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The curtailments will begin on December 15th and is expected to reduce production by 13 million board feet.

Domtar Wood Products announced a curtailment in its lumber production. Due to challenging market conditions and ongoing economic uncertainty, Domtar will temporarily reduce its lumber production by 100 million board feet for the fourth quarter of 2025, including additional curtailments for the holiday season, at its facilities in Quebec, Ontario, and the United States.

The closure will affect 30 employees.

James Lomax assumes the role of Managing Director for the UK and Ireland Packaging Division at DS Smith. He succeeds Paul Clarke and moves from his current position as Director of Supply Chain and Operations for the company's EMEA Packaging Division.

A fire has been reported at Georgia-Pacific in Hosford early Wednesday, Dec 3.

Cascades inc. announced that Emmanuelle Migneault, currently Vice-President, Excellence, has been appointed Chief Human Resources Officer. She will assume her new duties as of January 5, 2026. She will succeed Maryse Fernet, who will be leaving on her well-deserved retirement in February 2026, after more than 38 years with Cascades--including 18 as the helm of Human Resources.

After hours of fighting the flames, crews were successful in putting out the fire, and no injuries were reported.

3 apparatus, 1 command vehicle and 25 firefighters responded and were there approximately 6 hours with an additional hour of cleanup afterwards.

Ilham Smaali has been with Essity since 2023, most recently in the position as Vice President Global Planning & Logistics.

Metsä Fibre may temporarily lay off all personnel at its Lappeenranta, Rauma, Renko and Vilppula sawmills in Finland for up to 90 days between January and June 2026.

Metsä Group will restart its Joutseno pulp mill on 8 December 2025, ending a production shutdown that began in June. Concurrently, the company will initiate an approximately one-month production curtailment at its Rauma pulp mill, starting 15 December 2025, with a gradual restart scheduled from 7 January 2026. The adjustments are a response to current market demand for long-fibre softwood pulp.

The fire was extinguished roughly 15 minutes after the fire department arrived. Firefighters confirmed there were no injuries, and the fire did not extend into the interior of the building.

Tolko Industries Ltd. in Williams Lake has issued temporary layoffs to 35 employees while repairs take place at the Lakeview mill facility.

The change will impact 79 employees.

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. announced that it will indefinitely curtail its oriented strand board (OSB) mill in High Level, Alberta in the spring of 2026 following an orderly wind-down and consumption of the mill's existing log supply.

Aerial trucks were used to fight the fire, including on the rooftop area, that police say started in a paper machine when particles overheated and ignited. Crews worked against high winds for several hours to put it out.

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A recent long-term test conducted by GeBE Elektronik und Feinwerktechnik GmbH, a leading provider of thermal printing systems, using UPM Raflatac OptiCut™ RL54 linerless label material has reached an impressive milestone: two million cuts without the need for blade cleaning.

The change negotiations cover the entire staff of Lappeenranta, Rauma, Renko and Vilppula sawmills, approximately 350 people.

Vice President Darren Pelley says significant rainfall is needed to get back to normal operations at the mill. He says this is financially quite challenging being shut down but Kruger's $700 million transformation plan for the mill, which was announced in July, has now become more urgent.

Smurfit Westrock plans to close a Georgia facility and permanently lay off 55 employees, according to a worker adjustment and retraining notification filed with the state on Nov. 10.

Stora Enso's mill in Bad St. Leonhard, Austria, has produced over 1 million m3 of cross-laminated timber (CLT), becoming the first site within the company to reach this volume. The mill, which began CLT production in 2008, has supplied material for approximately 15,000 projects worldwide.

Citing a drooping softwood lumber demand, compounded by higher duties and additional tariffs that have reached 45 per cent for U.S. markets, West Fraser Timber announced Thursday its plans to permanently shutter both its Augusta, Ga., and 100 Mile House lumber mills by the end of 2025.

Chris Stoicheff with the mill said there are no reports of injuries. It is unknown how the fire started.

A fire broke out Monday, Oct. 20, inside a wood pellet storage dome operated by Enviva at the Port of Pascagoula, triggering emergency efforts to control the incident and protect surrounding infrastructure.