Tuesday, 03 January 2012 23:03
Rayonier Elects Thomas I. Morgan to Board of Directors
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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Tuesday, 03 January 2012 21:00
Ashland Inc. completes sale of PVAc business to Celanese Corp
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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Tuesday, 03 January 2012 12:30
BASF participates in US American technology company Renmatix
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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Thursday, 22 December 2011 14:00
New marine transportation service to deliver fibre
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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Thursday, 22 December 2011 12:00
Northern Pulp union shows goodwill to NewPage neighbors
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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Monday, 19 December 2011 08:37
OMNOVA Solutions for Actions to Reduce Energy Usage
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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Friday, 16 December 2011 12:00
UPM to establish competence centre for eucalyptus research in Uruguay
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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Friday, 16 December 2011 11:00
Verso Paper Corp. Partnership for More Certified Acres in Maine - an Impressive Success
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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Thursday, 15 December 2011 14:14
Metso to deliver the first commercial LignoBoost plant to Domtar
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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Tuesday, 13 December 2011 00:54
Metso wins a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States
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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Thursday, 08 December 2011 09:00
Temple-Inland Approve Merger with International Paper
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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Thursday, 08 December 2011 07:45
FITNIR ANALYZERS gains further traction in the Canadian pulp market
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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Monday, 05 December 2011 22:48
Ecolab and Nalco Complete Merger
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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Friday, 02 December 2011 11:46
Resolute Forest Products Issues 2010 Sustainability Report
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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Wednesday, 30 November 2011 20:34
Nalco Stockholders Approve Merger With Ecolab
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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