Operations News

An industrial fire has caused significant damage to a building on the site where San Group is building a remanufacturing plant in Port Alberni.

A total of five employees at Georgia Pacific in Madison have tested positive for COVID-19, the highly contagious and potentially lethal coronavirus ravaging the globe. The company would not confirm whether or not those who tested positive live in Morgan County or travel from outside counties to work.

As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the Shenandoah Valley, with 426 confirmed cases in Harrisonburg by April 30, LSC Communications has confirmed more cases of the virus in their workplace.

Responding to what union officials consider the company's minimalist approach to COVID safety precautions, two locals with the Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers have requested to bargain for extra measures with Nippon Dynawave Packaging in Longview.

No one was injured after a fire broke out early Friday, April 17, at Domtar paper mill in Rothschild.

Current global conditions and recent events impacting Paper Excellence require us to extend the curtailment of paper operations at Powell River and Crofton.

Workers at Sappi's Cloquet paper mill will return to work Thursday following a one-week layoff as the mill prepares for a three-week outage.

Short-time working was also introduced at the sawmills in Mönsterås and Hamina in Finland at the same time.

Stora Enso has appointed Lars Völkel as EVP, Head of Wood Products division and a member of the Group Leadership Team. He will start on July 1, 2020 and be based in Stockholm, Sweden.

The UPM Blandin paper mill is the latest long-standing business in northeastern Minnesota to close due to the economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic.

The WestRock paper mill has started screening its Longview mill workers at least four days of the week to "further minimize" potential coronavirus exposures.

A case of COVID-19 has been confirmed at a Weyerhaeuser lumber mill in Eastern Carolina.

The exponential spread of the COVID-19 virus around the world has caused an exceptional situation, creating strong demand for healthcare goods in general, and specifically for protective medical products that are made from the company's fabrics. It is also expanding manufacturing of fabrics production lines normally used for producing other fiber-based materials and providing support with its in-dept knowledge of fiber-based solutions.

After two employees were diagnosed with COVID-19 at its Terre Haute facility, Amcor said the situation was quickly contained.

Clearwater Paper Corporation announced the appointment of Michael (Mike) J. Murphy as senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective April 13, 2020, to oversee the company's finance and strategy functions. Mr. Murphy succeeds Robert (Bob) G. Hrivnak who will be leaving the company.

Clearwater Paper confirmed the first positive case of COVID-19 among the workforce at its Lewiston mill.

Firefighters rushed to put out a fire at International Paper in Garden City on April 10.

The company confirmed a small fire at the Beech Island facility was quickly contained.

Firefighters from Oxford and at least two other fire departments put out a blaze Saturday afternoon, April 11, at the National Gypsum Company facility near Bynum.

Four employees at a paper mill in Evadale have tested positive for COVID-19 according to a spokesperson.

The Graphic Packaging Management Team in Kenton was notified this past Saturday April 11, that a production employee tested positive for COVID-19.

The Graphic Packaging International mill in West Monroe was damaged in one of two Easter tornadoes that ripped through Ouachita Parish.

As the global outbreak of COVID-19 continues, we wanted to address how Hamburger Containerboard Gelsenkirchen is ensuring that the safety and health of our employees and their families.

The International Paper Corrugated Box Plant in Houston has confirmed its second case of COVID-19.

The company cites an unexpected drop in demand from customers due to the coronavirus pandemic.