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Friday, 26 January 2018 07:05
Voith and US logistics group C. H. Robinson close partnership for digital commerce
Voith continues to expand its digital agenda and extends the range of its trading platform for recovered paper (RCP) merQbiz. For this purpose, merQbiz and the American logistics provider C. H. Robinson have agreed to an exclusive cooperation: The customers…
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Wednesday, 24 January 2018 11:22
Innovative Online Marketplace and Powerful Supply Chain Transform Recovered Paper Industry
merQbiz® Selects C.H. Robinson as Exclusive Logistics Provider for Ecommerce Platform merQbiz, an online marketplace for the buying and selling of recovered paper (RCP), announces collaboration with C.H. Robinson, a leading global third-party logistics provider (3PL), to bring unmatched freight…
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Monday, 22 January 2018 07:28
Valmet to supply a repeat order of OptiConcept M board production line for Pratt Industries in North America
Valmet will supply an OptiConcept M board production line with automation for Pratt Paper (IN), LLC for Pratt's new greenfield paper mill in Wapakoneta, Ohio, USA. The mill will use 100% recovered paper to produce lightweight and high-performance linerboard and…
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Monday, 22 January 2018 07:19
Verso Corporation Expands Strategic Alternatives Considerations
Verso Corporation has just announced that the Strategic Alternatives Committee formed by its Board of Directors in September 2017, has, at the direction of the Board, expanded its evaluation of potential transaction alternatives to include other alternatives, including but not…
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Tuesday, 09 January 2018 10:26
WestRock to Upgrade Florence, SC Mill
WestRock Company, a leading provider of differentiated paper and packaging solutions, has just announced a planned investment in its Florence, South Carolina kraft linerboard mill that will significantly increase the mill’s efficiency, quality and service levels. The $410 million investment…
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Monday, 08 January 2018 12:35
WestRock Completes Acquisition of Plymouth Packaging
WestRock Company (NYSE:WRK) has just announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Plymouth Packaging, Inc. (“Plymouth”). Plymouth is a corrugated packaging company that derives approximately 70% of its sales from its…
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Wednesday, 27 December 2017 09:15
Metso comments impacts of the US tax reform legislation
On December 22, 2017, President of the United States signed tax reform legislation which includes, among other things, a reduction in the USA federal corporate income tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent from the beginning of the tax…
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Wednesday, 20 December 2017 10:50
PMP Announces Partnership with Rollmeister, who becomes a PMP Roll Service Center!
PMP is proud to announce the beginning of a partnership with Rollmeister Inc. Rollmeister became PMP’s tier-one supplier for roll services in the US market, expanding PMP’s portfolio together with PMP Americas Inc. PMP Americas is one of PMP’s divisions,…
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Friday, 15 December 2017 06:48
WestRock Announces Agreements to Acquire Plymouth Packaging
WestRock Company (NYSE:WRK), a leading provider of differentiated paper and packaging solutions, has just announced that it has entered into agreements to acquire substantially all of the assets of Plymouth Packaging, Inc. (“Plymouth”). Plymouth is a corrugated packaging company that…
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Friday, 08 December 2017 21:21
Following facility closure, assets from U.S. Paper Converters Inc. to be sold via public auction on Aucto.com
Paper converting equipment to be sold in a webcast auction on Aucto.com Paper converting equipment and machinery from U.S. Paper Converters Inc. will be sold in a public auction on December 14th on Aucto.com. The Wisconsin-based paper converter announced plans…
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Friday, 08 December 2017 08:31
Domtar’s Sustainability Commitment Attracts New Talent
Our corporate sustainability commitment ensures that we manage our planet’s precious natural resources in a responsible manner. That commitment also helps attract new talent as millennials seek out jobs that help them make a difference. The job market in the…
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Monday, 04 December 2017 18:45
Clearwater Paper Announces New Board Chair
Clearwater Paper Corporation (NYSE:CLW) has just announced that Beth Ford has been appointed as chair to the company's board of directors effective January 1, 2018. Ms. Ford, the chief operating officer for Land O'Lakes Businesses, has served on the Clearwater…
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Friday, 01 December 2017 09:00
Neenah reveals the magic of combinations in The Alchemy of Design
Alchemy is an ancient practice that blends science with spiritual belief. Practitioners of early Greek alchemy believed that nature’s four basic elements, air, fire, water and earth were the basis of all matter. The practice later became more scientific, often…
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Tuesday, 28 November 2017 07:01
New Product Category Rules Issued for Paper Products
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA), in collaboration with the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) and FPInnovations issued Product Category Rules (PCR) for Market Pulp, Paper and Paperboard, Containerboard and Tissue products manufactured in North America. The PCR…
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Wednesday, 15 November 2017 10:52
AkzoNobel completes $10 million sulfur derivatives investment in the US
AkzoNobel's Specialty Chemicals business has completed a $10 million investment at its LeMoyne sulfur derivatives plant in the US, which supplies essential ingredients used in several major industries. Located in Alabama, the investment includes a 20,000 dry metric ton expansion…
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