High class print reproductions vs sustainability. It's no longer an 'either or' choice. SCA has developed Solo Print, a one-side coated paper into its sustainable packaging product family. This paper gives printability in the same class as ...
Tags: High class print, Packaging
EcoPlanet Bamboo Group has hired three seasoned executives from $8.5 billion timber giant Weyerhaeuser in a key step to ensure its continued success and global expansion, and has named Marvin Ray Risco as the Group president. “Ray ...
Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014. First Quarter 2014 Highlights -Total revenues increased 8% to $1.29 billion primarily reflecting increased volumes in our oilfield, ...
Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. announced results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2013. Fourth Quarter 2013 Highlights -Total revenues increased 11% to $1.20 billion primarily reflecting an increase in oilfield, ...
Tags: oilfield, specialty epoxy
Avery Dennison Foundation announced a $200,000 grant to the Rainforest Alliance to foster best practices in forestry management, create jobs and increase access to sustainably-managed forest products. Workers in Brus Laguna, Honduras ...
Tags: Sustainable Forestry, Rainforest
Vermont Natural Coatings' PolyWhey has been named a 'Top Green Finish For Hardwood Floors' by WoodRight Forest Products. WoodRight is owned and operated by sustainable forestry and consumer advocacy groups in Virginia and Ohio. WoodRight ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Floors
FSC certification ensures that products come from well managed forests that provide environmental, social and economic benefits. Forest owners and managers may want to become FSC certified to demonstrate that they are managing their ...
News that the high New Zealand dollar has claimed another textile firm has come as a huge shock to those affected, FIRST Union said. Staff at Christchurch Yarns was told yesterday that their firm has been placed in to receivership. 85 ...
Tags: Textile
How people care for urban, suburban and rural lawns – the nation's second biggest crop behind corn – is less consistent than believed, according to scientists with the U.S. Forest Service, Clark University, the Cary Institute of ...
British transport companies Eddie Stobart and A.W.Jenkinson Forest Products have ordered 1,500 Scania Euro 6 trucks in the largest single order for vehicles to date in the UK. The order,which will be filled over two years,follows a ...
Tags: transport, Transportation, truck
Swedish commercial vehicle manufacturer Scania has received an order for 1,500 Scania Euro 6 trucks from British transport companies Eddie Stobart and AW Jenkinson Forest Products. The order was placed under a new joint-procurement ...
Deep in the forests of Borneo island, workmen from an Indonesian timber company fell a tree with a chainsaw, stick a red tag with a serial number onto it and attach a corresponding stub to the stump. This is all part of an arduous ...
Tags: Borneo island, Indonesian, timber, auditing process, illegal logging
Tropical hardwoods have long been prized for their rich dark tones and incredible durability. Woods like teak seem to last forever, even in harsh conditions, and they acquire a beautiful patina over time that testifies to years of graceful ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Woods, hardwoods
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has retained a three-year contract to provide complete service and maintenance support for two Kalmar ship-to-shore (STS) cranes operated by SCA Logistics B.V at their Rotterdam Terminal in the Netherlands. The ...
Tags: logistics, transportation
Following significant growth rates in the first and second quarters of 2013, Universal Forest Products (UFP) achieved a further turnover increase of 22.2% to US$651.8m between July and September. At the same time the operating result ...
Tags: UFP, Double-Digit Growth