Operations News

International Paper officials are working with local authorities after a worker died in an industrial accident Wednesday evening, Dec. 16 at a facility in Franklin.

Ralf W. Dieter was appointed CEO by the supervisory board of Homag Group AG, with effect from January 1, 2021. He will hold this position in addition to his function as CEO of Dürr AG.

When emergency responders got on scene they called for a medical helicopter to fly the man to Columbus Hospital for Critical care.

Resolute Forest Products Inc. announces that Hugues Simon will join the company and be appointed as president of the wood products division as of March 1, 2021. His term will begin as of the date on which Remi G. Lalonde, currently Resolute's CFO, assumes the position of president and CEO. Mr. Simon will report to Mr. Lalonde.

Bart Bender, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing at Interfor is the newly elected Chair of the Board for WoodWorks--Wood Products Council. Bender will serve a two-year term beginning in 2021. WoodWorks welcomes Keith O'Rear, Senior Vice President of Wood Products at Weyerhaeuser to the Board as the company's new representative.

Borregaard has entered into a new employment contract with President and CEO, Per A. Sørlie (born 1957).

Willamette Falls Paper Company, Inc., a Columbia Ventures Corporation subsidiary, announces Ed Buehler will join Willamette Falls Paper Company as part of their executive leadership team.

After a fire broke out Wednesday evening, Dec. 2, at Inland Empire Paper Co., firefighters were quickly able to contain the flames.

Quad/Graphics, Inc. announced that Julie Currie has joined the Company as its new Executive Vice President & Chief Revenue Officer. Currie succeeds Renee Badura, Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing, who is retiring from Quad after 34 years of service to the Company.

Pixelle Specialty Solutions, the owner of a Jay paper mill where an April 15 industrial explosion led to layoffs of 177 employees, said it plans to continue making paper there but will not rebuild paper-making equipment that was damaged by the blast.

Preparatory work belonging to the pre-engineering for the Kemi bioproduct mill project of Metsä Fibre continues with new preparation activities in the mill area.

Resolute Forest Products has recognized employees of the Coosa Pines Mill at Childersburg for their safe work performance of more than 250,000 safe work hours. The mill achieved this milestone on Oct. 4, 2020, following 141 continuous safe workdays.

Sappi Limited, a global leader in dissolving wood pulp as well as graphic, packaging and speciality papers and biomaterials, announced that Marco Eikelenboom (53), currently Vice President Marketing & Sales, Graphic Papers at Sappi Europe, has been appointed as CEO of Sappi Europe as from 1 April 2021.

An employee at the Pixelle paper mill in Chillicothe fell Wednesday night on a metal pole.

Fire crews battled a structure fire Wednesday morning, Nov. 25, at US Paper Mill.

IT Tech Packaging, Inc., a leading manufacturer and distributor of diversified paper products in North China, announced that it has completed invitation for the 75 t/h biomass boiler procurement bids for its biomass cogeneration project and multiple well-known enterprises in the industry have been invited and participated the open bidding.

A spokesperson for the City of Niagara Falls says the large industrial fire at Cascades Containerboard Packaging Company is now contained.

Overheating machinery is believed to be the cause of a Thursday evening (Nov. 19) fire at the Resolute Forest Products facility on Neebing Avenue, Thunder Bay firefighters said.

Nearly 100 workers will be losing their jobs at the end of the year when Schweitzer-Mauduit International closes its Main Street plant.

Production at Stora Enso's Oulu paperboard mill has been partially suspended due to numerous coronavirus infections confirmed among employees at the site.

Global label stock manufacturer UPM Raflatac has worked hard to quantify and build upon its sustainable manufacturing processes through its innovative Biofore Site™ program, which is now celebrating its third year.

Ms. Twedt has been recognized by the Idaho Business Review as a Leader in Law and an Accomplished Under 40 award.

Four Columbia County fire companies responded to a structure fire Saturday morning, Oct. 31, at Schweitzer-Mauduit International Inc., commonly known as the Ancram Paper Mill.

Firefighters battled a massive 2-alarm fire early Monday, Nov. 9, that erupted at a Georgia-Pacific paper mill in San Leandro.

Homann Holzwerkstoffe GmbH has expanded its management team, which was previously composed of Fritz Homann and Ernst Keider. Helmut Scheel, who has served as Managing Director of Homanit Holding GmbH since February 2019 and has since also been responsible for the Group's financial operations, was officially appointed Managing Director and CFO of Homann Holzwerkstoffe Group.