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I am speaking about the capital projects sector for 2024 and going forward a bit.

In 2023, Georgia-Pacific, a major manufacturer of toilet paper and other paper-based products, reinvested some $2 billion into its operations. According to the company, the capital improvement projects include finishing new facilities and enhancing existing operations.

Overall, Primestone believes the Westrock transaction "risks deteriorating SKG's business profile" by creating a higher-cost, less integrated company whilst "increasing leverage for modest financial benefits for SKG's shareholders."

With a blank sheet of paper staring at me, I sit and wonder, "what is it that I do for my employers, for my customers?" That line of thinking kindled a much bigger flame of what is the role of a person in "Sales". I think it is very nuanced and influenced much by semantics. What does sales mean?

The prestigious award, sponsored by FERPI, Borsa Italiana and Bocconi University, recognizes the strict and transparent manner in which Italian organizations do their accounting.

Moelven Wood and Billerud are joining forces to examine the possibility of developing a new sustainable packaging solution for Moelven's interior panels. The goal is to create a paper-based solution to replace the current plastic shrink wrap.

Foodservice Packaging Awards honor Eco-Products and Vegware for Innovation in Manufacturing for their compostable solutions.

EcoVadis is an organization that provides buyers with sustainability assessments of suppliers through an information-sharing platform registered with buyers and suppliers from more than 175 countries and over 200 industries.

Suzano, the global leader in eucalyptus pulp production, has announced price increases for its pulp effective from January across various markets. For China, the price increase will be $10 per ton, while for North America and Europe, the increment will be $80 per ton. The price in North America will reach $1,330 per ton, and in Europe, $1,140.

Following the announcement of the Napi mill closure in June this year, Stora Enso has systematically ceased all ongoing operations at the site.

UPM Biomedicals, the forerunner in producing high quality nanofibrillar cellulose for life science and clinical applications, has signed an extensive distribution agreement for GrowInk™ bioinks with Brinter Inc, a Finnish-US medtech/biotech company focusing on the development of cartilage implants using their patented 3D bioprinting technology.

A man is dead after allegedly attempting to steal copper from paper mill in Victoria's east.

One Georgia-Pacific employee had to be treated at the scene, but that was the only injury according to officials.

Borregaard will co-invest with the European Innovation Council Fund and several other public and private investors in a direct offering of new shares in the Danish bioscience company Kaffe Bueno ApS. In total, Kaffe Bueno will raise EUR 6.2 million in new capital from the direct offering. After the transaction, Borregaard will hold 12% of the shares in Kaffe Bueno, with an investment of EUR 3 million.

Kronospan announced the closing of its purchase of Roseburg's Simsboro, Louisiana, particleboard facility following the expiration of the required regulatory review period. Ownership of the plant has been transferred from Roseburg Forest Products to Kronospan.

Rayonier EVP Doug Long is among three directors named to global leadership positions.

Start-up is scheduled for the Q1 2024.

Toscotec will supply an entire dryer section rebuild to Hamburger Turkey, part of the Hamburger Containerboard Group, at their paper mill in Çorlu in Northern Turkey. The project focuses on their containerboard machine (PM3) and is planned for the end of 2024.

Valmet has entered into an agreement to acquire Demuth, a Brazilian company specializing in wood handling solutions for the pulp industry. This acquisition will strengthen Valmet's wood handling technology offering and services presence in South America.

Andritz has received an order from Papel Prensa S.A. to supply a complete old corrugated containers (OCC) line including a reject handling system to its mill in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

I am sure you have heard the story many times about how I lost all steam producing capability in a northeastern Ohio mill in the winter of 1987. It was early February and temperatures had plunged to -20 F. I was not at the mill at the time, but no difference, both the powerhouse and the maintenance departments reported to me...

Chilean industrial conglomerate Empresas Copec announced on Wednesday that it has agreed to sell some of its forestry businesses to Brazilian pulp and paper company Klabin in a deal worth some $1.16 billion.

Rayonier Inc. announced the completion of its previously announced disposition of 55,000 acres of timberland in Oregon to Manulife Investment Management on behalf of clients for $242 million (~$4,400 per acre), subject to customary prorations and closing costs.

Resolute FP Canada Inc., a producer of wood, pulp, tissue and paper products, operates the Ignace Sawmill. On March 28, 2022, an industrial electrician was attempting to repair a photo-eye on a debarking machine.

Columbia corrugated facility sees 700+ ton CO2 reduction while increasing speed and capacity.