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Canfor to close two South Carolina sawmills, cut 290 jobs amid weak market

Approximately 290 employees will be affected by the closures, which will also reduce Canfor's U.S. lumber production capacity by 350 million board feet annually.

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Logs from overturned truck collide with train in northern Ontario near Interfor site

A northern Ontario forestry company says a train crossing Highway 560 collided Wednesday morning, June 25, with logs that were spilled by an overturned contractor's trailer.

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Metsä Board shuts down board production at Tako mill in Finland

Metsä Board ended board production at its Tako mill in Tampere, Finland, on June 17 after shutting down board machine BM1. The closure removed 210,000 tonnes of folding boxboard capacity--about 13% of the company's total--and followed change negotiations announced in March as part of efforts to improve profitability and cost competitiveness, according to Metsä Board Corporation.

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Multiple fire departments respond to fire at sawmill in Alapaha, Georgia

Due to the dry weather and wind the fire was very intense.

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Nobody hurt in fire at Domtar facility in Rothschild, Wisconsin

As crews worked to suppress and extinguish the fire, numerous hot spots were found. The fire was under control and the last units cleared the scene just after 3 a.m. on June 20.

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Reactor blasts at Nagpur pulp factory; 1 worker killed, 5 injured

One person died and five others sustained injuries after a reactor burst at a factory in Kamptee, around 17 kilometres from Nagpur city, on Tuesday, June 17.

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Smurfit Westrock employee shot, injured in El Paso, Texas; suspect shot by police

El Paso Police Department officers responded to a call of a man with a gun, and arrived to find that the manager at the facility --identified as 46-year-old Leonardo Martinez of El Paso -- had been shot and wounded, Gomez said.

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Storage facility a 'total loss' after fire at Domtar paper mill in Calhoun, Tennessee

Nobody was injured by a fire that broke out at a paper plant in Calhoun, TN late Monday night, June 16.

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Unite: Proposed closure of Derbyshire DS Smith facility, utterly wrong

Unite, the UK's leading union, has committed to oppose the threatened closure of a packaging factory in Derbyshire, as consultations have begun.

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150 workers affected by upcoming curtailment at Western Forest Products' Chemainus sawmill

Western Forest Products says the curtailment is due to a "shortage of economically viable logs that fit the mill and market conditions."

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30-year-old man drowns in industrial incident at Domtar Crofton Mill

A 30-year-old Domtar Crofton Mill worker died after the heavy equipment he was operating fell into the ocean and he was trapped inside on Wednesday, June 4.

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Fire Reported at Pixelle Chillicothe, Ohio Paper Mill, Multiple Crews Responded

According to early reports, the incident involves a turbine fire inside the facility, prompting an immediate call for mutual aid.

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International Paper Mill fire extinguished in Georgetown, South Carolina

Firefighters responded with an aggressive attack, and the flames were brought under control.

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Morning fire breaks out at Pixelle Specialty Solutions York County paper mill

The extent of damage is unknown, and the cause remains under investigation.

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Multiple fire departments responded to blaze at Georgia Pacific in Olympia

A small crew could be seen on the roof where a hole had been opened up and smoke was pouring out.

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Pratt Industries announces 53 layoffs in southeast Michigan

The layoffs are effective Aug. 10.

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UPM Plywood's change negotiations in Finland concluded

Approximately 100 senior salaried and directors were included in the scope of the negotiations. As a result of the negotiations, a reduction of 9 positions will take place.

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Metsä Fibre plans temporary layoffs at Finnish mills

The duration of temporary layoffs is up to 90 days.

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Rottneros cuts workforce by 26 positions

At the end of March, Rottneros announced a reduction corresponding to 47 positions. The notice applied to both Rottneros Mill and Group functions.

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Truvant to close one of its Wisconsin facilities, 74 employees impacted by layoffs

A packaging and labeling company in southwestern Wisconsin is preparing to shut down one of its facilities, citing shifting business conditions and resulting in layoffs affecting dozens of workers.

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Clearwater Paper Corporation Announces Executive Changes, Effective July 1, 2025

Clearwater Paper Corporation announced that on July 1, 2025, Michael S. Gadd will step down as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and will serve as a Senior Vice President of the Company.

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Metsä Fibre starts negotiations on possible temporary layoffs in Joutseno and Rauma

The negotiations involve the entire personnel of these production facilities, a total of approximately 465 people.

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Metsä Tissue completes change negotiations at Mänttä Mill in Finland

The estimate of the final number of redundancies is 7 employees.

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Over 550 employees jobless after Georgia-Pacific announces closure of Emporia, Virginia facility

Employees at the Emporia Plywood mill in Emporia, Virginia, were told that Georgia-Pacific will permanently close the plant, effective May 2. Approximately 550 jobs will be impacted. Normal operations will cease May 2 - and the site will be permanently closed on July 1.

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Tolko's Armstrong and White Valley operations will shut down for one week

The Vernon-based forest company said in an email they expect the downtime to begin as early as May 12 at the Armstrong plant and May 15 at White Valley.

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