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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.…
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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.…
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.…
Bill 3235/26 would prohibit federal public bodies from purchasing products that contain pulp chemically bleached. The stated aim is to reduce water pollution. The bill is under review in the Chamber of Deputies. Deputy Fernanda Melchionna (PSOL-RS), the author, argues that bleaching is an aesthetic choice. It does not improve paper strength, she says, but releases pollutants that are hard to remove from the environment. She wants the state’s purchasing power used to push more sustainable production. The ban would cover printing paper, graphic materials, packaging such as board, boxes and bags, and hygiene products such as toilet paper, paper towels and napkins. It would also apply to materials used by contractors supplying services to the government. Products would be barred if elemental chlorine, chlorinated compounds such as chlorine dioxide or hypochlorites, or metal-removal agents such as EDTA and DTPA were used at any bleaching stage.…