North America

The PEERS keynoter discusses the sustainability efforts of the leading US brewer.

From political topics—Brexit (again) and the US presidential election (despite being more than a year away)—to social media to trade to entertainment to other issues that affect the industry such as the paper straw, they all have a place on this year’s list.

Sustana Group has brought back an historic Canadian papermaking name while developing some groundbreaking technology.

Each year, Paper360° showcases members of our industry who lead by example—in their service to others, their exemplary management, or their remarkable contributions to helping our industry grow.

Innovative new coatings took the Cascades Sonoco joint venture from market challenges to multiple opportunities.

Columbia Pulp is about to start up in eastern Washington using wheat straw as its furnish.

Over its 170-year history, Domtar has seen a tremendous amount of growth and change. Today’s Domtar is unified, in part, by an unrelenting focus on safety.

RISI’s annual North American forest products outlook conference showed a strong industry—but some outside threats could pose a challenge.

The recovery boiler is the heart of the kraft pulp process, but it can also be the Achilles heel of the kraft pulp mill when it fails—resulting in unplanned downtime or catastrophic failure. Yet, in 2017 alone, three mills reported failure of their recovery boilers in North America.

GREG RUDDER WestRock CEO Steve Voorhees is a consolidator. His company in the last three years has completed the most M&As of any in the industry. He’s done this with a focus on integrating workers from different companies into a single company that is to be superior and more efficient than the individual ones. Since WestRock was developed in 2015 ...