Operations News

Emergency crews were called to the scene of a chemical fire at a paper mill in Lynn Tuesday, August 13.

A fire is out at the Middletown Essity mill after crews responded and worked on the roof.

Crews were called to the Cascades containerboard packaging facility at 4:35 a.m. Tuesday morning (Aug. 13) where they remain on scene putting out a fire in the dryer area.

Warren County EMA and fire crews responded to the scene of a fire at the Georgia Pacific facility in Warrenton late Thursday night, Aug. 1.

Georgia-Pacific's plan to expand its operating footprint in Green Bay has been put on hold.

PaperWorks held a special ribbon-cutting event to mark the official start of its latest capital equipment investments: a Koenig & Bauer Rapida 145 57-inch seven-color press along with two new Koenig & Bauer-Iberica 144K die cutters at the Baldwinsville, NY facility. T

After an economic analysis, Pixelle Speciality Solutions has decided to close the Glatfelter Family and Medical Center.

Continued unfavorable conditions in the North American plywood market prompted the indefinite layoff of approximately 90 employees at the Roseburg Forest Products softwood plywood plant in Dillard, Oregon, on August 2, 2019.

Officials have given the all clear regarding the bomb threat Monday at the Georgia Pacific facility west of Quanah and Loop 285 has been reopened.

At a meeting earlier this month there was speculation on the fate Canfor's Vavenby mill site, and though a representative of the company said it will not operate as a sawmill again, there were suggestions made on how the site could be repurposed.

Michael Orye, Executive Vice President, Fiber Packaging and a member of Huhtamaki Global Executive Team has decided to leave Huhtamaki to pursue other career opportunities.

Conifex Timber Inc. has taken the decision to temporarily curtail its Mackenzie, British Columbia, Canada, sawmill operations for two weeks commencing July 29, 2019, due to continued high log costs and lumber market conditions.

Crews with the Putnam County Fire and Rescue Department (PCFR) are working to determine what caused an incident at a paper manufacturing mill in Putnam County on Wednesday, July 17.

The Brooks County Fire Department says the Rayonier Chip Mill suffered major damage in a Sunday morning fire.

Kamloops Fire and Rescue crews assisted crews from Domtar to fight a smoldering fire just west of the Mission Flats landfill Thursday (July 1).

Some workers at Georgia-Pacific's Palatka mill took refuge Wednesday after a toxic gas leak at the facility.

A worker was killed and seven were injured in a gas pipeline explosion at Partex Paper Mill at Rupganj in Narayanganj.

SCA has appointed Katarina Nilsson new Senior Vice President Legal Affairs and General Counsel.

A packaging company has revealed more information about a fire which destroyed 30 tonnes of paper.

Stora Enso is investing Euro 10 million to build a pilot facility for producing bio-based carbon materials based on lignin.

On Tuesday, Tolko informed its Kelowna employees that it would be taking downtime between August 6 and September 15.

Two people were hurt at a LSC Communications facility and sent to the hospital.

Western Forest Products Inc. ("Western") announced a temporary curtailment at its Ladysmith sawmill in Canada in part due to action taken by the United Steelworkers Local 1-1937 ("USW") which has impeded log supply to the mill.

A northwest Louisiana coroner says a 43-year-old man has died of injuries from an industrial explosion late last month.

A worker at Interfor Corp.'s Gilchrist sawmill, in northern Klamath County, died following injuries sustained after a fall while he was on the job, according to Andrew Horahan, vice president of western operations at Interfor.