US-based KBR has been awarded contract to provide maintenance, planning and industrial services for renewable packaging and paper products producer International Paper (IP). Under the four-year contract, KBR will be responsible for ...
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Packaging company MeadWestvaco (MWV) has entered into an agreement with International Paper to buy its Carolina coated bristols brand for an undisclosed amount. International Paper decided to sell the brand as it wanted to convert its ...
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The plants in North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Michigan convert (sheet and rewind) bleached paperboard, and also feature finishing departments and distribution centres. After the purchase, Atlantic will employ over 900 people and will be ...
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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MeadWestvaco (MWV) has introduced a new lightweight paperboard, EnShield kit 5 for packaging foods. According to the company, the new EnShield offers barrier protection for foods that require resistance to oil and grease. The repulpable ...
MeadWestvaco Corporation, a global leader in packaging and packaging solutions, today announced the launch of EnShield kit 5, a new lightweight paperboard for packaging foods that require resistance to oil and grease. EnShield kit 5 offers ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Pulp and paper company International Paper (IP) has announced plans to shutdown its No 2 paper machine and associated equipment permanently at the Augusta, Georgia mill in the US by the end of February 2013. According to the company, the ...
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The US-based paper and packaging firm said that it completed a license agreement with Smart Planet Technologies to use this new technology to reduce plastic used in coated paperboard products. The company’s coated paperboard ...
MONTREAL - Forest products company Tembec is exiting the hardwood flooring business as it shutters a 108-year operation in Huntsville, Ont., and sells another facility in Toronto to a private company for $13 million. The Montreal-based ...
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