Thursday, 29 April 2021, 5:17 am
Oji Fibre Solutions (OjiFS) today announced it’s $100
million packaging facility is on-track for completion in
October 2021. The modern cardboard box plant development in
Establishment Drive, Christchurch will replace the existing
operations in Shands Road, Hornby and will secure more than
75 long-term jobs in Christchurch.
OjiFS’ Chief
Operating Officer of Packaging, Grant Fitzgibbon said,
“Today we told our employees we will be moving to the new
modern site in October 2021. This is a big milestone, and we
are pleased the project is continuing as planned because
there have been many challenges, not the least being
disruptions caused by COVID-19.”
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Waterworld Te Rapa was one of three council businesses caught discharging contaminants into the sewers in breach of their trade waste consents.
This story was originally published on and is republished with permission. A public pool, a water treatment plant and a landfill owned by Hamilton City Council are among the 99 organisations caught dumping contaminants down the drain. The three council-owned facilities were revealed after the council released the names of all 99 companies that had breached their trade waste consents in the city during the past year. The council had initially refused to say who the 99 were, but after RNZ revealed last month that 267 companies had dumped contaminants down the drain, it said it had since changed its mind.
Those included making bleached chemical pulp, but the company was considering “all options”. A spokesman at the company’s head office in Norway said the review is expected to be completed in the early part of this year. No job losses have been identified to date.
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The Tasman newsprint mill at Kawerau, with wetlands and thermal power station in the foreground. The mill has started making paper for packaging products as its owners prepare to halt newsprint production. “Norske Skog do not intend to make products other than converting grade paper and mechanical pulp on reel,” he said. “Newsprint production at the Tasman Mill is expected to finish during the first quarter of 2021.”