Operations News

"The mill does not make products that are in high demand these days," said Jim Thompson, a Georgia-based paper industry consultant who grew up in Highland County, which is directly west of Chillicothe. "That's the basic problem." Thompson also said the site will be difficult to redevelop.

The Simpsonville location specializes in corrugated packaging solutions and warehousing services.

International Paper Company says it's restructuring and shutting down its Hazle Township box plant, among three other locations across the country.

Senator Moreno announced this morning that the closure initially set for June 13th, 2025 has been delayed until the end of the 2025 calendar year. Congressman Taylor applauded Senator Moreno's advocacy and the resulting delay in the mill's closure.

Columbia Falls firefighters responded to a fire in the hot oil room of the Weyerhaeuser MDF plant early Thursday morning, April 17.

Two Rhinelander paper mill employees suffered minor injuries Wednesday evening, April 30, after a paper machine experienced an equipment failure, the mill's parent company, Ahlstrom, has confirmed.

The negotiations will affect approximately 100 senior salaried and directors working in UPM Plywood business organization, business functions and global functions in Finland.

Second proposal by the conciliator was accepted by UPM Plywood but rejected by the union.

This move is set to impact around 130 employees and is a strategic step in the company's broader plan to consolidate its recycled paperboard production.

There was a massive fire department presence at the facility.

Pregis told its 40 or so employees this past week about the facility's closure.

Seventy-two people working at Smurfit Westrock's North Portland cardboard box plant will lose their jobs when the company begins shutting down the facility in June.

A West Fraser sawmill in Williams Lake will be reducing operations to a four-day work week due to log supply issues.

Officials say no injuries were reported.

An employee at an Appleton-based paper company died on Wednesday, March 12 after a workplace accident.

Crew says the fire was fully contained in about 80 minutes. No injuries were reported in the event of the fire.

Shreveport Fire Department (SFD) continued to rotate crews in and out every three hours Sunday (March 16), a day after a three-alarm fire involving 9,500 tons of paper erupted at a Pratt Industries recycling facility at the Port of Caddo-Bossier.

UPM Plywood and the Industrial Union have failed to reach an agreement on a new employer-specific collective agreement. The union rejected the mediator's settlement proposal, and the five-week strike at UPM Plywood mills in Finland continues.

A truck driver was killed after strong winds from Sunday afternoon's storms caused his trailer and cab to overturn.

On Saturday, March 1, fire crews responded to stubborn fire at West Fraser's Riegelwood, North Carolina, sawmill.

Tolko Industries, based in Vernon, B.C., has cut its consultant workforce, resulting in several people losing their jobs.

Firefighters were on the scene for around three and half hours.

Strathcona Paper's parent company, PaperWorks Industries Inc., is headquartered in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. The company responded that the incident at the mill was a minor fire that was quickly contained, and no one was injured. The mill has resumed normal operations.

Shreveport Fire Department (SFD) continued to rotate crews in and out every three hours Sunday (March 16), a day after a three-alarm fire involving 9,500 tons of paper erupted at a Pratt Industries recycling facility at the Port of Caddo-Bossier.

The crews reportedly stayed there after the fire was put out to ventilate smoke and restore fire protection systems.