Friday, 07 January 2011 11:00
Alberta-Pacific named a Top 100 Canadian employer
Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc. has been named one of Canada?s Top 100 Employers for the fourth year running. Maclean?s magazine, in partnership with Mediacorp Canada Inc, began determining the list of 2011 Top 100 companies by examining the recruitment histories…
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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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Tuesday, 28 December 2010 11:00
Three new national standards approved by FSC
FSC is pleased to announce the formal approval of the national standards for Cameroon, Mexico and Brazil. Each of these standards was produced as part of the Global Environment Fund Small and Low Intensity Managed Forest Project (GEF SLIMF Project).…
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Tuesday, 28 December 2010 08:48
Clearwater Paper Completes Acquisition of Cellu Tissue Holdings, Inc.
Clearwater Paper Corporation (NYSE: CLW) today announced it has agreed to acquire Cellu Tissue Holdings, Inc., an Alpharetta, GA-based integrated manufacturer of tissue products (NYSE: CLU), for approximately $502 million, including equity value of approximately $247 million and net debt…
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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 12:00
Kruger Products completes installation of new heat recovery technology in it's Gatineau Mill
Kruger Products, Canada’s leading manufacturer of quality tissue products, today announced that an innovative heat recovery technology is now operational in its Gatineau mill, which manufactures a wide range of tissue products for consumer and industrial use. This technology will…
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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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Monday, 13 December 2010 11:30
Kemira and VTT to open a joint research and development center in Brazil
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Kemira Oyj are opening a new joint R&D center in São Paulo, Brazil. The research and development center will focus primarily on water chemistry and biomass utilisation applications. The center will start operations…
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Monday, 13 December 2010 11:00
AbitibiBowater Announces Leadership Succession Plan - Richard Garneau to Succeed David J. Paterson as President and CEO
Richard B. Evans, Chair of AbitibiBowater, today announced that David J. Paterson will step down as President and Chief Executive Officer on January 1, 2011, having successfully led the Company through the most far-reaching restructuring in its history. He will…
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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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Thursday, 09 December 2010 09:18
West Fraser Announces $37 Million Hinton Pulp Upgrade
West Fraser will proceed with an energy efficiency upgrade of its Hinton Pulp pulp machine. The project, which is expected to cost approximately $37 million, will be funded with credits earned under the Canadian federal government’s “Pulp and Paper Green…
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Wednesday, 08 December 2010 13:00
AbitibiBowater Making a Difference on the Ground through Stakeholder Engagement
Based in Montreal, Quebec, AbitibiBowater Inc. is the third largest pulp and paper company in Canada and the eighth largest publicly traded pulp and paper manufacturer in the world. It manages the largest area of publicly-owned forest land in Canada,…
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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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