Sappi North America‘s vice-president (VP) of manufacturing, Kirk Ross, is set to become president and CEO on Jan. 1, 2027. He will succeed Mike Haws, who is retiring, after a handover period. The ...

The BC Council of Forest Industries (COFI), which represents most of British Columbia’s pulp, paper, lumber and manufactured wood producers, has announced the recipients of its 2026 forestry ...

Advance Paper Box (APB), a folding carton manufacturer in Winnipeg, has purchased a new Koenig & Bauer Rapida 106 41-in. seven-colour press with coater. This is the largest single capital investment ...

This biennial event for corrugated packaging converters and suppliers and professionals who work in box plants is co-produced by TAPPI and AICC. The conference and expo, to be hosted in Fort Worth, ...

Cascades has promoted two leaders in its tissue business, in an effort to bring its North American sales and marketing functions closer together. First, Frédérick Beaudry has been named vice-president ...

Kruger‘s Project Tuckamore team submitted environmental assessment (EA) registration on Sept. 1 to the Newfoundland and Labrador department of environment, conservation and climate change for the ...

The primary benefit of oxygen delignification, compared to kraft pulping, is the more selective removal of 30-65wt% of the lignin still present in brownstock pulp. Partially oxidized white liquor ...

Solid wood commodity pricing continued to meander in a broad, flat-to-downward trend. September couldn’t come soon enough for suppliers. In the week ending Aug. 21, the price of benchmark softwood ...

Nova Scotia’s environment and climate change minister, Timothy Halman, issued an amended ministerial order on Aug. 27 allowing for the decommissioning, abatement and demolition of buildings and other ...

Alberta’s government announced last month it will provide more than $1.5 million through its Investment and Growth Fund toward the expansion of the Alberta Newsprint paper mill. The estimated ...

The government of Ontario announced yesterday it is investing “more than $2.4 million” to help plan boiler and chemical plant upgrades for Thunder Bay Pulp and Paper. The modernization project is ...

The government of Ontario has provided $5.1 million to Bioveld North, a subsidiary of BMI Group, to advance plans to restart the Espanola pulp mill, which Domtar idled in 2023. The funding is ...