by Working Forest | Apr 22, 2015 | Archives
Scientists have demonstrated the potential for softwoods to process more easily into pulp and paper if engineered to incorporate a key feature of hardwoods. The finding, published in this week’s Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could improve the...
by Working Forest | Apr 22, 2015 | Archives
Cottles Island Lumber, the central Newfoundland lumber company whose premises were partially destroyed by fire earlier this month, says production is expected to start up again this week. The main warehouse for the Notre Dame Bay plan was destroyed in a fire that was...
by Working Forest | Apr 22, 2015 | Archives
There’s some good news for the town of Chetwynd on the jobs front, with the pending May 1 reopening of a pulp mill that was shut down in 2012. Paper Excellence, owned by the Dutch subsidiary of an Indonesian conglomerate – Sinar Mas Group – has been quietly...
by Working Forest | Apr 22, 2015 | Archives
Several seasoned executives offered insights during PaperCon about how their companies are dealing the demographic and cultural shifts that have our industry facing a bubble of retirements in coming years, coupled with a shortage of incoming employees. The “brain...
by Working Forest | Apr 22, 2015 | Archives
The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is grateful that today’s federal budget continues the federal support for forest sector innovation and transformation, especially its recognition of the important role that universities and colleges play in...
