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First Quality opened its doors in Anderson in 2010 and now has over 800 employees working at a facility with more than 2.9 million square feet.

Pratt Industries Inc. announced the opening of its new 409,000 square foot facility in Austell.

Tetra Pak announces it is ready to deploy its portfolio of tethered cap solutions.

Emergency crews responded to a report of a machine on fire at a North Charleston paper mill Friday night, March 26.

The new Advantage DCT 200 tissue line will be installed at the company's mill in Pamukova, Sakarya Province in Turkey. The start-up is planned for the second quarter 2022.

Metsä Fibre is building the world's most modern sawmill in Rauma, Finland. The construction work began in May 2020, and the sawmill's foundation stone was laid on Thursday 25 March 2021. Due to the coronavirus situation, the foundation stone was laid by Harri Haapaniemi, Project Director, and Liisa-Maija Perävainio, Sawmill Director, without external participants.

Metsä Group will be renewing its ERP solution in 2021-2025. The large-scale Euro 150 million project aims to harmonise the Group's current ERP solutions with a unified modern solution. It supports management of the Group as a one company with unified processes.

The facility, which is approximately 335,000 square feet and sits on 143 acres, will initially start with three pelleters and a 100,000-ton capacity, but has the infrastructure for eventual expansion to 300,000 tons and nine pelleters.

Following the success of the PaperSeal tray, both the new PaperSeal Slice® and PaperSeal Wedge offer brands and retailers a recyclable, barrier-lined, paperboard packaging alternative to plastic thermoformed trays for sliced meats and cheeses. Both PaperSeal Slice and Wedge offer enhanced branding capabilities with high-quality graphics that deliver on-shelf differentiation.

Glatfelter Corporation announced the antitrust regulatory process has concluded and it may now proceed with the previously announced acquisition of Georgia-Pacific's U.S. nonwovens business for $175 million. The transaction includes Georgia-Pacific's Mount Holly, North Carolina airlaid manufacturing operation and an R&D center for nonwovens product development in Memphis, Tennessee, which collectively employ approximately 140 people.

Private equity firm Apollo Global Management Inc. is exploring a sale of textbook publisher and education technology company McGraw-Hill Education that could fetch up to $6 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter.

This new pouch, designed to be recycled, will be piloted with Uncle Ben's® Ready to Heat Wholegrain rice, and will be available in Tesco stores from mid-April.

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company announced Care Kits by RRD to help healthcare companies adapt to industry changes and demonstrate their commitment to member and patient wellness.

The Supervisory Board of Metsä Group's parent company, Metsäliitto Cooperative, elected Nina Pärssinen as a new member of the cooperative's Board of Directors.

A fire that cost the lives of two contractors during maintenance at Canton's Evergreen Packaging paper mill ended in hefty fines for two contractors. No citations were issued to Evergreen Packaging.

I hate boneyards. These piles of junk provide a false sense of security, causing clueless managers to think there is something there that can get them out of a maintenance jam. I haven't kept track, but my perception is that boneyards in my past caused far more problems than they cured.

UPM Timber has completed the employee consultation process started in early February on its plans to improve profitability and strengthen competitiveness. Based on the negotiations, the number of positions at UPM Timber will decrease by 43.

Program to develop future finance leaders for company by building first-hand mill experience.

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Heidi Brock issued the following statement in support of U.S. Senators Rob Portman's (R-OH) and Debbie Stabenow's (D-MI) and Representatives David Joyce's (R-OH) and Dean Phillips' (D-MN) introduced legislation, the RECYCLE Act. U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Todd Young (R-IN), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Susan Collins (R-ME) are original cosponsors of this legislation.

Valmet will supply Valmet IQ Quality Control System and Valmet IQ Moisturizer to Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill, JSC, in Novodvinsk, Russia.

The Brazilian wood-based materials producer Guararapes Paineis, S/A. placed an order for an MDF plant with Siempelkamp.

Sonoco announced it is implementing a $50 per ton price increase for all grades of uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) in the United States and Canada, effective with shipments beginning April 26, 2021.

Smurfit Kappa Bag-in-Box makes another step towards circular economy and reduces the amount of plastic used to manufacture bags by introducing the new light 60-micron EVOH film - E Compact 60.

Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc., the oldest continuously operating paper mill in the United States, was recognized with three 2020 American Graphic Design Awards, presented annually by Graphic Design USA (GDUSA).

The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE UK) and Sonoco Europe have signed an agreement which provides a UK-wide recycling solution for paper containers with metal ends, through ACE UK's Bring Bank collection scheme.