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Unisource Completes Five-Year $640 Million Senior Secured Asset-Based Credit Facility
GC is proud to sponsor the 2011 EWIP Women’s Leadership Conference, which honors Laurel Touby, founder and senior vice president of Media Bistro.
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Eastport Port Authority in Maine says no woodchip export agreement reached after erroneous report
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 3, 2012 (RISI) - The Eastport Port Authority in Eastport, ME, said no agreement had been reached about an export woodchip operation at the facility. The port clarified the situation after a third-party press release was issued in error and was rescinded.
North America pulp and paper rail freight down 5% in latest week; lumber continues higher
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 3, 2012 (RISI) - North American pulp and paper railroad freight for the latest week ending Jan. 28 at 9,453 carloads was down 5.3% from a year earlier, the Assn of American Railroads reported.
CN opens newest intermodal terminal in Chippewa Falls, WI
CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI, Feb. 3, 2012 (CNW) - CN today marked the opening of its newest intermodal terminal at Chippewa Falls in a ribbon-cutting ceremony here. The terminal, located only 100 miles east of Minneapolis/St. Paul, offers Wisconsin and Minnesota customers new supply chain options to ship and receive goods in containers.
Resolute unveils Align environmentally responsible papers as alternative to chemical pulp coated and uncoated freesheet in printing applications
MONTREAL, Feb. 3, 2012 (CNW) - Resolute Forest Products today unveiled its AlignTM family of high brightness, environmentally responsible papers that can be used as alternatives to chemical pulp coated and uncoated freesheet in most commercial printing applications.
NPTA Alliance announces 2012 Board of Directors
CHICAGO, Feb. 2, 2012 (Press Release) - The NPTA Alliance, the association for the paper distribution industry, is pleased to announce its 2012 Board of Directors.
Kruger's Corner Brook initiates rightsizing plan, to reduce workforce by more than 42 positions at Newfoundland mill
CORNER BROOK, NF, Feb. 2, 2012 (Press Release) - As previously announced, Corner Brook Pulp and Paper started implementing a rightsizing plan as part of its strategy to improve its competitiveness. Throughout the day yesterday, the Company met with union executives to announce the immediate layoff of nine employees, as well as a gradual reduction of 33 additional positions and four vacancies that will not be filled.
Resolute cuts its pulpwood price by 10% at struggling Bowater Mersey paper mill in Nova Scotia [From the web]
HALIFAX, NS, Feb. 1, 2012 (CBC) - The Bowater Mersey paper mill has imposed a ten per cent cut in the price it pays for wood harvested from private lands.
Schweitzer-Mauduit names Jeffrey Cook as exec VP, CFO and Treasurer
ALPHARETTA, GA, Feb. 1, 2012 (Press Release) - Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. (NYSE:SWM) today announced the following management change effective February 9, 2012.
Verso, Sappi name new managers at three paper mills in Maine [From the web]
BUCKSPORT, ME, Feb. 1, 2012 (Bangor Daily News) - Several Maine paper mills have new faces in top management posts.
Canada natural resources minister addresses PaperWeek2012; reviews $25.5 million for the Transformative Technologies Program
MONTREAL, Feb. 1, 2012 (Press Release) - The Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources, today addressed representatives of Canada's forest industry at a luncheon speech at PaperWeek 2012 in Montreal. The Minister highlighted the importance of partnerships, innovation and market expansion to the future of Canada's forest industry in helping to sustain jobs in rural communities across the country.
Paper News
Domtar's CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:48:02 GMT
[at Seeking Alpha] - Domtar's CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Resolute Forest Products to Host Management Call to Discuss Fourth Quarter and 2011 Annual Results
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:30:00 GMT
Resolute Forest Products to Host Management Call to Discuss Fourth Quarter and 2011 Annual Results
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:30:00 GMT
[PR Newswire] - MONTREAL, Feb. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - AbitibiBowater Inc. (NYSE: ABH - News) (TSX: ABH - News), doing business as Resolute Forest Products, plans to issue its annual financial results on February 9, 2012, in a press ...
Job Gains at U.S. Factories Show Manufacturers Driving Economic Expansion
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:31:04 GMT
Forbes Earnings Preview: Temple-Inland
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:04:50 GMT
Printing News
Lomira library offers food for fines
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:01:05 GMT
The Lomira QuadGraphics Community Library loves their patrons! So, to celebrate Valentine's Day, they are offering a weeklong Food-For-Fines program.
AlphaGraphics Names Art Coley as President
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:32:38 GMT
Feb. 2, 2012 - Blackstreet Capital Partners II, an affiliate of a Maryland-based private equity fund, has announced the promotion of AlphaGraphics Inc.'s Art Coley from senior vice president of global development to president of the franchise organization with nearly 300 centers worldwide.
Log Cabin Democrat to Make Move to Downtown Conway
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:18:05 GMT
Rick Fahr, publisher of the Log Cabin Democrat, said the newspaper's move to a new office in downtown Conway is part of a plan to reinvest in the paper's content.
Quebec puts accent on linguistic correctness
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:04:05 GMT
How prickly has the language issue become for business in Quebec? Quebecor Inc., a media company that spends millions every year to promote French-speaking artists and content-creators, is considering putting an acute accent in its name.
Quebecor launches video game company BlooBuzz in partnership agreement
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:30:25 GMT
Quebecor Inc. is pairing with a group of entrepreneurs to launch a video game company focused on developing titles for mobile devices.
Packaging News
IoPP’s new online learning platform
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:06:34 +0000
There’s a growing demand for education on one’s own time, at one’s own pace, and from whatever location one chooses.
Safety light curtains provide simple guarding
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:52:35 +0000
F3SJ-E Safety Light Curtains from Omron Scientific Technologies are easy-type safety light curtains that provide simple, affordable and reliable hand-intrusion detection for use in stand-alone devices and machines.
EtherNet/IP I/O modules
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:23:50 +0000
Belden’s Lumberg EtherNet/IP I/O modules fully support device level ring (DLR) protocol and line (daisy chain) topologies and are suitable for machine tool, material handling, filling and packaging machinery applications.
Wide temperature ethernet switches
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:06:05 +0000
WAGO Corporation's 852 Series Ethernet Switch family now features two Wide Temperature models for operation between -40°C to +70 °C.
USB-to-WLAN adapter
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:29:41 +0000
In order to provide cost-effective wireless solutions to machine builders and manufacturers, Beckhoff Automation has introduced the recently FCC-certified CU8890 WLAN adapter.
