Operations News

The newly formed Willamette Falls Paper Co. quietly restarted two months ago and is now trying out new classes of paper made from pulp and agricultural waste instead of wood.

There were no injuries in a fire at the Quad/Graphics plant in Sussex Thursday, Oct. 24, though five workers were evaluated and released.

Cascades Inc. announces that it will permanently close tissue converting operations at its Waterford, New York and Kingman, Arizona plants, effective March 27, 2020.

The cause of a conveyor belt fire at the WestRock Paper Mill in West Point is under investigation.

Greif, Inc. announced that it is ceasing operations at its Number 1 paperboard machine at the Mobile Paperboard Mill in Mobile, Alabama.

Huhtamaki celebrated the inauguration of its newest fiber packaging line in Invanteevka, Russia.

An Irving-owned sawmill in northwestern New Brunswick will close on Nov. 1, resulting in the loss of 65 jobs.

The director of strategy for Global Win Capital, the subsidiary of Shanying International that owns Phoenix Paper, said it has stalled production at the paper mill until around Nov. 11.

Resolute Forest Products says multiple factors are contributing to the ongoing shutdown of its sawmill at Ignace.

Mark Rhodes, president of United Steelworkers Local 712, said that 99.6 percent of workers opposed the contract, with 85 percent of members voting.

Veritiv leases 311,707 square feet of the facility.

WestRock is closing its Newark plant, potentially putting more than 100 employees out of work.

Escambia Fire Rescue responded to a reported fire at International Paper in Cantonment.

According to fire crews on scene a fan caught fire on the roof of the building due to a buildup of dust and debris.

Fortress Global Enterprises Inc. ("Fortress" or the "Company") (TSX:FGE) (OTCQX:FTPLF) announces that it continues to execute on its previously announced strategic and financing initiative (the "Strategic Initiative") with the assistance of its financial advisor, Houlihan Lokey Capital, Inc., which includes seeking and pursuing a recapitalization, restructuring and/or business combination transaction.

A New Hampshire paper mill celebrating its 200th anniversary is going to hold a gathering for more than 400 current and former employees and their families.

If the Order Sought is granted by the Canadian Securities Regulatory Authorities, Quad will cease to be a reporting issuer in any jurisdiction in Canada , and Quad will no longer be required to file financial statements and other continuous disclosure documents with Canadian Securities Regulatory Authorities.

Under the terms of the Amendment, the Company will also retain up to $50 million in net proceeds from the previously-announced sale of its Matane pulp mill, which remains on track to close in the fourth quarter, with the remainder of the net proceeds to be used to repay a portion of the Company's secured debt.

Columbia Pulp is in the final stages of launching the first straw pulp mill of its kind in North America.

The value of the investment was EUR 11 million.

In 2020, Stora Enso's estimated capital expenditure will be Euro 800-850 million, including Euro 200-230 million for the Oulu mill conversion and Euro 80-100 million for biological assets.

Fortress Global Enterprises Inc. announces that its wholly owned subsidiaries, Fortress Specialty Cellulose Inc. and Fortress Bioenergy Ltd. have entered into a financing agreement with their secured lenders or their affiliates, providing for a senior secured credit facility in the amount of up to $15,000,000.

A man is dead after he was doing contract work at Lewiston's Clearwater Paper mill on Monday and had to be taken to the hospital.

Workers are dismantling long-dormant equipment at the McKinley Paper Co. mill to make way for $6.1 million in improvements as the company looks toward reopening the facility by Dec. 31.

Norbord Inc. announced that effective September 5th, Line 1 of its two-line oriented strand board (OSB) mill in Cordele, Georgia will operate on a reduced 10/4 schedule until further notice due to continued poor market conditions.