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Employees at the Graphic Packaging paper mill in Cass County went under lockdown the morning of Tuesday, Oct. 18 after a man drove his vehicle through the security gate. Motorist told deputies he didn't know where he was and thought he was driving on the highway.

When Kimberly-Clark was created in 1872, the U.S. had only 37 states. Neither of the World Wars had happened yet, and Henry Ford was still decades away from introducing the world to the Model T automobile.

Metsä Group will offer added benefits to its committed owner-members by paying a double bonus on wood purchased through delivery sales between 1 November 2022 and 31 January 2023.

Cascades Inc. has amended its existing credit agreement to increase its authorized term loan to $260 million from $160 million and extend the maturity from December 2025 to December 2027.

Greif worked with ING Capital LLC, its sustainability structuring agent, to include an innovative feature to the facility which is the option to switch to internally set Key Performance Indicators (KPI) at a later stage, providing additional flexibility as Greif makes continuous progress on its sustainability targets.

As we talked about attitude last week, you should have picked up some ideas for making sure your customer relations exude quality, but there are a few more items I would like to emphasize.

Alistair McAlinden and Blair Nimmo, of Interpath Advisory, were appointed joint administrators of the 10 UK based companies within the Arjowiggins UK Group on Thursday 22 September 2022, including Arjowiggins Scotland Limited and Arjowiggins Chartham Mill Limited.

Up to 50 or 60 firefighters on the scene.

The final major component to allow installation of a newly constructed paper machine at ST Paper's mill arrived at Duluth port on Monday via the Federal Kumano.

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI) advances sustainability through forest-focused collaborations.

In total the four weeks of downtime is reducing Canfor Pulp's production output by approximately 28,000 tonnes of market kraft pulp.

Fernandina Beach employees at the Westrock Paper Mill protested Monday morning as contract negotiations continued.

While efforts continue at the Menominee site to suppress remaining smoldering hot spots and cleanup efforts begin, Kursman said the facility is idled and production is not expected to resume in October. He said the company will continue, however, to pay employees at this time.

According to a notice filed with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, the layoffs took effect on Monday. G-P promises to pay employees for at least 60 days, in accordance with state law.

Jussi Pesonen was appointed as UPM's President and CEO in 2004. Before that he served UPM in several management positions since 1987.

Håvard Busklein has been appointed Managing Director at Norske Skog Skogn AS. He has been employed by Norske Skog Skogn for 14 years, however, with a short period as Technical Manager at Trønderbilene AS.

Asia Pacific Resources International Limited ("APRIL") has highlighted the importance of community engagement as a means of limiting the occurrence of fires and hot spots in areas located around its operations in Sumatra, Indonesia.

The PaperBlister package is all paper, plastic-free, made entirely from renewable resources and can be fully recycled into the paper stream unlike traditional plastic blisters.

Conifex Timber Inc. continues working with its engineers and contractors to resume operations at its power plant in Mackenzie, British Columbia, Canada, for which necessary repairs have been faced with global supply chain issues impacting replacement parts.

Amcor released its first Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) report, which includes the results of Amcor's climate scenario analysis exercise, along with information about the company's climate governance structure, risk management approach and performance metrics.

We welcome Myles Cohen, founder of Circular Ventures, LLC, to discuss the volatility in the OCC/wastepaper market, plus trends in the recovered fiber and sustainable packaging markets.

In this special episode, we talk with Stein Larsen, CEO NOREXECO ASA.

Valmet and Mercer Stendal have signed an agreement to modernize valves at Mercer's pulp mill in Arneburg, Germany. The project will bring significant energy savings and reduce CO2 emissions. The delivery includes 800 intelligent Neles NDX valve controllers and 500 Neles B1 pneumatic actuators.

The declaration will make state resources available to help fight the fire at Resolute Forest Products.