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Tag: International Paper
IP announces $90 million-plus investment at Cantonment mill
International Paper has announced its plans to reinvest in its Pensacola Containerboard Mill. More than $90 million is projected to be spent at the mill over the next five years in order…
Who owns training facilty property
The land for the proposed $22-million training facility to build by PJC is owned by RMS Timberlands, LLC. The purchase price is $3,278,400. Resource Management Service (RMS) Timberlands is a Birmingham-based company…
Boone report: No cuts at IP or Solutia expected
By IN reporter Sean Boone Although the struggling economy has created a trend of corporate employee layoffs nationwide, the two largest corporate plant facilities in Escambia County–International Paper and Solutia–are not expecting…
IP loves Loxley
Mobile Press Register reports that International Paper plans today to ask Loxley to annex and rezone thousands of acres of timberland north of Interstate 10 to accommodate a long-term development that will…
IN Your Head Radio
IN Your Head Radio moves to two hours today and takes on such issues as the International Paper Water Quality Improvement Project, the latest on Erin Markes and the safety of our…
Pensacola mill hurts IP profits
The Associated Press reports that International Paper reports solid international demand. However: The company said global demand for paper and packaging continues to grow, but earnings were hurt by higher raw material…
IP buzz
International Paper will shutdown in May to switch from white to dark paper. Good news: more profitable, less trees needed, less bleaches used, higher yield. Bad news: fewer employees. Employment drops are…