Operations News

Green Bay police are saying little about an industrial accident that killed a 52-year-old man at Green Bay Packaging on June 12.

Georgia-Pacific's Cedar Springs operations will temporarily idle one of its three paper machines for two separate week-long periods in late May and late June due to lack of demand, according to Public Affairs Manager Peggy Jaye.

The new starting date for the PM2 paper machine at the Hamburger Container Board location in Spremberg, Germany, was set for the first week of September 2020. The decision was made following impacts from corona crisis as well as a recent fire on the building site.

Vancouver, B.C.-based Interfor Corporation will lay off 130 of its 150 Gilchrist mill workers, starting late next month, the company confirmed.

LP Building Solutions (LP) announced that its Board of Directors has elected W. Bradley Southern as chairman, effective immediately.

Plumbing parts distributor Ferguson Plc said on Tuesday Mike Powell has stepped down as its finance chief after three years in the role to take up the position of chief financial officer in packing firm Mondi Plc .

Twin Rivers Paper Company would like to advise the community of a fire at its Plaster Rock sawmill on May 22.

Södra has now ended the furlough scheme introduced at the sawmill in Hamina, Finland, in April due to reduced demand from the UK, in particular, related to the ongoing pandemic. All of Södra's sawmills have therefore resumed their normal production rates.

Stora Enso has appointed Katariina Kravi as EVP, Head of Human Resources and a member of the Group Leadership Team. She will start on 1 September 2020 and be based in Helsinki, Finland.

It is being reported that there are two positive coronavirus cases at WestRock in Covington.

Verso Corp. is laying off 59 workers at its Miami Twp. headquarters, the papermaker reported to Ohio government.

During May West Fraser have substantially resumed lumber and plywood production with only a few facilities operating at less than full schedules, the company announced.

Canfor's Plateau mill, west of Vanderhoof will reopen May 11, operating only four days a week, officials said.

Conifex Timber Inc. announced that, in response to continued weakened global demand for forest products amid sustained uncertainty from the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is extending its temporary production curtailment at its Mackenzie, British Columbia, Canada sawmill for four weeks to June 1, 2020.

Firefighters responded to an explosion in Monroe early Saturday morning, May 9.

While the tourism and hospitality industry has been hit hard by the coronavirus, the two pulp mills in Fernandina Beach - Rayonier Advanced Materials and WestRock - are up and running, with no layoffs or employee furloughs.

The Fibre Box Association (FBA) Board of Directors elected Cathy Foley, Vice President Industry Relations and Supply Chain at Pratt Industries, as the Association's 2020 - 2021 chairman.

Georgia-Pacific will "cease operations" at its lumber facility in DeQuincy due to market conditions, the company announced over the weekend.

Georgia-Pacific will lay off most of its hourly employees in Toledo for a week due to lack of demand.

The Georgia Pacific facility in Madison would remain closed until at least May 4 after eight employees tested positive for the coronavirus and one employee died from the highly contagious upper-respiratory disease. The plant has more than 100 employees self-quarantining after coming into contact with those who tested positive for COVID-19.

Greif announces the closure of its La Palma, CA plastics and fibre facility. The widespread and diverse economy throughout California requires a more strategic and dedicated approach to the unique business dynamic.

An explosion shook the community's industrial area May 11. The incident was sparked at the Pinnacle pellet plant shortly before 3 a.m.

In the early evening on the 12th of May Sappi Europe's Alfeld Mill site, situated in Germany, reported a fire around the area of its paper machine 3. There have been no recorded casualties and an evaluation by official experts is under way to assess the cause of the fire and the resulting damage to the paper machine.

Södra has now ended the furlough scheme introduced at the sawmill and port at Mönsterås in April in light of reduced demand related to the ongoing pandemic.

An employee at Sonoco of Hartsville was injured in a workplace accident Monday night at the company's number 4 mill, according to Brian Risinger with Sonoco Corporate Communications.