Westlake Royal Building Products a Westlake company today announced an expanded partnership with U.S. LUMBER and Amerhart, which are both Specialty Building Products (SBP) brands, that will encompass multiple products and locations. U.S. LUMBER and Amerhart are leading distributors of building materials. Through this expanded partnership, U.S. LUMBER and Amerhart will add distribution for more of Westlake Royal’s leading brands, including Versetta Stone®, SkyTrim™, R

Foundry's Computerworld announces International Paper as a 2024 Best Places to Work in IT. This award recognizes the top organizations that challenge their IT staffs while providing great benefits and compensation. Organizations will be included in coverage on Computerworld.com along with results from the 2024 Best Places to Work in IT survey. "It's an honor for International Paper to once again be recognized as a Best Place to Work in IT," said Mike Anderson, Vice

International technology group ANDRITZ, a leading company in the field of energy and environmental technologies, has received an order from the Upper Austrian utility Energie AG to supply the electromechanical equipment for the new Ebensee pumped storage power plant. This groundbreaking project not only marks the largest single investment by the energy utility, but also represents a significant step towards climate neutrality. The advanced pumped storage plant will act as

Shanghai, 27 November 2023. The industry’s anticipation for Paperworld China’s return has been met with an enthusiastic response, as evidenced by a strong visitor turnout and high praise from participants. The three-day show attracted 28,906 visitors. Spanning 17,000 square meters of exhibition space, the show featured more than 316 exhibitors from 11 countries and regions. The positive sentiment also extended to the show’s relocation to the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition &a

Due to uncompetitive wood prices from the Polish State Forests’ monopoly and low market demand across paper and board products, the company decided to significantly reduce the planned multiannual strategic investment project at MM Kwidzyn relating to energy, further pulp integration and the product range, which was announced end of April 2023. Instead, MM Kwidzyn will focus its investments on increasing its already high share of renewable energy of currently 69 % even further.

Norwegian cardboard producer Ranheim Paper & Board started up PM5 at its Ranheim paper mill after a dryer section rebuild supplied by Toscotec. The rebuild has been completed according to schedule. Shortly after, Ranheim Paper & Board has placed a new order with Toscotec for the second phase of PM5’s technological upgrade, which is scheduled for autumn 2024. PM5 produces greyboard and coreboard in the basis weight range from 220 to 540 gsm. Phase one: targets a

Bruks Siwertell has secured a contract for the design and supply of a new biocarbon pellet plant, which will replace coal in steelmaking and deliver renewable energy to one of the first ‘green steel’ production facilities of its kind. The plant, based in Columbus, Mississippi, USA, has been ordered by one of the largest steel producers in the world, Steel Dynamics Incorporated (SDI), as part of a US joint venture company between SDI and Aymium, SDI Biocarbon Solutions. &

84 Lumber, the nation's largest privately held supplier of building materials, is proud to announce their latest expansion plans with several new stores and a component plant to open in California. The new locations, part of 84 Lumber's growing footprint in the West, are comprised of new stores in Stockton, Lancaster, and Riverside (site of the old Champion Lumber). Plans also include a truss plant in Bakersfield as well as a framing yard there. These new sites, along with a

Global pulp prices have fallen steadily since late 2022, when they reached record highs. The most significant decline has been for hardwood pulp, traded at a substantial discount to softwood pulp. Global pulp inventories were down during the summer, and there were signs that the market tightened, and pulp producers were starting to see opportunities to move prices upward in the fourth quarter of 2023 following almost 12 months of declining pulp prices. Despite declines in pulp price

Jujo Thermal selected ABB to upgrade its drive control system at its mill in Kauttua, Finland, for improved runnability and efficiency. ABB’s scope of delivery included the provision and commissioning of the upgrade package for the existing PM2 drive control system and new drives. Jujo Thermal is one of the world’s leading suppliers of durable, direct thermal papers for labels, tickets, tags and point-of-sales use. It also generates one-side coated self-adhesive label st