Jun. 21, 2017 - Local and state officials joined Georgia-Pacific Brewton mill employees and their families to celebrate the completion of a $388-million energy improvement project after two years of construction.

Jun. 20, 2017 - Kruger Products provided an update on the new No. 8 Paper Machine (PM8) Project at its Crabtree Plant in Quebec and invited a few media and partner representatives in Lanaudière to visit the soon-to-be-completed project.

Jun. 20, 2017 - Asia Pulp & Paper Canada (APP Canada) has expanded its sales network to provide paper and packaging products to printers, publishers and paper converters in Eastern Canada.

Jun. 13, 2017 - Paper and wood fibre producer Domtar pleaded guilty and was fined $50,000 in court after a worker suffered a permanent injury caused by a machine.

Jun. 12, 2017 - As evidenced by a recent Canopy webinar – co-hosted by the governments of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba – agricultural residue pulps and papers are clearly ready for prime time. The message from the market: Launch commercial-scale production in North America and watch the sales take off.

Jun. 5, 2017 - Kruger Publication Papers has announced Paul DeRose as its new vice president of sales, bringing with him more than 35 years of experience in the industry, including 15 years at Kruger.

Jun. 4, 2017 - The supervisory board of Voith GmbH has appointed Andreas Endters as chairman of the board of the Group Division Voith Paper, effective October 1, succeeding Bertram Staudenmaier who will be leaving the company at the end of this year upon his own request.

May 31, 2017 - International technology Group Andritz has signed a contract for acquisition of Paperchine Inc., owned by AstenJohnson Holdings Ltd., headquartered in Charleston, S.C.

May 23, 2017 - Mohawk, a North American manufacturer of fine papers, envelopes and specialty substrates for commercial and digital printing, has introduced its new fine paper line made with pure cotton fiber — Strathmore Impress.

May 23, 2017 - Canopy of Vancouver, B.C., has launched its updated Ecopaper Database, described by the non-profit organization as the Holy Grail of directories for North America’s Best Environmental Papers. The 2017 iteration of this online resource features more than 450 printing and writing grade papers, office stationery products and packaging with high recycled, agricultural residue/alternative or Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) fiber content.

May 22, 2017 - Andritz says it has received an order from Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Ltd. to supply a total of five circulating fluidized bed boilers (Powerfluid) for utilization of in-house residual materials.

May 16, 2017 - Verso Corporation, a producer of flexible packaging, technical, and label and converting papers, has introduced its GlazeBag NK and GlazeWrap NK products, joining its NK Series of machine-glazed natural kraft papers manufactured using unbleached virgin fiber.

May 16, 2017 - Catalyst Paper has relaunched Rumford Offset, describing it as a “new and improved” uncoated freesheet paper produced at its Rumford mill in Maine.

May 5, 2017 - Catalyst Paper has announced two senior executive appointments that involve Ned Dwyer and Om Bhatia.

Apr. 25, 2017 - Supremex, a North American manufacturer and marketer of a range of stock and custom envelopes and provider of packaging and specialty products, has named Bertrand Jolicoeur chief financial officer and corporate secretary.

Apr. 19, 2017 - Cascades and Tricentris say they are thrilled to have signed a three-year partnership agreement, where Tricentris will supply all of the cardboard recovered at its three sorting facilities — Lachute, Terrebonne and Gatineau — to Cascades.

Mar. 23, 2017 - Catalyst has launched Bistro, describing it as a diverse line of uncoated food service papers.

Mar. 21, 2017 - Cascades is launching a new consumer line of tissue paper, consisting of three varieties of toilet paper and two varieties of paper towels.

Mar. 15, 2017 - Bloomberg News is reporting that as the world population ages, sales will consequently increase for absorbent hygiene products, providing “welcome relief” for papermakers who have been impacted by the digital era.

Mar. 10, 2017 - Resolute Forest Products Inc. announced the immediate and indefinite idling of its paper mill located in Thorold, Ont. The facility, which employed over 100 workers, has an annual production capacity of approximately 197,000 metric tonnes of newsprint on one machine using 100 per cent recycled furnish.