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New wood fibre processing plant started up in North Carolina


Conover in North Carolina, as part of a five-phase expansion project that will include more infrastructure for creating new fibre technologies. Based in the US at Buffalo


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Grove, Illinois, Profile Products offers environmentally sound, site-specific solutions for soil modification, horticultural production, erosion control and plant establishment, and has already recycled more than 3.5 billion pounds of wood and paper. The new wood-fibre processing


plant will continue to use resources from the waste stream and reintroduce them into the environment as sustainable products. The expansion is also in close proximity to the company’s raw ingredients, allowing the company to keep transportation to


state-of-the-art wood fibre processing plant has been completed by Profile Products at


More wood-fibre processing for Profile Products


a minimum. “Our customers have shown us


they value our environmentally friendly products and this


expansion will ensure we meet their growing demands for sustainable products,” said Jim Tanner, chief executive of Profile


Union agreements renewed at Resolute Forest Products


Resolute Forest Products has signed a four-year renewal of the master collective agreement covering unionised employees at three of its US pulp, paper and tissue mills. Unionised employees voted overwhelmingly to ratify the agreement at facilities in Calhoun, Tennessee; Augusta, Georgia; and Coosa Pines, Alabama. “We are pleased to have


May/June 2019


reached agreement prior to contract expiration, indicative of our collaborative working relationship,” said chief executive Yves Laflamme. “As we look ahead, we have enhanced operational stability as, together, we focus on improving efficiency and the overall competitive position of these mills. Our continued union/management partnership serves the best interests of


our employees, customers, shareholders and a range of other stakeholders.” The agreement took effect for


the Calhoun pulp, paper and tissue mill in May 2019 and runs through April 2023, in addition to spanning the four-year period between May 2020 and April 2024 for the Augusta newsprint mill and Coosa Pines fluff pulp operation. Approximately 775 unionised


employees are covered by the agreement and are represented by the United Steelworkers (USW), the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), and the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the US and Canada (UA). The agreement improves wages in each of its four years.


Products. “We’re also excited to leverage the new greenhouses to develop the next generation of products for our customers.”


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