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Metsä Board launches efficiency improvement programme at Husum integrated mill in Sweden

May 03, 2016 at 09:00 am by admin

SWEDEN -- Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, is launching an efficiency improvement programme at the Husum integrated mill in Sweden. The efficiency improvement programme conce.... Read More

International Paper agrees to buy Weyerhaeuser's pulp business in $1.9 billion deal

May 02, 2016 at 07:15 am by admin

MEMPHIS, Tennessee -- International Paper Co. said Monday it has agreed to acquire Weyerhaeuser Co.'s pulp business in a deal valued at about $1.9 billion, including a $300 mi.... Read More

Stora Enso inaugurates containerboard machine and a wooden building element production line at its Varkaus mill

Apr 29, 2016 at 12:30 pm by admin

HELSINKI -- Stora Enso says it has successfully converted a fine paper machine at Varkaus Mill to produce virgin-fibre-based containerboard.Stora Enso invested Euro 110 millio.... Read More

Verso to pay $10,000 fine for chemical spills

Apr 29, 2016 at 11:00 am by admin

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (From the Memphis Commercial Appeal) -- The Maryland Department of the Environment says Memphis-based Verso Corp. will pay a $10,000 settlement for two chemical.... Read More

Little Rapids Corp. spending $40 million at Shawano, Wisconsin paper mill

Apr 28, 2016 at 12:30 pm by admin

WISCONSIN (From the Journal Sentinel) -- Little Rapids Corp., of Green Bay, says it's spending $40 million on tissue-making technology at its Shawano Paper Mill in Shawano.The.... Read More