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Smurfit Westrock has announced the permanent closure of one paper machine at its La Tuque mill in Quebec. The company cited scale and cost challenges affecting the machine’s competitiveness, according to the supplied report. The machine has an annual production capacity of 127,000 tons of solid bleached sulfate (SBS). That figure describes the machine’s stated existing capacity, not a capacity addition.…
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Progroup is maintaining its plan to build a new containerboard machine at the former Sappi site in Stockstadt, Germany. The company says commissioning could be delayed because of the challenging economic environment.…
Firefighters in Tallahassee, Florida, extinguished a fire involving a large pile of cardboard near Marpan Recycling. The Tallahassee Fire Department received the call shortly before 5 a.m., according to the supplied report. Responding crews found the burning material outside the facility, near a building.…
Central National Gottesman Inc. (CNG) said its Lindenmeyr Munroe division will acquire the business of Omaha Paper Company, a Nebraska-based distributor. The company, which recently rebranded as OPC Direct, distributes paper, packaging materials and equipment, wide-format products and JanSan…
Valmet has received an order to supply a complete board-making line to an unnamed customer in Asia. The reported scope includes stock preparation and a board machine running from the headboxes through to the reel and winders. Valmet says the line is intended to produce coated board.…