(Canada) Several years ago, Peter Prystanski and James Gravelle were paper mill workers, stacking paper and testing pulp. Fast forward to the Cascades mill shutting its doors in early 2006 and the buddies – along with others who thought they had secure jobs until retirement... read more »
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Art of Paper machie in Kashmir has great significance and history attached to it. Known by its Iranian title “Kari Qalamdane”, this art form has acquired wide acclaims both for its impressive quality and unique character... read more »
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(UK) A brief survey shows that in fact only 15% of small consumers use any information provided when comparing papers at the point of sale and very few use whiteness ratings today... read more »
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(Russia) Continental Management, the owner of the pulp-and-paper plant Baikalsk TsBK, failed to attract Coca-Cola as an investor to convert the facility. The world leading beverage producer sent a letter to the Natural Resources Ministry notifying it of refusing to take part in the project. read more »
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(Finland) Stefan Sundman, M.Sc. (Eng), 32, has been appointed Senior Vice President, Energy and Environment, for the Sustainable Development and Resources segment of the Finnish Forest Industries Federation. Mr. Sundman will be responsible for energy and environmental issues as well as for EU coord read more »
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(USA) Careless smokers will have a new safeguard against accidentally starting a house fire, thanks to new fire-safe cigarettes going on the Texas market in the coming months... read more »
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(Canada) Average Canadian employee prints 30 pages of work-related documents each day and about 12 of that goes to the waste basket, according to a recent survey. read more »
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(Escanaba, MI, USA) Bay de Noc Community College and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point held an informational meeting for students interested in a degree in paper science recently. Papermaking is the fifth largest industry in the United States and the industry market is indicating... read more »
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(Sweden) Energy efficiency is a hot topic all over the world, especially for the energy-intensive pulp and paper industry. The aim of E2 is to be the hub in a network of expertise and competence in the area of energy efficiency which will include universities, research institutes, pulp and paper... read more »
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(India) Police has recovered paper bomb from Jhumra hills of Bokaro district. The explosive was hidden between two sheets of paper and looks like an ordinary file or a children’s storybook. The security personnel found 800 grams of RDX hidden in the recovered paper bomb. read more »
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(Sweden) SCA is taking part in the International Year of Sanitation declared by the UN by stepping up its involvement in hygiene issues. At SCA's Annual General Meeting, President and CEO Jan Johansson explained that throughout 2008 SCA will be conducting an initiative in the area of hygiene... read more »
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(USA) United Steelworkers (USW) local unions attending an International Paper (IP) converter meeting in Cincinnati on April 2 unanimously voted to take back to the membership for ratification the proposed converters national agreement negotiated between the USW and IP, covering key economic... read more »
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(USA) A graduate of Western Michigan University's Paper Science program is giving back to his alma mater by starting an endowment fund. The Richard and Marilyn (Lynn) Hartman Family Endowment is named after 1977 paper science graduate Richard Hartman and his wife... read more »
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(USA) Although the historic mill building has been torn down, a group of residents are hoping the site will be a destination once again. read more »
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(USA) Donald E. White, a 44-year-old Raymondville man, allegedly sold more than $140,000 worth of copper and brass parts from the Newton Falls Fine Papers storeroom in Newton Falls. The problem was, he was not the company’s financial advisor, he was a mill worker who, according to state police... read more »
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(USA) Although 98% of air tickets written by U.S. travel agents are e-tickets and some low-cost carriers won't issue any other kind, a paper ticket is sometimes the only way to get from point A to point B... read more »
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(USA) Weyerhaeuser Co. Chief Executive Officer Steven Rogel received compensation valued at $13.9 million in 2007, essentially unchanged from the previous year, as the U.S. housing market slump pushed the lumber and packaging producer to a loss in the fourth quarter. read more »
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(USA) Gerard Ring, chair of the Department of Paper Science and Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, has been named a Fellow of the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI), the leading association for the worldwide pulp, paper, and converting industries. read more »
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