Operations News

Nearly 200 emergency responders battled what officials described as a deep-seated blaze three-alarm fire at a paper recycling facility on Victory Boulevard for more than 12 hours Thursday, officials said.

DS Smith looks set to close one of its South West sites with the loss of all 167 jobs.

There were no injuries.

The incident was brought under control in about four hours after crews arrived "largely due to the density and composition of the materials involved," officials said.

The FDNY responded Thursday morning to a fire at the Pratt Industries paper recycling facility in Travis.

It took 175 firefighters to extinguish Ontario's 1.2-million-square-foot Kimberly-Clark paper goods warehouse allegedly set alight by a disgruntled employee who wanted higher pay on April 7.

Hilty is responsible for setting the IIB business unit's strategy, strengthening commercial execution, and driving financial results. He is based in Charlotte, North Carolina, and will report to Novolex Chairman and CEO, Stan Bikulege.

Crews say the fire inside the Smurfit Westrock facility in Claremont started when a worker accidentally dropped a battery-powered flashlight into a compactor and smashed it.

The United Steelworkers (USW) are proud to welcome 147 new members following a strong organizing victory at Weyerhaeuser in Kenora, Ont.

Officials with Green Bay Packaging said the crane collapsed overnight on Wednesday, April 15, during a bout of severe storms.

Building suffered significant smoke and water damage during the operation, says Dieppe fire chief.

Interfor will indefinitely curtail operations at its Nairn Centre facility in Nairn & Hyman Township, about 55 kilometres west of Sudbury, and at its Gogama facility, about 190 kilometres north of Sudbury, in Ontario. In a statement issued April 23, the company cites weak market conditions, U.S. softwood lumber duties and other trade actions, and ongoing cost pressures.

Laura Lundell has been appointed Senior Vice President of Strategy at Metsä Fibre and will join the company's management team on 1 June 2026. Lundell brings several years of experience in strategy and business development roles within the pulp industry to the position.

Located in Birmingham, SSK manufactures and supplies approximately 200,000 tonnes of fluting and liner to the UK and Irish corrugated market.

Officials said the truck driver was taken to the hospital and a firefighter broke a finger. City officials also said one worker was taken to the hospital, but that person's condition was not known.

More than 100 firefighters were on scene battling the flames that cast an orange glow in the area.

A mill operator at the Domtar site in Port Alberni has been transported to hospital in serious condition following an on-site injury Thursday morning, April 9.

No injuries were reported in the explosion, which is still under investigation. A cause has not yet been determined.

An active fire investigation is still underway at the time of this release to determine the cause of the fire. Early estimates of total loss are near $1 million.

An early evening fire at Packaging Corporation of America in the Horn Rapids area led to the evacuation of the building on April 8.

One firefighter was taken to a hospital for a minor head injury and some property was damaged during a blaze at a Solvay industrial facility Tuesday night, April 7.

Henrik Ehrnrooth was re-elected as the Chair, and Martin á Porta was elected as the Deputy Chair of the Board of Directors of UPM-Kymmene Corporation at the Board of Directors' constitutive meeting that took place today following the Annual General Meeting.

Incident command confirmed two separate fires at the location.

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Chamel Abdulkarim, 29, of Highland has been arrested on two felony arson charges for torching a warehouse operated by consumer goods company Kimberly-Clark in Ontario, according to sources with knowledge of the investigation.