Operations News

An employee at an Appleton-based paper company died on Wednesday, March 12 after a workplace accident.

Crew says the fire was fully contained in about 80 minutes. No injuries were reported in the event of the fire.

Shreveport Fire Department (SFD) continued to rotate crews in and out every three hours Sunday (March 16), a day after a three-alarm fire involving 9,500 tons of paper erupted at a Pratt Industries recycling facility at the Port of Caddo-Bossier.

UPM Plywood and the Industrial Union have failed to reach an agreement on a new employer-specific collective agreement. The union rejected the mediator's settlement proposal, and the five-week strike at UPM Plywood mills in Finland continues.

A truck driver was killed after strong winds from Sunday afternoon's storms caused his trailer and cab to overturn.

On Saturday, March 1, fire crews responded to stubborn fire at West Fraser's Riegelwood, North Carolina, sawmill.

Tolko Industries, based in Vernon, B.C., has cut its consultant workforce, resulting in several people losing their jobs.

Firefighters were on the scene for around three and half hours.

Strathcona Paper's parent company, PaperWorks Industries Inc., is headquartered in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. The company responded that the incident at the mill was a minor fire that was quickly contained, and no one was injured. The mill has resumed normal operations.

Shreveport Fire Department (SFD) continued to rotate crews in and out every three hours Sunday (March 16), a day after a three-alarm fire involving 9,500 tons of paper erupted at a Pratt Industries recycling facility at the Port of Caddo-Bossier.

The crews reportedly stayed there after the fire was put out to ventilate smoke and restore fire protection systems.

The incident forced a one-day suspension of operations in the chemical plant.

The duration of temporary layoffs is up to 90 days.

While the notice does not specify the reasons for the closure, it states that the company expects the closure to be permanent.

Sofidel is pleased to announce the delivery of a new Yankee Dryer on March 2nd, 2025, to its Circleville facility, marking a significant milestone in the papermaking process.

Multiple fire department responded to a structure fire at a PotlatchDeltic Forsyth Township lumber mill Friday morning, Feb. 28.

A fire was reported Sunday morning at the Procter & Gamble plant in Oxnard, resulting in apparent smoke inhalation for two workers who were taken to a local hospital for evaluation.

Tolko Industries, based in Vernon, B.C., has cut its consultant workforce, resulting in several people losing their jobs.

Two of Domtar's values are collaboration and entrepreneurship, qualities the Nekoosa, Wisconsin, mill recently demonstrated via a partnership that turned a costly sourcing challenge into an innovative project with environmental, operational and economic benefits.

Firefighters arrived at the scene at 7:51 a.m. to find a large explosion had occurred, with fire spreading throughout the east end of the building. Multiple agencies from nearby cities also responded to the incident.

Firefighters put out a fire at the Georgia-Pacific paper mill in Zachary on Thursday, Feb. 27.

Fire crews returned to the Weyerhaeuser Plant in Columbia Falls early Friday morning, Feb. 21, to extinguish a fire.

Firefighters responded to a call of a fire at Cheney Pulp and Paper in Franklin at around 6:25 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 19. Upon arriving they found nobody suffering from injuries, and managed to extinguish the majority of the fire relatively quickly.

Company officials said the contractor was working last month at the Skowhegan mill when he was seriously injured.

Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, announced in March 2024 that it will start a development programme to produce new products on the current uncoated white kraftliner production line (BM2) at its Husum mill integrate in Sweden. The aim was to find alternatives for uncoated kraftliner production.