Leading Stories

Verso to lay off more than 600 at mills

Aug 20, 2015 at 11:15 am by admin

PORTLAND, Maine (From the Bangor Daily News) -- Verso Paper Corp. announced Thursday it plans to lay off 300 people at its mill in Jay and another 310 at a mill in Kentucky at.... Read More

Sappi and Boregaard expanding capacity at lignin joint venture

Aug 19, 2015 at 12:30 pm by admin

Borregaard and Sappi announced this week that they will increase the lignin production capacity by 20,000 tonnes at LignoTech South Africa. The added volume will be marketed t.... Read More

SCA to close production plant in France

Aug 19, 2015 at 12:15 pm by admin

As part of SCA's ongoing cost-savings program related to the acquisition of Georgia-Pacific's European tissue operations, SCA will close the tissue production plant in Saint-C.... Read More

Asia Pulp & Paper commits to the first-ever retirement of commercial plantations on tropical peatland to cut carbon emissions

Aug 13, 2015 at 11:30 am by admin

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) today (13 Aug 2015) announced it is committing to retire around 7,000 hectares of commercial plantation areas to protec.... Read More

Firefighters tackle large blaze at Smurfit Kappa Townsend Hook paper mill

Aug 12, 2015 at 11:30 am by admin

UNITED KINGDOM (From Kent Online) -- A fire broke out at a mill in Snodland on Wednesday morning.Five engines raced to the Smurfit Kappa Townsend Hook site in Mill Street at 8.... Read More