Operations News

After this accident, people created ruckus by keeping the dead body of the deceased laborer on the road and demanded permanent job and compensation to the affected family.

The company announced in mid-July that it would be shutting down the facility and all other upstate facilities, leaving about 350 employees without work in South Glens Falls. Facilities affected include a warehouse and distribution center in Saratoga Springs and a converting facility in Greenwich.

The curtailment at the Crofton site will be extended to the end of August. This includes pulp, paper and shipping operations. Global pulp and paper prices have continued to decline through July, mainly driven by high inventories and weak demand.

The Prince George mill was temporarily curtailed last week, due to the strike by port workers.

Cenveo did not give a reason for why it closed the plant, though the company has been restructuring after it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2018.

Fire crews are on the scene of a large commercial fire that began Tuesday night, July 18, at Nippon Dynawave Packaging in Longview, officials say.

Officials said on Saturday, July 22, only six small areas remain smoldering at the Nippon Dynawave site in Longview.

Johan joins the company from Oatly where he served as the company´s Chief Supply Chain Officer.

It was reported 100 workers are getting a 3 percent raise and a $3,800 bonus in their new three-year contract.

Workers walked out and production at the paper mill ceased due to the Teamsters Local No. 346 strike.

UPM Communication Papers plans to continue the temporary layoffs in Finland. The possible temporary layoffs could take place in several periods and would last a maximum of 90 days.

WestRock Co. will close one of its St. Louis facilities, laying off 54 workers in September, according to a notice filed with the state.

The curtailment is due to limited storage space for pulp products that cannot be transported overseas as a result of the ongoing labour dispute at B.C. ports. The downtime is expected to remain in place for the duration of the labour dispute and will remove approximately 11,000 tonnes of market kraft pulp per week.

Following the announcement of a tentative agreement in the labour dispute at B.C. ports, Canfor Pulp Products Inc. is announcing that Northwood Pulp Mill in Prince George will resume production next week (the week of July 17).

Fire crews from Port Alberni, Cherry Creek, Beaver Creek and Sproat Lake fire departments took hours to put out a fire in the Paper Excellence Catalyst paper mill in Port Alberni on Friday, July 7.

Lead Fire Investigator Kyle Murray reports that the fire began at a power reactor outside the plant and Macon-Bibb County Fire crews were able to keep the blaze contained to that area.

Rengo Co., Ltd. announces that its consolidated subsidiary, Tri-Wall Limited, has established a subsidiary in Suining City, Sichuan Province, China through its wholly owned subsidiary. The new subsidiary, Tri-Wall Bozheng Packaging Technology Co. Ltd., manufactures and sells heavy duty and general corrugated board and cases, and has started operation of its plant.

Thanks to the collaboration between A.Celli and Arctic Paper Kostrzyn, the E-WIND P80 rewinder was successfully started up in record time in the Kostrzyn plant in Poland. Installation, commissioning and start up in just 22 days.

Officials with Domtar say the fire started on a conveyor line, and is now out.

Klabin starts up paper machine 28 (PM28) of Puma II Project in Ortigueira, Paraná, Brazil. Equipped with advanced technology, the machine was designed to produce more resistant and higher quality paperboards, especially for the food and beverage segments.

Norske Skog celebrates grand opening of Bruck PM3, and becoming the go-to supplier for sustainable containerboard production, based on 100% recycled fiber.

It was just over a year ago on May 20, 2022 when a fire devastated the interior of the Tolko Industries mill 8 km west of High Prairie.

The 200 members of Unifor Locals 222Q and 216 at Kruger Wayagamack, a paper mill in Trois-Rivières, Que. ratified a new agreement by 92.3% (222Q) and 93.4% (216) on June 19, ending a three-week strike.

UPM Plywood has completed the change negotiations, which started in May, concerning salaried employees in the staff and global functions, and in its Finnish mills.

An agreement in principle was reached between the management and the union of Kruger Wayagamack, in Trois-Rivières, late Monday evening. About 250 employees have been on an indefinite general strike since June 1.