Operations News

Kingsport's Domtar paper mill will continue to be idled by the COVID-19 pandemic through the end of August, the mill's manager told the Kingsport Economic Development Board.

A difficult equipment fire has been extinguished at the Resolute Forest Products Saw Mill, which threatened a nearby wood supply.

A fire at the WestRock facility in Mooresville on June 12 was controlled by the fire sprinkler system, limiting damage to a single piece of production equipment and raw cardboard material near the fire's location, Fire Marshal Geoff Woolard reported in a news release. Still, the damage could be up to $2 million.

Georgia-Pacific's mill in Perry will be laying off 150 employees, the company confirmed, citing reduced product demand during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Georgia-Pacific announced Wednesday that 100 hourly employees will be laid off as the mill temporarily ceases operations for a second time this year.

Conifex Timber Inc. announced that at its annual general and special meeting of shareholders held on June 22, 2020, all management nominees were elected as directors of the company.

Two coronavirus cases have been confirmed at International Paper in Vanceboro, the company says.

Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) said both paper machines and a majority of the converting operations at the Jackson, Alabama mill would continue to be temporarily idled during the months of July and August.

Workers at the Sonoco paper mill in Quinte West spent their last day on the job June 12 after the company decided earlier this year to shutter the mill and focus operations in South Carolina

City firefighters were responding Sunday, June 14, to a report of a fire at a water-front, commercial property in Travis.

Green Bay police are saying little about an industrial accident that killed a 52-year-old man at Green Bay Packaging on June 12.

The FTSE100 sustainable packaging leader has announced the appointment of Wouter van Tol as Head of Sustainability and Government Affairs.

Employees at Sappi's Cloquet paper mill are being temporarily laid off in rotations as demand for the mill's products wane amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

A small fire occurred Thursday afternoon, June 4, at Roseburg Forest Products in Coquille, Oregon.

International Forest Products LLC (IFP) appoints Dan Stebbins as Director of Export Containerboard Sales.

Mercer International Inc. reports that its Celgar mill, in addition to regularly planned maintenance downtime of five days, will be taking approximately 30 days of additional downtime (aggregate 52,000 ADMTs) in July 2020.

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. announced that, in working with its lenders under its Senior Secured Credit Agreement, it has entered into an amendment under which, among other changes, the lenders have agreed to relax the financial covenants through 2022.

UFP Industries, Inc. announced that fire partially damaged its facility in Ashburn, Georgia, during the early morning hours of June 3, 2020.

Verso Corporation announced that Terrence M. Dyer has been appointed Verso's Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Communications, effective June 1, 2020.

Green Bay police are saying little about an industrial accident that killed a 52-year-old man at Green Bay Packaging on June 12.

Georgia-Pacific's Cedar Springs operations will temporarily idle one of its three paper machines for two separate week-long periods in late May and late June due to lack of demand, according to Public Affairs Manager Peggy Jaye.

The new starting date for the PM2 paper machine at the Hamburger Container Board location in Spremberg, Germany, was set for the first week of September 2020. The decision was made following impacts from corona crisis as well as a recent fire on the building site.

Vancouver, B.C.-based Interfor Corporation will lay off 130 of its 150 Gilchrist mill workers, starting late next month, the company confirmed.

LP Building Solutions (LP) announced that its Board of Directors has elected W. Bradley Southern as chairman, effective immediately.

Plumbing parts distributor Ferguson Plc said on Tuesday Mike Powell has stepped down as its finance chief after three years in the role to take up the position of chief financial officer in packing firm Mondi Plc .