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All rights reserved. http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/rss/ news Tue, 14 May 2013 21:09:00 -0400 Tue, 14 May 2013 21:09:00 -0400 Presenting their first quarter results, Fortress Paper executives expressed confidence that the company’s dissolving pulp mill in Thurso, Que., can reach its operational targets, but there’s less confidence about the company’s... http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/news/fortress-reconsiders-lebel-sur-quevillon-mill-conversion/1002316874/?ref=rss&ctid=1002316874 http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/news/fortress-reconsiders-lebel-sur-quevillon-mill-conversion/1002316874/?ref=rss&ctid=1002316874 Pulp and Paper Canada news Tue, 14 May 2013 20:56:00 -0400 Pulp and Paper Canada : Headline News Metso’s Pulp, Paper and Power business will initiate a global cost competitiveness program to adapt to changes in the marketplace and improve profitability. The program will target an annual cost reduction of approximately EUR 100 million... http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/news/downturn-in-demand-prompts-cost-cutting-at-metso/1002316848/?ref=rss&ctid=1002316848 http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/news/downturn-in-demand-prompts-cost-cutting-at-metso/1002316848/?ref=rss&ctid=1002316848 Pulp and Paper Canada news Tue, 14 May 2013 20:19:00 -0400 Pulp and Paper Canada : Headline News Resolute Forest Products Inc. officially inaugurated on May 14 a major power island producing green energy at its pulp and paper operation in Thunder Bay, Ont. The power island includes a refurbished and upgraded woodwaste boiler and a new... http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/news/resolute-turns-on-green-power-at-thunder-bay/1002316830/?ref=rss&ctid=1002316830 http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/news/resolute-turns-on-green-power-at-thunder-bay/1002316830/?ref=rss&ctid=1002316830 Pulp and Paper Canada news Tue, 14 May 2013 20:08:00 -0400 Pulp and Paper Canada : Headline News To provide a common language and framework for the paper products industry to take steps toward sustainability, GreenBlue has released Guidelines for Sustainable Paper Products. http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/news/canadian-manufacturers-sustainability-document/1002289830/?ref=rss&ctid=1002289830 http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/news/canadian-manufacturers-sustainability-document/1002289830/?ref=rss&ctid=1002289830 Pulp and Paper Canada news Tue, 07 May 2013 18:30:00 -0400 Pulp and Paper Canada : Headline News Globally, the pulp and paper industry is characterized by a high water footprint, and rising water prices have forced manufacturers to adopt water-efficient and high-end equipment to treat wastewater and reduce water consumption. The focus on... http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/news/market-for-wasterwater-treatment/1002289826/?ref=rss&ctid=1002289826 http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/news/market-for-wasterwater-treatment/1002289826/?ref=rss&ctid=1002289826 Pulp and Paper Canada news Tue, 07 May 2013 18:13:00 -0400 Pulp and Paper Canada : Headline News Construction is complete on the $183-million biomass power plant at Point Tupper, N.S., reports the Chronicle Herald newspaper. The facility is expected to start generating electricity next month. http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/news/Nova-Scotia-biomass-co-gen-plant-ready-for-start-up/1002289065/?ref=rss&ctid=1002289065 http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/news/Nova-Scotia-biomass-co-gen-plant-ready-for-start-up/1002289065/?ref=rss&ctid=1002289065 Pulp and Paper Canada news Tue, 07 May 2013 15:07:00 -0400 Pulp and Paper Canada : Headline News Rentech’s bio-based jet fuel facility promised for northern Ontario has not materialized, and the company is now pursuing the wood pellet industry. Rentech recently acquired wood chip processor Fulghum Fibres, based in Georgia, and is in... http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/news/rentech-to-make-wood-pellets-in-ontario/1002287192/?ref=rss&ctid=1002287192 http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/news/rentech-to-make-wood-pellets-in-ontario/1002287192/?ref=rss&ctid=1002287192 Pulp and Paper Canada news Tue, 07 May 2013 11:19:00 -0400 Pulp and Paper Canada : Headline News The Cascades® Antibacterial paper towel has received gold honors - the highest available - in the Edison Awards, in the Consumer Packaged Goods: Cleaning Solutions category. The award, named after Thomas Edison, came by way of an... http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/news/cascades-antibacterial-paper-towel-innovation-award/1002266590/?ref=rss&ctid=1002266590 http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/news/cascades-antibacterial-paper-towel-innovation-award/1002266590/?ref=rss&ctid=1002266590 Pulp and Paper Canada news Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:22:00 -0400 Pulp and Paper Canada : Headline News The BioTalent Canada Career Focus Program helps knock down that cost barrier of hiring a new team member by subsidizing the salaries of new grads. Employers can bring on an eager, educated young worker for a special project – and at the... http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/news/biotechnology-wage-subsidies/1002266423/?ref=rss&ctid=1002266423 http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/news/biotechnology-wage-subsidies/1002266423/?ref=rss&ctid=1002266423 Pulp and Paper Canada news Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:32:00 -0400 Pulp and Paper Canada : Headline News ProcessBarron and Jansen will co-host the first Jansen boiler workshop of the year at the in Boston, Mass., May 9–10, 2013. An annual event for representatives from the pulp and paper, independent power, utility, and energy-from-waste... http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/news/boiler-workshop-new-techniques-for-air-and-fuel-handling/1002266242/?ref=rss&ctid=1002266242 http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/news/boiler-workshop-new-techniques-for-air-and-fuel-handling/1002266242/?ref=rss&ctid=1002266242 Pulp and Paper Canada news Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:20:00 -0400 Pulp and Paper Canada : Headline News Purate, the water treatment business of AkzoNobel Pulp and Performance Chemicals (formerly Eka Chemicals) will be sold to US-based Ecolab Inc. Ecolab will begin operating the business once the transaction is complete, likely in early June,... http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/news/akzonobel-divests-chlorine-dioxide-technology/1002264233/?ref=rss&ctid=1002264233 http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/news/akzonobel-divests-chlorine-dioxide-technology/1002264233/?ref=rss&ctid=1002264233 Pulp and Paper Canada news Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:45:00 -0400 Pulp and Paper Canada : Headline News Canada's forest and paper products companies reported generally weaker net earnings for the fourth quarter of 2012, compared to the third quarter of 2012, according to PwC's Global Forest and Paper Industry Net Earnings Summary. Log, lumber and... http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/news/weaker-earnings-for-q4-2012-forest-products/1002264232/?ref=rss&ctid=1002264232 http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/news/weaker-earnings-for-q4-2012-forest-products/1002264232/?ref=rss&ctid=1002264232 Pulp and Paper Canada news Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:35:00 -0400 Pulp and Paper Canada : Headline News Newfoundland officials have confirmed that all or almost all of a $90 million business fund set aside in the provincial budget is destined to be a loan to Kruger’s Corner Brook mill. The terms of the potential loan have not been revealed. http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/news/newfoundland-prepared-to-loan-kruger-90-million/1002249186/?ref=rss&ctid=1002249186 http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/news/newfoundland-prepared-to-loan-kruger-90-million/1002249186/?ref=rss&ctid=1002249186 Pulp and Paper Canada news Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:57:00 -0400 Pulp and Paper Canada : Headline News A second environmental group has quit the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA), an agreement endorsed by forest industry and environmental groups to protect Canada’s Boreal forest. Saying “not one hectare of Canada’s Boreal... http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/news/environmental-group-displeased-with-progress-on-boreal-forest/1002248431/?ref=rss&ctid=1002248431 http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/news/environmental-group-displeased-with-progress-on-boreal-forest/1002248431/?ref=rss&ctid=1002248431 Pulp and Paper Canada news Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:38:00 -0400 Pulp and Paper Canada : Headline News The Forest Products Association of Canada’s (FPAC) social media campaign to recruit deserving students to work this summer at leading forest products companies has wrapped up with seven candidates offered summer paid summer interships. http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/news/promising-students-win-forest-industry-jobs/1002247178/?ref=rss&ctid=1002247178 http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/news/promising-students-win-forest-industry-jobs/1002247178/?ref=rss&ctid=1002247178 Pulp and Paper Canada news Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:49:00 -0400 Pulp and Paper Canada : Headline News Catalyst Paper has announced that president and CEO Kevin J. Clarke will step down from his position later this spring. Clarke has advised Catalyst's Board of Directors that, with the company's recent financial restructuring successfully... http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/news/catalyst-paper-seeking-new-ceo/1002239880/?ref=rss&ctid=1002239880 http://www.pulpandpapercanada.com/news/catalyst-paper-seeking-new-ceo/1002239880/?ref=rss&ctid=1002239880 Pulp and Paper Canada news Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:35:00 -0400 Pulp and Paper Canada : Headline News