Operations News

Company officials said the contractor was working last month at the Skowhegan mill when he was seriously injured.

Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, announced in March 2024 that it will start a development programme to produce new products on the current uncoated white kraftliner production line (BM2) at its Husum mill integrate in Sweden. The aim was to find alternatives for uncoated kraftliner production.

The change negotiations cover the entire staff of Lappeenranta, Renko and Vilppula sawmills, approximately 245 people.

The workers voted on Saturday to accept an improved deal, with their return scheduled for 6:00am Sunday, February 16th.

Oji Fibre Solutions has announced the outcome of a consultation process to simplify operations at Kinleith Mill, aimed at further action to stabilise and strengthen the company.

Nearly two dozen employees are being laid off from the Clearwater Paper facility in Lewiston.

A contractor was hospitalized with serious injuries Friday after falling through a roof opening at the Sappi Somerset Mill.

The fire apparently started in a gearbox of a conveyor belt that moves wood chips to be processed, Skowhegan fire Chief Ronnie Rodriguez said.

International Paper announced its Board of Directors elected Joy Roman to the newly created role of Senior Vice President, Chief People and Strategy Officer, reporting to Chairman and CEO Andy Silvernail.

A notice that a Smurfit Westrock facility in Illinois is closing has been filed and that will result in 88 jobs disappearing.

Union members at the Sappi Somerset mill in Skowhegan have come to a contract agreement after authorizing a strike earlier this month./span>

Boise Cascade announced Jeff Strom will become its new chief operating officer (COO), effective January 20, 2025. This new role will oversee the operations for its Wood Products and Building Materials Distribution (BMD) divisions.

Employees' last days at the facility will be in March, according to the worker adjustment and retraining notification filing.

Kendrick McBride, Casey Redwine and Brent Siegel have been named plant managers at three Roseburg Forest Products mills.

Smurfit Westrock plc has reported a forthcoming change in its executive leadership. Jairo Lorenzatto, the President and Chief Executive Officer for the LATAM region, is set to step down from his role at the end of January for personal reasons. The company announced in a recent filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that Alvaro Henao will succeed Lorenzatto as of February 1, 2025.

Investigators are looking into what started the fire.

The International Paper Company in Georgetown will see its final production Dec. 17 and then the process of closing the plant will get under way, according to a company spokesperson.

Four people had to be taken to hospital by ambulance after inhaling smoke, and in total between 10-15 people suffered smoke damage.

At about 6:30 a.m., Thursday, a worker at the packaging plant called 911 to report a fire inside the facility. An alarm inside Huhtamaki tripped less than a minute later, according to firefighters.

The International Paper Company officially closed its location in Bradley County, following an October announcement that layoffs would begin the shutdown this month.

The closing of the local International Paper facility affects at least 100 workers.

Putnam County Fire Rescue responded to a Georgia-Pacific because of a fire Dec. 31.

There was an open area fire on Friday afternoon, Savannah Fire Department confirmed.

Temporary shut down over the Christmas holidays due to imbalance in global newsprint demand.

Multiple emergency crews responded to a building fire located at International Paper in Conklin on Wednesday, Dec. 11.