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Friday, 13 January 2017 10:00
Connected Packaging Solution Launched by WestRock, EVRYTHNG and Digimarc at NRF 2017
WestRock Company (NYSE:WRK) has just unveiled a connected packaging solution for smart products that combines Digimarc’s enabled barcode technology, with EVRYTHNG’s IoT Smart Products Platform to bring embedded, real time, connected digital intelligence to billons of WestRock packages, in-store signs…
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Friday, 13 January 2017 09:57
Verso Corporation Names B. Christopher DiSantis as CEO
Verso Corporation (NYSE: VRS) has just announced that B. Christopher DiSantis will become the chief executive officer and a director of Verso effective as of February 1, 2017. An entrepreneurial leader with extensive manufacturing experience, DiSantis brings to Verso a…
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Friday, 13 January 2017 09:38
Endress+Hauser Releases Proline 300/500 Smart Flow Instruments
The Coriolis and electromagnetic flow instruments have been optimized for maximum safety, enhanced measurement quality and device accessibility. Endress+Hauser releases Proline 300/500, a family of industry optimized “smart” Coriolis mass and electromagnetic flow instruments that simplify installation, speed commissioning, and…
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Friday, 13 January 2017 09:34
Glatfelter Announces Commercial Leadership Change in Its Specialty Papers Business Unit
Glatfelter (NYSE: GLT) has just announced the promotion of David Dickerhoof to Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Specialty Papers, effective immediately. Mr. Dickerhoof fills the position previously held by Mr. Timothy Hess who was promoted to Senior Vice…
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Friday, 13 January 2017 09:32
Sonoco Implementing Price Increase for All Uncoated Recycled Paperboard Products
Sonoco (NYSE:SON) has just announced it is implementing a $60 per ton price increase for all grades of uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) in the United States and Canada. Sonoco previously announced a URB price increase of $40 to $60 per…
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Tuesday, 20 December 2016 18:46
International Paper Foodservice Facilities Earn Elite Certification in Global Food Safety
International Paper (NYSE: IP) is committed to improving food safety throughout the supply chain. The Company announced their Kenton, Ohio and Visalia, California facilities achieved food safety certification by exceeding the standards of the benchmarking procedures as dictated by the…
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Tuesday, 20 December 2016 09:06
Clearwater Paper Acquires Manchester Industries
Clearwater Paper Corporation (NYSE:CLW) have just announced it has acquired Manchester Industries of Richmond, Virginia, a leading, independently-owned paperboard sales, sheeting and distribution supplier to the packaging and commercial print industries. Clearwater Paper has acquired Manchester Industries in a cash…
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Friday, 16 December 2016 06:47
Kapstone Paper And Packaging Corporation Announces Approval Of New Contract Offer By AWPPW Local 153 Members At Its Longview Mill And Box Plant
KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation (NYSE:KS) (the "Company" or "KapStone") is pleased to announce that, yesterday, union members at its Longview, Washington paper mill and box plant, AWPPW Local 153 ("the Union"), voted to ratify and approved a new contract…
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Thursday, 15 December 2016 09:19
Lenzing invests in new TENCEL® fiber plant in the USA
The Lenzing Group aims to increase the share of specialty fibers as a percentage of revenue to 50 percent by 2020. Following the previously announced expansion plans for Lenzing, Heiligenkreuz (Austria) and Grimsby (Great Britain), the Supervisory Board of Lenzing…
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Monday, 12 December 2016 16:26
Low-cost paper-based skin patch monitors dehydration by changing color from sweat
Researchers have developed a low-cost skin patch that changes color to indicate different levels of hydration, representing a potential new medical technology. Such an innovation might be used by marathon runners, military personnel and others to help prevent dehydration. “Hydration…
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Friday, 09 December 2016 07:53
Sonoco to Invest $20 Million in New Atlanta-area Packaging Center Supporting Duracell’s North America Operations
Sonoco (NYSE:SON), one of the largest global diversified packaging companies, today announced it will invest $20 million in the development of a new packaging center to support Duracell’s new North America battery packaging operation. Sonoco’s Display and Packaging unit will…
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Friday, 02 December 2016 07:08
International Paper Finalizes Purchase of Weyerhaeuser's Pulp Business
International Paper (NYSE: IP) has just announced that it has completed its acquisition of Weyerhaeuser's pulp business for approximately $2.2 billion in cash, subject to post-closing adjustments. Because the transaction is a purchase of assets, International Paper expects to realize…
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Thursday, 01 December 2016 09:28
Clearwater Paper to Close Oklahoma City Tissue Converting Facility and Restructure Neenah Mill
Clearwater Paper Corporation (NYSE:CLW) has just announced the permanent closure of its Oklahoma City converting facility and permanent shutdown of two tissue machines at the company's Neenah, Wisconsin, tissue facility. "As an integral step in our overall strategy to optimize…
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Monday, 28 November 2016 13:10
Containerboard Market in North America - Analysis, Technologies & Forecasts to 2020 - Key Vendors are WestRock, PCA & KapStone
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Containerboard Market in North America 2016-2020" report to their offering. The report forecasts the containerboard market in North America to grow at a CAGR of 2.42% during the period 2016-2020. The…
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Wednesday, 23 November 2016 19:24
Procemex Oy Ltd: Procemex Invests in North American Operations and Growth in Paper Industry
Procemex Inc., a leader in paper and pulp web monitoring and web inspection system solutions, announced today that the company is investing strongly in North American operations and growth with the establishment of new company in the United States. Further,…
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