Operations News

The company noted it recognised the decision was "disappointing for those impacted," adding it would support its employees "through this period".

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

A fire inside a paper-processing machine at a Quad Graphics plant in Sussex took firefighters just over an hour to extinguish Sept. 15, with no injuries reported, according to a news release from the Sussex Fire Department.

According to the Kumamoto Prefectural Police department, no one was injured in the blaze.

Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC, which serves as a major employer in Tacoma, informed the state that it has decided to permanently close its entire Tacoma facility, which eliminates all 120 of its positions.

LP Building Solutions (LP), a leading manufacturer of high-performance building products, announced that it will indefinitely curtail oriented strand board (OSB) production at its Jasper, Texas facility beginning in October 2026 in response to soft demand.

The move comes after Domtar announced on Aug. 20 that the mill would be indefinitely curtailed, raising concerns about the future of the facility and its workforce.

No damage estimates are available and the mill was able to resume production after fire departments cleared. Crews were on scene for approximately two hours.

The decision will remove approximately 380,000 metric tons of northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) pulp from the market annually. The announcement will affect approximately 400 employees.

"This is an immensely difficult day for the Sunshine Coast."

Company starts removing wreckage of the 900,000-gallon white liquor tank and plans to install temporary tanks to restart the mill.

Giannolo joined Sonoco in 2019 and prior to this new appointment was Vice President of Commercial for Sonoco's Consumer Packaging EMEA/APAC business.

A storage tank ruptured and caught fire at Stora Enso's Kaukopää industrial site in Imatra, southeastern Finland, early on August 18, with around 50 cubic metres of tall oil spilling onto the site and some entering nearby Lake Saimaa.

RYAM in Temiscaming, Quebec is closing its doors to its industrial complex next month due to the 50 percent tariff situation across the border.

90 workers will be affected by the curtailment, with operations expected to halt by September and resume in November.

Hundreds of jobs have been lost as Canfor closes mills around B.C. in moves company says are 'gut-wrenching'

The shutdown will focus on digester internal inspection and repairs, pulp machine optimization work, and recovery boiler inspection. The work will bring 475 to 500 contractors and specialized trades to the Peace River area for the duration of the outage.

The man was reportedly unconscious and not breathing after being shocked by machinery at the facility.

The decision reflects the ongoing challenges facing the operation including prolonged weak market conditions, persistent high US softwood lumber duties and tariffs, and fibre supply impacts due to recent wildfires and the conclusion of the mountain pine beetle management strategy.

The incident occurred at Essity's Prudhoe Mill in Northumberland at 9 p.m. on Friday (July 24), and was quickly contained by Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS).

No injuries to employees or fire personnel were reported.

The Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast (PLC) is disappointed by the announcement by Finch Paper, LLC that it will stop making its own pulp and therefore cease buying low-grade wood for that purpose. This is a significant loss for the region's logging and trucking industry with far reaching economic consequences as well as serious negative impacts on the ability to properly manage forest health.

According to a brief release issued by the company, six mill employees were injured Wednesday, July 22, during "routine maintenance at the Covington mill."

Fifty-four members of United Auto Workers Local 1024 Unit 1 walked off the job at 7 a.m. July 28 at the Novolex packaging equipment plant in Cedar Rapids, launching a strike that has drawn attention from labor advocates and elected officials across the Corridor.

Essity has appointed Andreas Mattsson as the new Chief Legal Officer and member of the company's Executive Management Team. He succeeds Mikael Schmidt who has decided to retire as of December 31, 2026.