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UPM had permanently ceased production and agreed a social plan for its employees at its Chapelle mill in Grand-Couronne, France already in June 2020.

UFP Industries announced that its affiliate, Deckorators, Inc., acquired Cedar Poly LLC, for $17 million. The purchase price includes incentive payments of up to $1.5 million over three years if Cedar Poly meets certain performance goals.

Mondi announced €125 million investment to expand and upgrade its Kuopio mill in Finland with expected start-up by the fourth quarter of 2023.

As part of its long-term global commitment to climate protection and sustainable production, Sappi will be abandoning the use of coal at its German site in Stockstadt as a next step. To this end, the current coal-fired Boiler 9 will be decommissioned, and the mill will be operated using only renewable biomass and natural gas.

Reemphasizes Need for the Board to Immediately Repay Debt and Refinance RYAM's 2024 Senior Notes.

The fire that started at a workshop during a roll test has been now extinguished. The origin of the fire is under investigation.

Plaintiff alleges company's negligence led to third-degree burns over 45% of body

Stora Enso invests in ACDF Industrie SAS and becomes a 35% shareholder of the French wood processing company.

If it vibrates, FPA can analyze the situation. If it is not supposed to vibrate, FPA can facilitate the solution.

Paper Excellence announced that it is nearing completion of a significant project to winterize the pulp mill at Prince Albert Pulp Inc (PAPI). Winterizing the mill means that the interior of the mill is now heated for the first time since 2014, when the site last operated. The project will cost approximately $500,000.

This is the first-time that bio-syngas will be used in the paper industry for paper drying.

In a recent article from CBC in Canada, it was announced that a Bill 22 Electricity Statues Amendment Act was introduced in Alberta, under Canadian legislature to allow companies to generate and store their own electricity and sell the excess back to the power grid.

These price increases are in response to inflationary cost increases in transportation, energy, labor, chemicals, maintenance, and other raw materials and continued strong demand across the Greif paperboard and converting network.

Mondi said the net asset value of its Russian operations was 687 million euros ($724.9 million) as of Dec. 31 and that it has suspended all significant capital expenditure projects in the country.

Atlas Packaging, based in Barnstaple, North Devon, is a corrugated packaging provider with a strong market presence in shelf ready packaging, gift boxing and the e-commerce sector.

Boise Cascade Company announced the promotion of two of its business leaders.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the appointment of six members to serve on the Softwood Lumber Board. The appointees will serve three-year terms, beginning immediately, to Dec. 31, 2024.

Boise Cascade Company announced that Craig Dawson and Amy Humphreys were elected to its Board of Directors (Board) following the Company's Annual Shareholders' Meeting held on May 5, 2022. In addition, Richard (Rick) Fleming retired from the Board after nine years of service.

Of course, it is. You ask how I can write a column about this. What we don't realize is how rapidly and how important energy has become to modern societies. The following is a column I wrote for my hometown newspaper about six months ago. While not about energy, it describes a real scenario, that while current, could have easily been widespread conditions about 70 years ago in the United States. The boiler, an important object in this piece, was manufactured only about sixty years ago.

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the beginning of UPM on the riverbanks in Kuusankoski, Valkeakoski and Pori. Many UPM mills have been able to reform over the course of time developing their operations to meet the needs of each era. Now they will celebrate their 150th anniversary, not only with various events, but also through everyday work.

The evaluation of options is expected to be completed by the end of 2022.

Prestigious award honors a single supplier who enables Unilever's brands to win in the channels of the future, today.

Since 2010, Two Sides' fact-driven campaign has persuaded more than 880 organizations globally, including 159 in North America, to remove unsubstantiated environmental claims about paper from their marketing communications.

The investment in new bleaching technology will increase the capacity of the mill and support Stora Enso's ambitious climate targets.

The new container board making line (PM3) will produce high-quality testliner and fluting grades, and it will use 100% recycled paper. The start-up of PM3 is scheduled for the second quarter of 2024.