Operations News

Christoph Zeiler has been appointed Metsä Group's SVP Corporate Affairs, Germany. He is responsible for corporate affairs in Germany and is Metsä Group's key contact to German decision makers in the European Union.

Tali Nelson has joined the Sales and Marketing team of Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc. as a Senior Sales Representative. She is a proven business development professional with over 20 years of experience in paper, packaging and printing.

Production at the reopened Old Town pulp mill came to a halt last week so that the facility's new owner can make upgrades to the machinery that helps break down wood into a pulp.

A spokesman for OSHA says no further details will be released until an investigation into the death of a contractor at Verso is complete. Regional Director for Public Affairs and Media Relations Scott Allen said by law the investigation can take up to 6 months.

Following a malware invasion last month, the Catalyst Crofton mill has been able to resume paper for about a week now, but still can't return to full capacity.

In 2018, UPM announced the conversion of Paper Machine 2 in Nordland, Germany, from fine paper to specialty grades. The conversion is currently ramping-up.

Weyerhaeuser has temporarily closed its Seattle headquarters, the company said Tuesday, as the number of COVID-19 deaths in Washington state rose to nine.

Troopers from the Michigan State Police Iron Mountain post responded to a medical call at the Louisiana Pacific facility on Friday, March 6.

Boise Cascade announces the permanent curtailment of its I-joist production facility in Roxboro, North Carolina. The shutdown will affect approximately 29 employees.

A fire at Neenah Paper in Whiting started in a compactor.

DS Smith, the leading provider of sustainable packaging solutions, has announced the appointment of Dr Susana Aucejo as senior R&D Director to lead the company's work on plastics replacement and the development of innovative barrier solutions.

An atmosphere of panic prevailed at a store of JK Paper Mill here last evening (Feb. 22) after a massive fire broke out on its premise.

Officials say they don't yet know what sparked a fire inside the ND Paper mill in Old Town on Wednesday (Feb. 19).

GP officials told its 150 Camas employees last week that the company is investing $15 million in capital improvements to make the remaining paper towel line more competitive and the plant itself more environmentally sustainable.

Glatfelter announced Marie T. Gallagher, Senior Vice President and Controller of PepsiCo, Inc. ("PepsiCo"), has been elected to the Board of Directors.

Recently supply shortages of important raw materials arose as a result of intense transport controls in connection with the current situation surrounding the coronavirus.

While pulp manufacturing continued unabated throughout the period, paper operations were curtailed as orders could not be planned and manufactured because of the systems interruption.

Södra is making extensive investments in the sawmill at Värö, primarily in final trimming and drying, but also in other parts of the facility.

Veritiv Corporation announced the appointment of Shantella (Shan) E. Cooper to the company's board of directors. She is a member of the Compensation and Leadership Development, and Nominating and Governance committees.

Sonoco has announced organizational updates to its Global Industrial and Consumer Products divisions, led by Executive Vice President Rodger Fuller.

Three construction labourers died and five were injured at an accident around midnight Feb. 23 in the Sirpur Paper Mills (SPM) in Kagaznagar town of Kumram Bheem Asifabad district.

Members of United Steelworkers Local 449 have voted overwhelming to ratify a new five-year contract that raises wages, improves benefits and increases the number of union jobs at the Huhtamaki paper packaging mill in Waterville.

A serious workplace accident occurred at Valmet's site in Ovar, Portugal, on Friday, January 31, 2020. The accident caused fatal injuries to a Valmet employee.

A firefighter who was taken to the hospital while battling an explosion at the Arauco plant in Crawford County is expected to be released from the hospital.

Austrian fibres producer Lenzing said on Tuesday its plant in China was currently working at 80% of capacity due to the spread of the coronavirus but added that uncertainty could lead to a forced shutdown at any time.