The salaried employees two-week strike, which started in UPMs operations in Finland 6 April, has ended today at 6 am. Around 1,000 salaried employees working, among others, within production, supply chain, finance and HR participated in the strike.
UPM and the French company Vertaris have teamed up to develop a sustainable release liner recycling concept in Europe. Release liner is the siliconised backing paper that is an essential part of self-adhesive labelstock until the printed label is taken into use. Today, the majority of the used siliconised liner is incinerated. The co-operation of UPM and Vertaris provides a more sustainable solution to recycle the used liner back into pulp and paper.
Stora Enso Oyj was informed on 18 April 2011 that the number of shares in the Company held by Norges Bank (The Central Bank of Norway) has decreased below 5% of the paid-up share capital and the number of shares in Stora Enso Oyj after a share lending transaction, where Norges Bank is the lender, on 15 April 2011.
RockTenn announces today a $50 per ton price increase on all grades of uncoated recycled paperboard. Price increases are effective with shipments on May 16, 2011.
ClingZ, Inc. is pleased to announce the formation of ClingZ Europe GmbH. Headquartered in Augsburg, Germany, ClingZ Europe was established to be ClingZs European sales and services organization for the entire ClingZ product line, including ClingZ Standard Offset, ClingZ VersaLiner Offset, ClingZ Indigo and ClingZ Wide Format.
Canon today announced that the Company approves of the Consent Order that will terminate its U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) proceeding against 20 Respondents, including Ninestar Image Int’l Ltd. and Zhuhai Seine Technology Co., Ltd. concerning certain toner cartridges and their photosensitive drums sold for use in Canon or Hewlett Packard laser beam printers.
Vantem Composite Technologies, LLC, a privately held composite building materials company, has acquired EH Systems – one of the nations largest manufacturers of Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs). EH Systems had been producing SIPs for a wide range of uses including residential, multi-family and light commercial construction.
