Operations News

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Multiple fire departments helped put out an early morning fire on Nov. 23 at Sustana Fiber located in West De Pere.

Several agencies were at the scene of a fire at the West Fraser facility west of downtown in Cordele on Nov. 23.

The WestRock Paper and Packaging Company in Columbus, experienced a small blaze on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 30. The Columbus Fire Department (CFD) responded at approximately 4:00 p.m. to the report of a machine on fire.

They say operations will resume in the next few weeks for Paper Machine Number 2. Paper Machine Number 1, along with the balance of the mill, is expected to be fully operational early next year.

No workers or emergency responders were injured in a machine fire that grew to a three-alarm blaze at the Packaging Corporation of America facility in Harrisonburg late Tuesday night, Nov. 30, according to Michael Parks, city spokesman.

Paper Excellence warned that its customers may see pulp and paper delivery delays due to ongoing supply chain disruption in North America and particularly British Columbia.

Pratt Southeast Displays, has informed the N.C. Commerce Department that it is closing its Whitsett facility in Guilford County on Jan. 15, eliminating all 81 jobs.

Approximately 220 employees at West Fraser pulp facilities in Quesnel have been laid off due to flooding in southern B.C., says a company spokesperson.

Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY) announced the appointment of David Graham as president of Weyerhaeuser Company Limited, its wholly owned Canadian Subsidiary, effective January 1, 2022. Graham will report to Travis Keatley, senior vice president of Timberlands, and his appointment follows the planned retirement of Fred Dzida, who has served as president of the company's Canadian subsidiary since 2014 and will stay on through March 2022 to aid in the transition.

A worker at the Cascades containerboard packaging facility in Niagara Falls sustained serious injuries on Friday, November 19th when he got caught in a piece of heavy machinery.

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management, or ADEM, has confirmed that there were no environmental impacts identified in relation to a weekend incident at a Prattville paper mill.

Firefighters were called to put out a blaze at the Georgia-Pacific paper mill in East Baton Rouge.

A weekend incident at International Paper's Prattville location has shut down operations for the time being.

Authorities said a fire at an International Paper facility early Tuesday morning was contained to one machine, but that did not stop the entire building from filling up with smoke.

A major fire has broken out at a lumber operation in British Columbia's Interior on Tuesday, Nov. 9.

One person is dead after an industrial incident at a Quad Graphics facility in southeast Oklahoma City.

The coroner has identified the victim as Felix Esqiulin Pomales, 35, of Charlotte, North Carolina. According to the coroner, Pomales was attempting to bolt two large steel beams together, when one of the beams toppled over and struck him.

Over 3000 vaccinated employees of JD Irving, Limited at 45 different locations have now qualified to receive a $150 vaccination bonus as part of an incentive program announced this fall.

The investment, announced in December 2019, was worth EUR 20 million.

Paper Excellence announced that its Catalyst Crofton facility will take a market curtailment of about two weeks in November 2021. The curtailment is in response to on-going global logistics challenges and will be coordinated with a previously planned maintenance shutdown of the facility's biomass power boiler.

The White Mountain Paper Co., formerly Gorham Paper and Tissue, expects to restart tissue production this week at the Cascades mill on the banks of the Androscoggin River.

Domtar will continue to cooperate and participate in the ongoing investigation by the Sûreté du Québec and the CNESST to determine the cause of the accident.

WestRock Company, a leading provider of differentiated paper and packaging solutions, announced that Ward Dickson will retire as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective November 30, 2021. In addition, the company announced Alexander (Alex) Pease will succeed Dickson as WestRock's executive vice president and chief financial officer.

The BC Coroners Service is investigating a death that occurred on Oct. 15 at a Kamloops workplace.