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Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. is consolidating its two container plants in eastern Henrico County, Va., into a single facility, a move that will both cost jobs and preserve them.More>>

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) issued a safety bulletin warning of the hazards of conducting hot work in a variety of industries and identifying seven key lessons aimed at preventing worker deaths during hot work in and around storage tanks containing flammable materials.More>>

The 13th International Containerboard Conference, Nov. 12-14 at the Chicago Marriott in Chicago, reports its theme is Surviving the Current Economic Challenges and has revealed its speakers for the conference.More>>

Nestle Confectionery is leading the way in the confectionery market by being the first manufacturer to remove plastic inserts from the majority of its shell eggs by spring 2009.More>>

Diamond Packaging, Rochester, N.Y., was named a Supplier of the Year by the Procter and Gamble Co. (P&G) during P&G?s first ever global Supplier Summit on Oct. 15.More>>

Corrugated packaging executives expecting to hear the results of the industry's Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) during the Sustainable Business Executive Briefing and Conference Oct. 22 and 23 in Chicago, were told the study is not yet complete.More>>

Rollguard, part of Great Northern Corp.'s Specialty Group, has expanded its line of protective roll cradles with the new Recycled Fiber Full Roll Perfed, a cradle designed specifically for the converter market.More>>

Temple-Inland Inc., Austin, Texas, reports third quarter 2008 net income of $3 million, compared to third quarter 2007 net income of $36 million and second quarter 2008 net income of $8 million.More>>

Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. celebrated the opening of its new Chicago-area container plant located in New Lenox, Ill., last week.More>>