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Catalyst Paper moved to close the pricing gap between newsprint markets east and west of the Rockies by setting a $30/tonne increase on its 30-lb (48.8 gm) newsprint, effective with [...]

WestRock's decision to shutter its Newberg mill in Oregon indefinitely next month in a restructuring of its containerboard system after acquiring SP Fiber will radically change the dynamics of the [...]

In a bold attempt to return Catalyst Paper to profitability, CEO Joe Nemeth in a single New Year acquisition made the company North America's largest coated mechanical (CM) papermaker--a grade [...]

HELSINKI, Dec. 31, 2015 (Globe Newswire) - Stora Enso has signed an agreement to divest its entire 80% shareholding in the Arapoti magazine paper mill in Paraná, Brazil, to Papeles [...]

BENGALURU, India, Dec. 23, 2015 (Local News) - A decision on the revival of Mysore Paper Mills (MPM), once a major supplier of newsprint to publishers, is likely to be [...]

ESPOO, Finland, Dec. 22, 2015 (Press Release) - Pratt Industries' Valmet-supplied containerboard production line, PM 16, successfully came on stream on October 04, 2015 at their greenfield paper mill in [...]

IROQUOIS FALLS, ON , Dec. 16, 2015 (Timmins Daily Press) - It's been almost a year since the town of Iroquois Falls lost its largest employer but residents are finding [...]

HEIDENHEIM, GERMANY, Dec. 16, 2015 (Press Release) - Voith has received an order from Segezha Pulp and Paper Mill (Segezha PPM) to supply a complete process line for sack paper. [...]

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 15, 2015 (Press Release) - The clean-up after the fire of 20 November at Hallsta Paper Mill has been completed, and that has enabled a better assessment of [...]

SILCHAR, India, Dec. 11, 2015 (Local News) - In spite of a long demand to moderne the ailing Cachar Paper Mill at Panchgram in Hailakandi district, the Centre on Monday [...]

MEMPHIS, TN, Dec. 10, 2015 (PRNewswire) - Verso Corporation, a leading supplier of printing papers, specialty papers and pulp, today announced that its mill in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, has earned [...]

THESSALONIKI, Greece, Dec. 8, 2015 (Press Release) - Mel Macedonia Papermill contacted ALGAS to get the most out of the existing micro filters, due to changes in the process and [...]

MUMBAI, Dec. 8, 2015 (Business Standard) - The Rs 50,000-crore domestic paper industry is struggling to maintain profit margins due to sharp increase in cheap imports from ASEAN countries in [...]

CHARLOTTE, NC, Dec. 8, 2015 (Charlotte Business Journal) - John Williams wants to diversify Domtar Corp. from the declining business of making paper, but not too far. Williams, who is [...]

SILCHAR, India , Dec. 8, 2015 (Local News) - An Intuc-affiliated trade union has urged the Centre to take steps to revive the Cachar Paper Mill, a unit of state-owned [...]

NEW DELHI, Dec. 8, 2015 (Local News) - A Parliamentary panel has asked the government to expedite setting up of a 3,650-crore paper mill at Ratnagiri in Maharashtra, which was [...]

BENNINGTON, NH, Dec. 7, 2015 (Press Release) - Company Entering 10th year of ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Certification Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc., manufacturer of technical specialty and premium printing [...]

RICHMOND, VA, Dec. 3, 2015 (Richmond Times-Dispatch) - Tranlin's $2 billion paper manufacturing plant in Chesterfield County, scheduled to be fully operational in 2020, will start partial production as early [...]

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 2, 2015 (Press Release) - Today Holmen Paper restarted production on PM 12 at Hallsta Paper Mill. The machine has not been in operation since the fire in [...]

BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, Dec. 1, 2015 (PPI Magazine) - Water: We have a very one sided viewpoint of this resource in the pulp and paper industry. Without water we have no [...]

BALASORE, India, Nov. 30, 2015 (Economic Times) - Emami Paper MillsBSE 19.91 % Ltd is foraying into the packaging board business with a new Rs 1,000 crore multi-layered coated paperboard [...]

BRUSSELS, Nov. 27, 2015 (RISI) - Norske Skog has teamed up with the technology company Biométhodes, which develops second generation biorefining of non-food biomass, in order to build a biorefinery [...]

COLOGNE, GERMANY, Nov. 26, 2015 (RISI) - The new owners of Kerala's Punalur Paper Mills in India have brought the company's production facility back online more than 25 years after [...]

BRUSSELS, Nov. 26, 2015 (RISI) - Burgo stopped production on the two machines at its Duino lightweight coated (LWC) paper mill in northeastern Italy on November 23, but plans to [...]

BRUSSELS, Nov. 26, 2015 (RISI) - UPM is spending £5.65 million ($8.52 million) on a new condensing turbine power plant at its Shotton mill near Liverpool in the UK. Construction [...]

BRUSSELS, Nov. 24, 2015 (RISI) - The majority of shareholders including the government of Karelia have voted in favor of selling the Kondopoga mill, which has been in financial trouble [...]

BHADRAVATI, India, Nov. 23, 2015 (Local News) - The Mysore Paper Mills in Bhadravati issued notices to more than 1,000 staffers including 602 regular employees, 55 officers and 415 contract [...]

NEWBERG, OR, Nov. 23, 2015 (Local News) - A warm cup of coffee from caring community members meant a lot to Steve Phillips as he said goodbye to his job [...]

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 22, 2015 (Press Release) - A fire broke out on Friday evening at Hallsta Paper Mill in Hallstavik, outside Norrtälje, Sweden. No-one was injured, but production has been [...]

PORTLAND, ME, Nov. 20, 2015 (Bangor Daily News) - A group of asset liquidators on Friday won approval to buy the equipment of Lincoln Paper and Tissue for $5.95 million, [...]

BRUSSELS, Nov. 18, 2015 (RISI) - UPM will add a third A4 sheeting line at its Kymi mill in Kouvola in southern Finland. The new line will broaden the mill's [...]

BENNINGTON, NH, Nov. 16, 2015 (Press Release) - Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc. (MPM), a family-owned manufacturer that delivers high-performance specialty papers for the technical, packaging and printing markets, today announced [...]

BOSTON, MA, Nov. 16, 2015 (PRNewswire) - Sappi North America has announced several management changes throughout the organization and at its Somerset Pulp and Paper Mill in Skowhegan, ME. In [...]

HELSINKI, Nov. 16, 2015 (Press Release) - The European Eco-Management and Audit Scheme EMAS celebrated its 20th anniversary on 13th November by organising a high level conference at the European [...]

BRUSSELS, Nov. 11, 2015 (RISI) - A fire hit UPM's Ettringen mill in southern Germany yesterday. It was put out quickly and paper production was not affected, according to general [...]

LONDON, Nov. 6, 2015 (Press Release) - DS Smith has won the CIWM Achieving Zero Waste award for its Reject Processing Centre (RPC) at the Kemsley Paper Mill. A Reject [...]

HAYDEN, ID, Nov. 2, 2015 (Press Release) - PES has been awarded a contract to engineer, supply, and provide technical support for the installation, commissioning and startup of a second [...]

BRUSSELS, Oct. 29, 2015 (RISI) - Burgo's shuttered Avezzano paper mill, located in central Italy, may have a future in packaging. The company will look into a potential conversion of [...]

STOCKHOLM, Oct. 29, 2015 (Press Release) - SCA intends to close down a newsprint machine at Ortviken paper mill in Sundsvall, Sweden, and recognize an impairment loss for the mill. [...]

WASHINGTON, DC, Oct. 22, 2015 (Press Release) - U.S. Senator Susan Collins testified at a U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) hearing in Washington this morning on how unfair subsides are [...]

COLCHESTER, VT, Oct. 15, 2015 (Business Wire) - NG Advantage LLC, a majority-owned subsidiary of Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (CLNE), today announced that it has signed an eighteen month contract [...]

WESTERNPORT, MD, Oct. 15, 2015 (Local News) - The town of Westernport is initiating a multi-year project that will eventually see town water extended to the Luke mill, and the [...]