Lumber demand is so strong that Resolute Forest Products Inc.’s order book exceeds its inventory, according to Chief Executive Officer Remi Lalonde.
Sonoco Announces Price Increase for Rigid Paper Containers and Closures
Domtar Recruiter Shares Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Insight
When it comes to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace, hiring diverse candidates is important, but organizations need to do more if they want to stand out as an employer of choice.
Resolute Wins Silver Edison Award for Innovative Bioproducts Derived from Wood
Resolute’s thermomechanical pulp (TMP) biorefinery in Thunder Bay (Ontario) has won the silver Edison Award in the Manufacturing, Logistics & Transportation category.
PRCA Supports CPB Investigation of Thermal Paper Importer Amlink for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Evasion
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., April 28, 2021 — The Paper Receipts Converting Association (PRCA) commends the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) recent decision to investigate and impose interim measures upon Amlink Sourcing Incorporated, an importer of lightweight thermal paper, for evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders under Title IV, Section 421 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, commonly referred to as the Enforce and Protect Act (EAPA).
Kruger Products Signs the Canada Plastics Pact
The Company is committed to reducing virgin plastic by 50% in its branded packaging by 2030*
New Brunswick lumber companies quietly shattering income records
Demand for lumber has been so high at Randy MacNichol's independent sawmill in Salisbury, N.B., he has difficulty taking time on the phone to answer questions about it.
State grant could bring jobs back to shuttered Duluth paper mill
ST Paper will seek up to $1.5 million in state job-creation funds to breathe new life into Verso Corp.'s Duluth paper mill, with the full support of the Duluth City Council.
PPC’s TICCIT (Trees Into Cartons, Cartons Into Trees) Launches 2021 National Youth Scholarship Program
TICCIT, created by the Paperboard Packaging Council, inspires students to create a more sustainable future
New after-effect from COVID – logistics moves from cost of doing business to colossal headache
As if COVID lockdowns and their implications for supply and demand were not challenging enough, every stage of the nonwovens supply chain from resin through end-customer is wrestling with a global ocean shipping crisis that is forcing many to make changes in how they do business – often at significant cost in terms of additional operating expenses and reduced customer satisfaction.
Sustana Fiber and Société Via join forces to recycle locally
Levis, April 21, 2021 - Sustana Fiber, specializing in the manufacturing of recycled fiber from recovered paper materials, is pleased to announce its new partnership with Société VIA, a company that specializes in the sorting and recovery of recycled materials.
TC Transcontinental steps up and opens a vaccination centre against COVID-19 in Montréal’s Rivière-des-Prairies – Pointe-aux-Trembles borough
Montreal, April 26, 2021 - TC Transcontinental (TSX: TCL.A TCL.B) is proud to respond to the Québec government's call for businesses to support the health and social services network in its COVID-19 vaccination campaign.
Quesnel mill is reborn under new ownership
Kandola Forest Products has begun production at the former C&C mill
Mohawk Renewal Papers Approved by FDA for Indirect Food Packaging and Labeling
[Cohoes, NY — April 22, 2021] Mohawk Fine Papers, Inc., North America's largest privately owned manufacturer of fine papers and envelopes, unveiled a groundbreaking portfolio of papers, Mohawk Renewal, made from rapidly renewable, sustainable fibers—namely hemp, straw and recycled cotton—in April of last year.
Northern Pulp provides an update on CCAA process
[Abercrombie, NS] – Northern Pulp Nova Scotia (“Northern Pulp” or “the Company”), a producer of high-quality Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft pulp used in the manufacturing of a variety of products from tissue and paper towels to fine writing paper, today announced that the British Columbia Supreme Court (the “Court”) has approved the requests made by Northern Pulp to, among other things, extend the protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (the “CCAA”) to October 31, 2021 (the “Stay Extension”).
ND Paper Announces a New Recycled Pulping Operation at its Old Town Division
Old Town, ME – April 22, 2021—In commemoration of Earth Day, ND Paper is excited to announce the launch of a new recycled pulping operation at its Old Town Division.
GreenFirst Forestry sees stock surge by more than 150% following major acquisition
GreenFirst Forest Products Inc., a Vancouver-based company with expertise in restructuring sawmills, saw its stock surge by more than 150 per cent on its first day of trading after announcing a major acquisition.
$3M aid package for at least 80 jobs at Duluth paper mill moves forward
A provision to offer a forgivable loan to restart the idled Verso Corp. mill passes out of committee in both the Minnesota House and Senate.
ND Paper will recycle paper to produce pulp at Old Town mill, adding 20 jobs
ND Paper will expand pulp manufacturing in Old Town — and make its mill there more earth-friendly — with the addition of a production line that recycles paper.
Northern trappers to block roads if not consulted by forestry industry
74-year-old Cree-Métis land-user Teresa Laliberte said if any forestry company plans to cut on her family’s trapline without consulting them in person first they will set up blockades and stop them.
Paper Excellence announces new scholarship for Métis students
[Richmond, BC] – Paper Excellence is pleased to announce the creation of a new scholarship for Métis students who live in the communities where we operate.
PPWC and Unifor stand united in upcoming pulp and paper talks
PRINCE GEORGE-Two of the country’s largest pulp and paper unions, Unifor and the Public and Private Workers of Canada (PPWC), have agreed to continue to work together in the next round of pulp and paper bargaining for members across Western Canada.