by Working Forest | Feb 19, 2019 | Archives
EAR FALLS – Domtar and Unifor have negotiated $100,000 early retirement packages and up to $50,000 in moving allowances for about two dozen woodlands employees near Ear Falls, according to a report by NetNewsLedger. George Smith, Unifor Local 324 President said,...
by Working Forest | Feb 18, 2019 | Archives
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO), have developed a novel, non-destructive method to rapidly measure the wood and non-wood fiber components in paper. Identifying...
by Working Forest | Feb 18, 2019 | Archives
TORONTO, CANADIAN PRESS — Sidewalk Labs’s chief executive officer says it’s too “premature” to abandon any ideas it unveiled Thursday for a high-tech Toronto community it hopes to build, despite the concepts being met with fierce criticism. In...
by Working Forest | Feb 18, 2019 | Archives
WASHINGTON, DC / ACCESSWIRE — Donna Harman, the longest-serving president, and CEO in the 25-year history of the American Forest & Paper Association (AF & PA), announced her retirement. She has represented the interests of the forest products industry...
by Working Forest | Feb 15, 2019 | Archives
Technology giant Continental, one of the largest automotive suppliers and tire manufacturers in the world, has been awarded for its ContiPressureCheck® Solo trailer TPMS product, which was selected as one of the 2019 Heavy Duty Trucking Top 20 products. The...