Pulp & Paper Radio International

Enhance your experience if listening live to this episode ... Follow us on twitter @pulpnpaperradio for live tweets with more information during the broadcast. In the news: PM40 company plans major expansion; Mills offered millions for energy conservation projects; New mill in UK; Mill to close later this year; Update on Brazil facility; Company receives loan to grow operations in India; Country reports that number of biomass facilities on the rise; Mill to install tissue machine; Timberland owners closing lands; Mill plans on adding two pulp refiners; Earnings reports; and much more! Nips is a weekly show of contemporary information related to the pulp and paper industry worldwide. Hosted by Jim Thompson, the voice of the worldwide pulp and paper industry. Listen live at 7 a.m. EDT on Monday, 28 July 2014, or anytime afterward!

Enhance your experience if listening live to this episode ... Follow us on twitter @pulpnpaperradio for live tweets with more information during the broadcast. In the news: Multi Packaging Solutions acquires Armstrong Packaging; OEC Graphics acquires MGM Graphics; Fire at facilities; RR Donnelley says it will add jobs in Indiana; City plans to file lawsuit against company; Update on Verso/NewPage situation; Papierfabrik Scheufelen plans to idle paper machine; Sappi confirm divestment; RockTenn is offering lump-sum payouts; APRIL responds to Greenpeace attack; a new Box Report from Randy "Dr. Box" Phares; and much more! Nips is a weekly show of contemporary information related to the pulp and paper industry worldwide. Hosted by Jim Thompson, the voice of the worldwide pulp and paper industry. Listen live at 7 a.m. EDT on Monday, July 21st, or anytime afterward!

Enhance your experience if listening live to this episode...Follow us on twitter @pulpnpaperradio for live tweets with more information during the broadcast. In the news: New facility planned in Mississippi; Kemira to acquire AkzoNobel's paper chemicals unit; Company announces mill will close; Plum Creek MDF facility resumes full production following fire; Company celebrates 50 years; Cascades will end kraft paper operations; Green group steps up scrutiny of paper producer; Weyerhaeuser closes transaction to separate its homebuilding business; Vinda buying remaining stake of company; New mill ships first exports; Wausau Paper and Starboard reach agreement; Verso/NewPage update; Fire at facility; and much more! Nips is a weekly show of contemporary information related to the pulp and paper industry worldwide. Hosted by Jim Thompson, the voice of the worldwide pulp and paper industry. Listen live at 7 a.m. EDT on Monday, July 14th, or anytime afterward!

In the news: Domtar investing millions in Georgia facility; Fire at mill; Greif to expand facility; Cascades exiting fine and security paper business; Rayonier completes separation of Rayonier Advanced Materials; Company floats joint venture; Mondi completes purchase of Graphic Packaging unit; Atlas Paper Mills buys Accurate Paper Recycling; Country extending anti-dumping duties; Orient ramps up new machine; Stora Enso postpones reorganization of Renewable Packaging Division; Company completes sale of subsidiary; Mill to temporarily shut down; International Paper gives update in spinoff and merger; Neenah completes purchase of Crane Technical Materials; and much more! Nips is a weekly show of contemporary information related to the pulp and paper industry worldwide. Hosted by Jim Thompson, the voice of the worldwide pulp and paper industry. Listen live at 7 a.m. EDT on Monday, July 7th, or anytime afterward!

In the news: Stora Enso acquires U.S.-based biotechnology company; Resolute and Mercer International launch joint venture; PM40 company says it will close facility; Country launches investigation into influx of coated paper and paperboard; Mill says it will restart operations next year; Mondi announces investment; Smurfit Kappa increases commitment to tackle climate change; Schumacher Packaging Group acquires Vinke; Georgia-Pacific says it will upgrade paper machine; Fire at facility; and much more! Nips is a weekly show of contemporary information related to the pulp and paper industry worldwide. Hosted by Jim Thompson, the voice of the worldwide pulp and paper industry. Listen live at 7 a.m. EDT on Monday, June 30th, or anytime afterward!

In the news: Paper company says it will invest $2 billion; Sappi sells paper mill; Company upgrades facility; Rentech expands wood chipping capacity in Chile; Sonoco-Alcore receives favorable ruling in German Federal Court of Justice; Södra will increase pulp production at mill; Company says plant will close; Separation of Rayonier Advanced Materials expected to close on June 27; Verso no longer faces delisting from the New York Stock Exchange; Company sues supplier; Georgia-Pacific to buy SPG Holdings; and much more! Nips is a weekly show of contemporary information related to the pulp and paper industry worldwide. Hosted by Jim Thompson, the voice of the worldwide pulp and paper industry. Listen live at 7 a.m. EDT on Monday, June 23rd, or anytime afterward!

In the news: Fire at Plum Creek facility; G-P says it may make $55 million investment, plus competes purchase of chip mill; Company announces it will upgrade machine; Second worker dies following fire; Company forms new subsidiary; Fibria files lawsuit; Cascades announces energy project; Appvion names new president of its paper division; Fire at IP mill; RockTenn sells facility; Veritiv set to begin trading; Pulp mill temporarily shuts down; Weyerhaeuser names president of Canadian subsidiary; and much more! Nips is a weekly show of contemporary information related to the pulp and paper industry worldwide. Hosted by Jim Thompson, the voice of the worldwide pulp and paper industry. Listen live at 7 a.m. EDT on Monday, June 16th, or anytime afterward!

In the news: Georgia-Pacific invests $40 million; PM40 company to close plant; Mondi to buy Graphic Packaging unit for $105 million; Fire at mill; New pulp mill starting production; SCA to float its joint venture in Australia; Company trying to sell paper mill; Palm Paper acquires corrugated board producer; ASG acquires consumer packaging business from MeadWestvaco; Verso to locate Ohio operations center in Miamisburg following completion of pending NewPage acquisition; Neenah Paper buying Crane Technical Materials; Personnel changes at IP; and much more! Nips is a weekly show of contemporary information related to the pulp and paper industry worldwide. Hosted by Jim Thompson, the voice of the worldwide pulp and paper industry. Listen live at 7 a.m. EDT on Monday, June 9th, or anytime afterward!

In the news: Metso's Board of Directors rejects new takeover bid by Weir; Graphic Packaging completes acquisition of U.K.-based Benson Group; Green group accuses company of breaking promise; PM40 company says labor unrest has cost millions; New facility in operation; Orient Paper launches PM1 insulation liner paper production line; Paper mill fire; Huhtamaki expands FSC certification to all European operations; Potential buyer for mill; Rayonier board OKs separation of Rayonier Advanced Materials; OSHA cites paper mill; and much more! Nips is a weekly show of contemporary information related to the pulp and paper industry worldwide. Hosted by Jim Thompson, the voice of the worldwide pulp and paper industry. Listen live at 7 a.m. EDT on Monday, June 2nd, or anytime afterward!

In the news: Company to invest millions to transform machine; Fire at mill; Ranpak completes acquisition; Resolute files lawsuit; IP gets $500K grant; Leading distribution solutions company to be named Veritiv following completion of merger of xpedx and Unisource; Facility resumes operations after fire; Sonoco opens display and packaging facility in Bentonville, Ark.; Weyerhaeuser commences split-off exchange offer for WRECO in connection with transaction with TRI Pointe; We have an interview with Omya; and much more! Nips is a weekly show of contemporary information related to the pulp and paper industry worldwide. Hosted by Jim Thompson, the voice of the worldwide pulp and paper industry. Listen live at 7 a.m. EDT on Monday, May 26th, or anytime afterward!

In the news: PM40 company to upgrade containerboard mill; Weyerhaeuser to spin off business; Louisiana-Pacific ending plan to buy Ainsworth; RR Donnelley makes acquisition; AkzoNobel opens new facility; Company acquires Stora Enso mill; SCA forms new sales organization; Mondi starts up new paper machine; Company plans to restart idled mill in July; and much more! Nips is a weekly show of contemporary information related to the pulp and paper industry worldwide. Hosted by Jim Thompson, the voice of the worldwide pulp and paper industry. Listen live at 7 a.m. EDT on Monday, May 19th, or anytime afterward!

In the news: One killed, one injured in mill accident; Company divests mill; Fire at facility; Resolute announces permanent closure of mill; Lawsuit planned following fire that injured seven; Company completes acquisition of packaging producer; Update in Kimberly-Clark planned spinoff of health care business; Orchids Paper Products enters alliance with Fabrica; Pratt veteran to lead new mill; Amcor makes acquisition; We have an interview with Andritz; and much more! Nips is a weekly show of contemporary information related to the pulp and paper industry worldwide. Hosted by Jim Thompson, the voice of the worldwide pulp and paper industry. Listen live at 7 a.m. EDT on Monday, May 12th, or anytime afterward!

In the news: Several critically injured in explosion, fire at facility; Paper mill supervisor kidnapped; $100 million to be invested at mill; Company reducing hours for some workers; Paper maker to sell machine; Separation of Rayonier Advanced Materials on track for mid-2014; APP says it will support the protection and restoration of one million hectares of forest in Indonesia; Company sells 49,500 hectares of land; Gunns timber assets purchased; a new Box Report, and much more! Nips is a weekly show of contemporary information related to the pulp and paper industry worldwide. Hosted by Jim Thompson, the voice of the worldwide pulp and paper industry. Listen live at 7 a.m. EDT on Monday, May 5th, or anytime afterward!

In the news: Facility back in operation following explosion; Oji agrees to buy New Zealand company; Paper company to upgrade three machines; Stora Enso to invest 100-plus million euros in conversion of machine; LP and Ainsworth agree to extend outside date for completion of takeover; Companies settle lawsuit; Wausau has new chairman and CEO; and much more! Nips is a weekly show of contemporary information related to the pulp and paper industry worldwide. Hosted by Jim Thompson, the voice of the worldwide pulp and paper industry.

In the news: Company to invest $20 million for new plant; Mill set to expand production; Fire at mill; Board rejects potential merger; Companies to sell joint venture; Facility to close by end of year; Packaging Dynamics acquires Pac Paper; Timber company sued; PCA to pay $17.6 million to settle suit; and much more! Nips is a weekly show of contemporary information related to the pulp and paper industry worldwide. Hosted by Jim Thompson, the voice of the worldwide pulp and paper industry.

In the news: Hurdle cleared in Verso/NewPage deal; Quad/Graphics is buying Brown for $100 million; Cenveo expands operations in St. Louis; Cascades announces the closure of its Swedish subsidiary Cascades Djupafors; Police storm facility, nearly 100 arrested; Company says it will sell U.S. division; International Paper acquires remaining shares of Orsa IP Embalagens in Brazil; Norske Skog to temporarily shut down paper machine; Company fined more than $1 million after two killed in explosion; Company abandons biomass plan; and much more! Nips is a weekly show of contemporary information related to the pulp and paper industry worldwide. Hosted by Jim Thompson, the voice of the worldwide pulp and paper industry.

In the news: Verso, NewPage asked to give more info to Department of Justice; ArborGen announces acquisition; Bemis completes sale of paper packaging division; Twin Rivers to invest $2.5 million and create 50 jobs; Cascade Tissue invests $30 million; Pair of Gunns bidders eying mill permit; UPM Raflatac planning to increase production capacity in Asia Pacific; Update in anti-dumping investigation; Engineering company in talks to take over Metso; Sappi celebrates machine rebuild; Company idles paper machine; Fortress Paper receives deferral on loan; Twin Rivers to invest $2.5 million and create 50 jobs; International Forest Products Limited proposes name change; Wausau Paper announces president and CEO has stepped down; plus much more! Nips is a weekly show of contemporary information related to the pulp and paper industry worldwide. Hosted by Jim Thompson, the voice of the worldwide pulp and paper industry.

In the news: Resolute to invest $105 million at mill; Packaging Corporation of America announces plans for DeRidder, Louisiana containerboard mill; Three die in accident at mill; Country banning log exports; $2 billion pulp mill ready to begin production; Suppliers ink five-year deal; RR Donnelley announces completion of acquisition; Cascades celebrates 50th anniversary; Company to reduce workforce; Greenpeace protest aimed at pulp and paper manufacturer; and much more! Nips is a weekly show of contemporary information related to the pulp and paper industry worldwide. Hosted by Jim Thompson, the voice of the worldwide pulp and paper industry.

In the news: Groundbreaking at new facility in Indiana; Fires threaten company's plantations; Company announces $200 million expansion plan; Stora Enso says it will change organizational structure of renewable packaging division; Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. announces potential sites for new forest product facility; UFPI affiliate purchases certain assets of Container Systems, Inc.; Kemira announces organizational changes to its paper segment; and much more! Nips is a weekly show of contemporary information related to the pulp and paper industry worldwide. Hosted by Jim Thompson, the voice of the worldwide pulp and paper industry.

In the news: New mill in New York?; Company to invest $450 million in a two-phased modernization program; Tembec sells pulp mill; Company to add two tissue machines and 80 jobs at facility; Fire at mill; Company doubling capacity in country; Packaging plant closed; Company acquiring corrugated board manufacturer; and much more! Nips is a weekly show of contemporary information related to the pulp and paper industry worldwide. Hosted by Jim Thompson, the voice of the worldwide pulp and paper industry.