KaiCell Fibers announces that the Regional State Administrative Agency for Northern Finland (AVI) has approved an environmental and water usage permit application for the company's proposed pulp and bioproducts mill to be built in Paltamo in northeastern Finland.
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Unifor is urging the Nova Scotia government to work with Northern Pulp to secure Debtor-In-Possession (DIP) financing amid the company's restructuring.
Paper Excellence Canada announced that 1057863 B.C. Ltd, Northern Pulp Nova Scotia, Northern Timber Nova Scotia and other related non-operating affiliates (collectively, “Northern Pulp”) have obtained an initial order under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (“CCAA”). The initial order stays proceedings against N...
Thermory is a manufacturer of thermally modified woods, sauna materials, and coated decking and cladding products. The company was founded in 1997 and today is the largest thermally modified wood producer in the world with annual revenue in excess of €100 million and manufacturing facilities in three countries.
The fire has been extinguished and there were no injuries. An early assessment of the cost of damage is in the $1 million range.
The conversion of Stora Enso's Oulu paper mill into a containerboard mill has received an environmental permit from the Regional State Administrative Agency of Northern Finland. Out of a total of Euro 350 million invested in the conversion of the mill, approximately Euro 40 million will be used for environmental improv...
Government of Alberta awards First Nations business Kee Tas Kee Now Sawmill Ltd. (KSL) 65,000 m3 of deciduous timber for the first three years. The award of a deciduous timber allocation to KSL is expected to create up to 20 permanent jobs, including professionals, heavy equipment operators, log truck drivers and labou...
FPInnovations announced that a new federal mandate is expected to come into effect next year making electronic logging devices (ELDs) mandatory for federally-regulated motor carriers and their drivers. With few exceptions, anyone who currently uses paper logs to keep track of their hours behind the wheel will need to u...
The pre-engineering phase of the Kemi bioproduct mill continues, and Metsä Group expects to be ready to make a decision on this approximately Euro 1.5 billion mill in the autumn of 2020.
With the re-opening of the East Greenville facility, company's primary North America manufacturing facilities will all be operational.
The Swedish Forest Agency’s decisions on protection of forests fell sharply in 2019, in comparison with the previous year. The area in new nature conservation agreements decreased by 74% to the lowest level in 20 years. Habitat protection areas and nature conservation agreements are the instruments for protecting fores...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security identified the wood products industry as an “essential critical infrastructure workforce” in the nation’s response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Roseburg’s Weed, California, veneer facility will continue to operate as part of efforts to supply critical building product...