The law, effective Jan. 1, 2021, could increase prices, but it brings a sense of job security to over 500 employees at the Huhtamaki paper products plant.
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Finland’s ‘bioeconomy’ could provide roadmap for Maine
Finland’s top forestry official paints a picture of her country’s push to develop a sustainable advanced economy with a natural resource mix that mirrors Maine’s own.
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Belfast company plans new use for idle Madison mill, raising prospect of new jobs
GO Lab Inc. plans to employ more than 100 people at the former Madison Paper Industries mill, which closed three years ago.
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Wood product companies get $1.5 million in state funding
Two companies each get a $750,000 grant to develop new technologies in former paper mill towns.
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Climate bills call for Maine to reduce emissions to 80% below 1990 levels
Seven hours of testimony provide a glimpse into the scope and impact of proposals to rein in greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, factories and motor vehicles.
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Millwrights at Sappi mill in Skowhegan ratify contract, averting strike
Members of Local 2740 of the International Association of Machinists vote overwhelmingly in favor the new three-year agreement.
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Verso paper machine employees evacuate Jay mill after chemical released
Chlorine dioxide gas is released when a valve is left open.
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Next step for Mike Michaud after Congress: His local select board
Never one to stop serving, the former Maine representative with deep ties to East Millinocket looks to help rebulid the mill town.
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Maine’s paper industry ‘positioned to have a revitalization’
There’s no question papermakers have struggled, but insiders are sanguine as mills adapt to specialty products and the demand for pulp exports soars.
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ND Paper adds to its Maine holdings, buying Old Town mill for undisclosed sum
The U.S. subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Nine Dragons Paper Holdings says it hopes to restart the mill early in 2019, creating 100 jobs in the Penobscot County community.