Operations News

Authorities said a fire at an International Paper facility early Tuesday morning was contained to one machine, but that did not stop the entire building from filling up with smoke.

A major fire has broken out at a lumber operation in British Columbia's Interior on Tuesday, Nov. 9.

One person is dead after an industrial incident at a Quad Graphics facility in southeast Oklahoma City.

The coroner has identified the victim as Felix Esqiulin Pomales, 35, of Charlotte, North Carolina. According to the coroner, Pomales was attempting to bolt two large steel beams together, when one of the beams toppled over and struck him.

Over 3000 vaccinated employees of JD Irving, Limited at 45 different locations have now qualified to receive a $150 vaccination bonus as part of an incentive program announced this fall.

The investment, announced in December 2019, was worth EUR 20 million.

Paper Excellence announced that its Catalyst Crofton facility will take a market curtailment of about two weeks in November 2021. The curtailment is in response to on-going global logistics challenges and will be coordinated with a previously planned maintenance shutdown of the facility's biomass power boiler.

The White Mountain Paper Co., formerly Gorham Paper and Tissue, expects to restart tissue production this week at the Cascades mill on the banks of the Androscoggin River.

Domtar will continue to cooperate and participate in the ongoing investigation by the Sûreté du Québec and the CNESST to determine the cause of the accident.

WestRock Company, a leading provider of differentiated paper and packaging solutions, announced that Ward Dickson will retire as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective November 30, 2021. In addition, the company announced Alexander (Alex) Pease will succeed Dickson as WestRock's executive vice president and chief financial officer.

The BC Coroners Service is investigating a death that occurred on Oct. 15 at a Kamloops workplace.

Canfor Corporation is announcing changes to the senior leadership team. Pat Elliott has been appointed to the role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Canfor and Canfor Pulp and will also retain his responsibilities as Senior Vice President, Sustainability.

Concerns over crime in downtown Seattle escalated sharply this past week after Weyerhaeuser reportedly delayed its return to its Pioneer Square headquarters due to neighborhood safety issues.

Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) appeared before the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) this week to advocate for the Domtar employees and more broadly, the southwest Ohio community.

Most recently, Michelle served as the Global Sustainability Leader at The Chemours Company, one of the world's leading producers of titanium dioxide and has previously held roles within the Titanium Technologies business segment and the corporate remediation function.

Nine Dragons Paper has revealed that it will have 3 million tonnes of wood pulp production capacity by 2023.

Rengo Co., Ltd. has opened Yodogawa Logistics Center in Fukushima-ku, Osaka-shi, Japan. Yodogawa Logistics Center is the Rengo Group's largest logistics center in the Kansai region, Japan, and is capable of storing approximately 20,000 tons of containerboard.

A Turkish company plans to convert the Shotton paper mill in north Wales from newsprint to containerboard in an attempt to boost UK-based paper recycling.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation announced that it has elected Deirdre Mahlan and Jaime Ramirez to its board of directors, effective immediately. Ms. Mahlan and Mr. Ramirez each will serve on the company's Audit Committee.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation announced that Doug Cunningham, currently Managing Director of Kimberly-Clark Australia and New Zealand, has been named President of its EMEA consumer business, and report to Chairman and CEO Mike Hsu.

The MM (Mayr-Melnhof) Group has appointed Päivi Suutari as the new Managing Director of MM Kotkamills. She will start in her role on October 1.

Metsä Group is now inviting applications for its apprenticeship training programme that will begin in January 2022. Approximately 50 new jobs will be offered in its production units around Finland.

Phoenix Paper finished a $5 million recommissioning project for its pulp dryer at its Wickliffe Mill. The addition of the pulp dryer will allow Phoenix Paper to more efficiently operate the back end of the mill, as well as add a secondary product of baled pulp.

RR Donnelley issued notice it would permanently close its Lewisburg plant in November, with an estimated 70 employees losing jobs.

Due to wildfires in British Columbia, slowing orders for forest products, constraints on the availability of resins used in the manufacture of panel products, transportation service interruptions and overall inventory levels, West Fraser has adjusted output at its British Columbia SPF, US South SYP, North American OSB and Canadian plywood facilities by between 5% and 10% of available capacity over the first two months of the third quarter of 2021.