Operations News

It was the first time workers at the plant had struck since 1978.

Rottneros AB announces that Pia Ohlson has decided to leave her position as CFO as of 5 September 2022. As CFO, Pia Ohlson has been a member of group management in Rottneros.

Mill Rock Packaging Partners, a specialty packaging platform that invests in growth-oriented companies with advanced service and product capabilities in the consumer packaging industry, announced that Steve Rice has been named Chief Information Officer, a new position for the company. Mill Rock Packaging is a portfolio company of New York-based Mill Rock Capital, a growth and operations-oriented private investment firm.

Association of Western Pulp & Paper Workers (AWPPW) workers went on strike at 12:30 a.m. Sunday on July 17th, 2022, over unfair labor practices (ULPs) at Graphics Packaging International in Portland, Oregon. AWPPW Local 78 members have overwhelmingly authorized a strike in response to the company's pattern of allegedly violating federal labor laws.

According to the Amherst Chamber of Commerce website, the address is for Greif Packaging Services, LLC - Riverville Mill.

The Thomasville Fire Department received a fire call to the Louisiana-Pacific mill in the North Clarke Industrial Park shortly before 4 o'clock Sunday morning, July 24. Also responding were Fulton and Grove Hill departments.

Rengo Co., Ltd. has established a new plant to increase production of "Viscopearl," a spherical cellulose microbead manufactured from wood pulp, and will commence full-scale operation in July.

Congratulations to the team at Roseburg's El Dorado MDF plant in Arkansas, which recently achieved a full year injury-free.

WestRock Company announced that Dmitri L. Stockton, retired chairman, president and chief executive officer of GE Asset Management, has been elected to the Company's board of directors.

Starting September 26, Emmanuelle Picard is appointed EVP of the Building Materials division at Ahlstrom-Munksjö and a member of the Executive Management Team.

Conifex Timber Inc. announced a delay in the resumption of operations at its power plant in Mackenzie, British Columbia, Canada, following the previously disclosed dispatch period. In the course of annual maintenance of the power plant, damage to the plant's turbine has been discovered. The boiler, generator and other long lead-time equipment have not been impacted.

Fire crews were called to the Twin Rivers Mohawk Valley Paper Mill in Little Falls early Thursday morning July 14 after a fire broke out around 1:20 a.m.

West Midlands Fire Service (WMFS) has revealed that the huge blaze which was declared a major incident in Birmingham on June 12 was started by coals from a disposable barbecue, as they warn people to use them responsibly amid the upcoming heatwave.

Sanna Väisänen has been appointed as Koskisen's Director of Sustainability and Communications and a member of the Executive Board effective 1 September 2022.

After more than 24 hours, the July 9 warehouse fire in Combined Locks has finally been put out.

IFS, the global cloud enterprise software company, announced that Sweden-based speciality paper manufacturer, Nordic Paper, has decided to upgrade its existing on-premise enterprise asset management (EAM) software to the latest IFS Cloud™ solution to drive efficiencies across its global operations. The upgrade will be implemented by IFS channel partner, Novacura, which is also based in Sweden.

Mercer International, provides the following update to its press release of July 1, 2022 regarding a fire which occurred in the wood chip storage area at our Stendal pulp mill.

An ammonia leak from a tank at McKinley Paper mill was isolated in a containment area and did not drain into water or the environment, said Capt. Kelly Ziegler of the Port Angeles Fire Department.

No injuries were reported and the fire was contained to the site of origin.

There has been a fatal incident at the Kemi bioproduct mill site of Metsä Fibre. The accident took place at the installation site of the recovery boiler in the forenoon, the 25th of June, 2022.

The Zachary Police Department was called to a fire at the Georgia-Pacific Corporation around 3 a.m. on Tuesday, June 28.

The cause of a fire Tuesday afternoon, June 21, at the Newport Containerboard Mill in Vermillion County is under investigation. That facility is operated by International Paper.

The fire had no known causalities but did send a firefighter to the hospital.

Over 30 firefighters from several localities put out a fire at the WestRock paper mill early Tuesday morning.

A smoky fire broke out at the paper mill in Madawaska causing workers to evacuate Friday evening, June 24.