About 25 per cent of Canadian sawmill capacity is shut after producers idled operations amid a price slump and poor outlook for spring building

VICTORIA -- Hundreds of forestry workers on Vancouver Island will remain out of work as two pulp and paper mills extend closures due to what their owner calls "an exceptional intersection of events."

WASHINGTON – American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Heidi Brock underscored AF&PA’s strong support for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Smart Sectors Program and expressed appreciation to the Agency for showcasing paper and wood products manufacturing in a new sector snapshot.

TORONTO — Today, P&G Canada and its brands announce donations totaling over $2.5 million in hygiene products, hand sanitizers, face masks and financial support to healthcare workers and Canadians impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.

ONTARIO, Calif. – New-Indy Containerboard LLC, a 50/50 joint venture between the Kraft Group and Schwarz Partners, LP, today announced that it has acquired Shoreline Container, a Michigan-based paper and packaging company.

JAY, Maine (AP) — State and federal investigators began digging into the cause of a Maine paper mill explosion that sent debris and a slurry of chemicals raining down on nearby cars and buildings.

Earlier today, Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) President and CEO appeared before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance to share with MPs how Canada’s forest sector and workers are managing through the current COVID-19 crisis.

Resolute is proud to be providing essential products during these unprecedented times, and our employees are working hard to ensure those products reach the people who need them.

[Richmond, BC] – Current global conditions and recent events impacting Paper Excellence require us to extend the curtailment of paper operations at Powell River and Crofton.

The Valemount Community Forest has purchased a mill from Edgewater Holdings in Prince George and it’s on the way to Valemount this week.

April 15, 2020 - TORONTO – Unifor members at Sonoco paper mill in Quinte West, Ontario, have been told their mill will close in June of this year due to ‘market conditions’ despite the parent company making a massive $83 million investment in its South Carolina operation.

Researchers at the University of New Hampshire are providing guidance for landowners and government leaders with the expectation that the next major eastern spruce budworm outbreak will likely hit forests in the northeastern United States within the next few years.

Governments across the country are imposing fire bans and other measures to reduce the risk of wildfires and protect crews during the COVID-19 pandemic.

SHERBROOKE – Rocked by shuttered markets, battered by plunging demand at Nova Scotia’s only paper mill, and cratered by COVID-19, St. Mary’s independent forest sector is hanging on by a twig, area harvesters say.

The fate of B.C.'s biggest ever reforestation effort is on the line.

A fire broke out at Cap-Pelé Sawmill Ltd. on Wednesday around 8:15 a.m., according to a source close to the business. 

HARTSVILLE, S.C., April 15, 2020 -- Sonoco (NYSE: SON) today announced it is implementing a $50 per ton price increase for all grades of uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) in the United States and Canada, effective with shipments beginning May 13, 2020. 

DELAWARE, Ohio (April 16, 2020) – Greif, Inc. (NYSE: GEF, GEF.B), a world leader in industrial packaging products and services, announced today that it is implementing a $50 per ton price increase for all grades of uncoated recycled paperboard (URB), effective with shipments beginning May 18, 2020.

DALLAS, April 8, 2020 -- Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) announced that it will host its 2020 annual meeting of stockholders virtually due to the public health impact of the coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) and to protect the health and well-being of our employees, stockholders, and our community.

JAY —  The explosion that rocked the Androscoggin Mill on Wednesday afternoon, left many with a sickening sense of deja vu.

For high-volume shippers, one key to success is identifying the line between tight packaging and inadequate protection—and staying on the right side of it.