Operations News

Mikko Antsalo has been appointed Metsä Fibre's Senior Vice President, Sales and Customership, and a member of Metsä Fibre's Management Team as of 1 March 2024.

PotlatchDeltic Corporation announced the appointment of Wayne Wasechek as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Wasechek has served as Interim Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer, since April 19, 2023.

President and CEO Henrik Hjalmarsson has decided to leave Inwido to take on the position of President and CEO in another business.

Sustana, a manufacturer of premium, sustainable recycled fiber and paper products, announces the appointment of Aaron Ling to Director of Sustainability. In this role Aaron will be responsible for driving the implementation of Sustana's ESG initiatives and supporting the development of the group's sustainability strategy.

This comes after members of Teamster Local 346 narrowly approved a 3-year labor contract with respect to the mill's 166 hourly employees on August 11. It ended a short notice strike that began July 15 over wages.

Western Pulp will cease production operations at its Jacksonville facility at the end of the month, while continuing its shipping operations to help customers manage the transition to new suppliers, according to the company's announcement Tuesday, Aug. 15.

An internal company memorandum provided Tuesday morning confirms the plant closure but gives no date.

Cascades inc., a leader in the recovery and manufacturing of green packaging and hygiene products, announces that the second paper machine at its St. Helens, Oregon Tissue plant will be closed, resulting in the complete shutdown of the facility. The end of operations will be effective at the beginning of October.

One employee was transported to the hospital to be treated for heat-related injuries.

LP Building Solutions (LP), a leading manufacturer of high-performance building products, announced that Gabriel Farias has been named Vice President of OSB Manufacturing and Landon Stephens as Director of OSB Sales and Marketing Planning.

No injuries were reported. The fire was extinguished shortly after firefighters arrival.

After this accident, people created ruckus by keeping the dead body of the deceased laborer on the road and demanded permanent job and compensation to the affected family.

The company announced in mid-July that it would be shutting down the facility and all other upstate facilities, leaving about 350 employees without work in South Glens Falls. Facilities affected include a warehouse and distribution center in Saratoga Springs and a converting facility in Greenwich.

The curtailment at the Crofton site will be extended to the end of August. This includes pulp, paper and shipping operations. Global pulp and paper prices have continued to decline through July, mainly driven by high inventories and weak demand.

The Prince George mill was temporarily curtailed last week, due to the strike by port workers.

Cenveo did not give a reason for why it closed the plant, though the company has been restructuring after it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2018.

Fire crews are on the scene of a large commercial fire that began Tuesday night, July 18, at Nippon Dynawave Packaging in Longview, officials say.

Officials said on Saturday, July 22, only six small areas remain smoldering at the Nippon Dynawave site in Longview.

Johan joins the company from Oatly where he served as the company´s Chief Supply Chain Officer.

It was reported 100 workers are getting a 3 percent raise and a $3,800 bonus in their new three-year contract.

Workers walked out and production at the paper mill ceased due to the Teamsters Local No. 346 strike.

UPM Communication Papers plans to continue the temporary layoffs in Finland. The possible temporary layoffs could take place in several periods and would last a maximum of 90 days.

WestRock Co. will close one of its St. Louis facilities, laying off 54 workers in September, according to a notice filed with the state.

The curtailment is due to limited storage space for pulp products that cannot be transported overseas as a result of the ongoing labour dispute at B.C. ports. The downtime is expected to remain in place for the duration of the labour dispute and will remove approximately 11,000 tonnes of market kraft pulp per week.

Following the announcement of a tentative agreement in the labour dispute at B.C. ports, Canfor Pulp Products Inc. is announcing that Northwood Pulp Mill in Prince George will resume production next week (the week of July 17).