Tag Archives: Paper Industry

Wauna Mill announces $150 million investment in paper machine

The mill employs more than 700 workers. Georgia-Pacific has announced a new investment of more than $150 million to rebuild a 1965 vintage paper machine at the Wauna Mill. The mill, which employs more than 700 workers, produces retail bath tissue, paper towels and napkins used by consumers across the country. While the upgraded paper […]
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Georgia-Pacific to invest $150 million in tissue mill in Halsey, Oregon

Georgia-Pacific announced a $150 million investment in its retail consumer tissue business at its mill in Halsey, Oregon. Investments to the Halsey mill will increase production capacity for high quality bath tissue, with initial production expected in 2025. By the end of this project, Georgia-Pacific will have invested over $200 million in paper machine and converting assets at Halsey since 2022. Source: Georgia-Pacific to invest […]
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From cone to cardboard: The life cycle of a tree in the forest products industry

Sixty feet above the ground, latched into a basket atop a lift, David Perfecto deftly plucked sticky green cones from the crown of a Douglas fir tree. Perfecto is a regional manager for Employers Overload, a staffing agency that contracts with Weyerhaeuser Co., one of the largest manufacturers of wood products in the U.S. Source: […]
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Sen. Johnson digs in against cap and trade

Critical of suggestion on pulp mills like Wauna. State Sen. Betsy Johnson blasted what she described as a last-minute suggestion to amend the cap-and-trade bill to benefit pulp and paper mills. Johnson, D-Scappoose, a critic of cap and trade, has opposed the legislation over fears it would damage the Georgia-Pacific Wauna Mill, the largest single […]
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Guest Column: Cap and trade won’t solve any problems

I was deeply saddened to read the editorial published by The Astorian in support of the cap-and-trade bill being considered by state lawmakers. Not only did the content ignore some very basic realities about our community, but also because it lacked the key perspective from key voices in our community. I am disappointed the editorial […]
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Using locally thinned trees for paper bags unlikely

Q: It’s such a shame to burn up the wood that’s being thinned from our local forests to reduce the risk of wildfires. Will Oregon’s ban on plastic bags increase the use of paper bags and create a market for using that wood? A: Medium-sized trees can often be sold from forest-thinning projects to help […]
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Willamette Falls Paper Company Creates A New, Non-Wood Paper

An Oregon paper mill company has successfully created a new, non-wood paper product that uses agricultural waste to produce paper. The West Linn-based Willamette Falls Paper Company made its first non-wood paper product using pulp from wheat straw fibers. The new product uses 10% of fibers which are collected from the shaft of the wheat […]
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For timber, a steady decline in jobs

Even amid the economic recovery from the Great Recession, Clatsop County’s timber industry has declined. Source: For timber, a steady decline in jobs

Pallesen: Cap-and-trade legislation needs protections for Oregon’s pulp and paper workers

For the last 10 years, I, along with many others, have worked diligently on carbon cap and trade in Oregon and Washington state, focused on asking: What are the major causes of greenhouse gasses worldwide and what does it take within a world economy to truly reduce CO2 emissions? In the last 20 years pulp […]
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Paper mills suitors get no reaction to purchase offers

WestRock, which owns a paper mill in Newberg that could help revive Oregon’s curbside recycling program, says it’s in no hurry to sell shuttered mill. Two interested buyers of a shuttered Newberg paper mill report getting the cold shoulder from the Atlanta-based owner, more than a month after WestRock Co. told the Tribune it is […]
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