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 ...
The $60m (£35.7m) modernisation project enables the production of lighter-weight board grades, along with greater finishing flexibility. Marek Krzykowski, mill general director at Kwidzyn, said: "Operations are fully restored and ...
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US-based packaging firm International Paper has signed a long-term deal with recycling services provider Balcones Resources to recover additional old corrugated containers (OCC) or used cardboard boxes. International Paper will use the ...
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International Paper Co. (IP) plans to close an Alabama mill as the result of weakening demand in the U.S. for paper used in products such as forms, envelopes and printers, a move that will affect 1,100 employees. Demand for uncoated ...
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The US paper and packaging giant is using its exclusive distributor for UK and Ireland Warren Board Sales to stock its Carolina C1S and C2S grades in the UK. Carolina C1S and C2S are one- and two-sided coated boards, and can be used for ...
International Paper (IP) has finalized the previously announced sale of its Temple-Inland Building Products division to Georgia-Pacific Building Products for $710m in a bid to focus on its paper and packaging business. IP chairman and ...
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UK-based cartonboard and graphical board stockist Warren Board will stock and distribute various International Paper (IP) manufactured cartonboard products sourced from its European and US manufacturing facilities, as part of an extended ...
Saxco International has created new packaging design for L’Chaim Kosher Vodka, which is being introduced for Jewish population by brand owner Ralph Mizraji of Bal Harbour. Saxco new product development manager Jimmy Owens said the ...
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International Paper (IP) is all set to invest in its Kwidzyn mill in Poland in a bid to improve its product quality and service platform for the folding boxboard market. According to the packaging and paper company, the project is ...
Posted by Jack Mans, Plant Operations Editor -- Packaging Digest, 4/23/2013 4:30:09 PM Unisource Worldwide is engaged in exclusive talks with International Paper regarding a proposed transaction in which IP's xpedx distribution business ...
PPG chairman notes strategic progress, record financials during annual meeting PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) today conducted its annual meeting of shareholders in Pittsburgh, where Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Charles E. Bunch spoke ...
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Global packaging and paper company International Paper (IP) has announced that the company is in talks with Unisource regarding a proposed business merger of its distribution business xpedx, and Unisource. Both xpedx and Unisource are ...
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Packaging Dynamics, a portfolio company of investment firm Kohlberg & Company, has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Thilmany Papers business unit to a new company. The new company will be formed and controlled by investment funds ...
Paper and packaging company International Paper (IP) has announced the availability of the company’s color laser paper Pro-Design range with carbon capture initiative introduced by paper merchant group Premier Paper. The range ...
Global packaging and paper products company International Paper (IP) has inked a deal with US-based Highwoods Properties to expand its headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee, through construction of a new $56m office tower. As part of the ...