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Irving Woodlands will benefit from the ability to turn existing slash piles, tops, branches, and forest residuals into mini chips for wood pellet production or into boiler fuel chips, generating energy from forest materials that would typically have been left in the forest to decompose.

While the merger of Domtar and Paper Excellence has been approved by the Competition Bureau of Canada, part of the approval means the Kamloops pulp mill must be sold to a third party.

Pratt Southeast Displays, has informed the N.C. Commerce Department that it is closing its Whitsett facility in Guilford County on Jan. 15, eliminating all 81 jobs.

Paper Excellence announced that it is donating $50,000 to Saskatchewan Polytechnic to create a Paper Excellence student awards scholarship program. The scholarship awards will be distributed over the next five years with $2,500 available to each of four students each year.

Natrellis® packaging for refrigerated, frozen and prepared foods receives How2Recycle® label.

RRD announced that it has received a proposal from Chatham Asset Management, LLC ("Chatham") to acquire all of the outstanding shares of RRD not already owned by Chatham for $9.10 per share in cash.

Canfor Corporation announced it is providing $125,000 to the Canadian Red Cross' British Columbia Flood and Extreme Weather Appeal to support their response efforts.

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Company reports spike in orders as it keeps pace with consumer demands for sustainable, recyclable boxes

The curtailment is targeted to begin in the week of November 22, 2021 and we will evaluate conditions for potential restart in early January 2022.

The new $150 million plant employs 215 workers in full-time manufacturing jobs.

Paper Excellence warned that its customers may see pulp and paper delivery delays due to ongoing supply chain disruption in North America and particularly British Columbia.

Mondi, a leading global packaging and paper company, is investing €20 million to further improve the sustainability of its pulp production at the Frantschach mill in Austria. The mill, which is celebrating its 140th anniversary in 2021, has already been self-sufficient in terms of energy for many years and supplies surrounding communities and industrial companies with surplus heat from the pulp production process.

Paper Excellence B.V. and Domtar Corporation jointly announced that they have received Canadian Competition Act approval for their business combination whereby Karta Halten B.V., an affiliate of Paper Excellence, will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Domtar common stock for $55.50 per share in cash pursuant to an agreement and plan of merger dated May 10, 2021 (the "Merger").

A new survey of 12,000 consumers in six countries worldwide shows that 76% of them would like to recycle more than they do now.

The agreement enables pharmaceutical freight forwarders access to Pegasus ULD® containers directly from Singapore Airlines. Singapore Airlines and mutual clients will also have access to other Sonoco ThermoSafe containers as part of this agreement.

The new Adestor catalog contains the entire range of self-adhesive facestock available in sheets from Lecta.

The Index is a widely recognized standard for measuring and advancing corporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices across all industries.

In the newspaper's annual ranking of diversity work in the business sector in 15 European countries, Essity was ranked 25th out of 15,000 companies.

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. announced that the Company plans to submit two important management proposals to the Company's stockholders for a vote at its next Annual Stockholder Meeting in May of 2022.

Ahlstrom announced in May that they planned to invest $70 million in a new glass fiber tissue production line, creating almost 50 jobs in Madisonville.

If you think you can't innovate, the problem is purely mental. Creativity can be learned and you can use it in many ways to make your work environment more productive and safer.

Manufacturer K.T.G. is looking to expand its Memphis operations, investing more than $21 million in a facility expansion, new equipment and the creation of 36 jobs. The average annual wage for the new jobs will be about $54,000.

Celadon Development Corp. said it has already opened a processing facility in coastal Georgia and plans to build a facility that will produce 450,000 tons of pulp per year. A second phase doubling production to 900,000 tons per year could come later, depending on demand, according to CEO Tim Zosel.

UPM has been listed in the Dow Jones European and World Sustainability Indices (DJSI) for 2021-2022 as the only company in its industry. The DJSI indices cover environmental, social and governance aspects of responsibility.