobs. Are We Next?
State lawmakers convening in Olympia are looking under every pebble for new money. They must write a budget with as much as 20 percent less tax revenue. Often when cash is short, some want to repeal the so-called “tax loopholes.”…
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Friday, 07 January 2011 10:00
Smurfit-Stone Expands Chain-of-Custody Certification to Entire Mill System
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation announced that all of its U.S. paper mills have been recommended for chain-of-custody certification to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative ("SFI"), Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification ("PEFC") and Forest Stewardship Council ("FSC") standards. Having its mill…
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Wednesday, 05 January 2011 09:29
BASF to increase prices for wet end paper chemicals sold into the North American paper market
Effective Jan.15, 2011, or as contract terms allow, BASF will increase its prices of sizing chemicals, colorants, and polymers for strength, fixation, and water management, for wet end paper chemicals sold into the North American paper market. The price increases…
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Thursday, 16 December 2010 09:30
Ahlstrom sells Groesbeck filtration business unit
Ahlstrom Corporation, a global leader in nonwovens and specialty papers, announces the sale of its Groesbeck filtration business located in Groesbeck and Mexia Texas, USA, to Polyester Fibers, a portfolio company of private investment firm Empire Investment Holdings. The value…
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Wednesday, 15 December 2010 10:01
Destroyed Southern Plug Plant to Permanently Close
Southern Plug and Manufacturing, Inc., a unit of Sonoco Products Company, today announced that it will permanently close its Bastrop molded plug manufacturing plant. The plant, located at 6566 Mer Rouge Road, has been shut down since it was destroyed…
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Friday, 10 December 2010 09:36
NewPage Announces Closure of Whiting, Wisconsin Facility and Revises Guidance for Fourth Quarter 2010
NewPage Corporation today announced that it will close its Whiting, Wisconsin mill at the end of February 2011. The Whiting mill currently operates two paper machines, which produce approximately 250,000 tons annually of coated paper used by the publishing and…
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Wednesday, 08 December 2010 09:48
Clearwater Paper Corporation Announces Extension of Expiration Date Relating to Offer for Cellu Tissue Holdings Inc.
Clearwater Paper Corporation ("Clearwater Paper") has announced the extension of the Expiration Date, as well as the results to date, relating to the cash tender offer (the "Tender Offer") to purchase any and all of Cellu Tissue Holdings, Inc.'s ("Cellu…
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Monday, 06 December 2010 11:00
Sanders Named President and Chief Operating Officer of Sonoco
Sonoco, one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, today announced that M. Jack Sanders has been named president and chief operating officer, effective immediately. Sanders, 57, will report to Harris E. DeLoach, Jr., 66, chairman and chief executive officer.…
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Friday, 03 December 2010 10:00
Go Paper. Grow Trees. Connects Healthy Forests with Paper Use
An awareness campaign entitled Go Paper. Grow Trees.(TM) gives consumers the facts on how using paper products makes a direct contribution to the health and growth of trees and the forests. According to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the…
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Wednesday, 01 December 2010 08:50
NewPage 'Ed' Series Gets Personal With Release of Awaited #14
NewPage Corporation today announced the release of Getting Personal, the fourteenth issue in its "Ed" series of educational brochures. This new issue points out how the world is connecting audiences at many different communication points, engaging them in very personal…
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Wednesday, 24 November 2010 14:30
Verso Launches Renewable Energy Project at Bucksport Mill
Verso Paper Corp. (NYSE: VRS) announced today the launch of a $40 million Renewable Energy Project at its Bucksport, Maine mill. This project will provide a 43% increase in thermal energy production from renewable biomass at the Bucksport Mill and…
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Friday, 12 November 2010 11:17
The BioBusiness Alliance of Minnesota Announces Recommendations for Minnesota’s Forestry Industry
ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. The BioBusiness Alliance of Minnesota announces the release of Minnesota’s Forest Biomass Value Chain: A System Dynamics Analysis. The paper is the result of a yearlong project involving over 100 experts in the forestry community to…
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Wednesday, 10 November 2010 10:00
NewPage Corporation Releases on Paper Episode Featuring REI
NewPage Corporation announced the upload of a new episode in the popular On Paper sustainability podcast series, featuring REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.), a national outdoor retailer that provides quality outdoor gear and clothing. In this episode of On Paper, available…
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