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Sappi Europe is very pleased to report that its Alfeld site PM 3 is operational again as of the 20th of July, significantly ahead of the planned restart date. As previously reported the largest area of reconstruction focused on the machine hall with limited damage to the machine.

Paper maker Verso Corp. will provide death benefits of $2,750 to each of 155 union retirees of a now-shuttered paper mill in Wickliffe, Ky., ending a proposed class action filed in the Southern District of Ohio.

Atlas Engineered Products ("AEP") has completed the acquisition of selected assets of Trusstem Industries Inc., marking a major milestone in AEP's plans for expansion into the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada.

Veritiv launches Vine, providing customers the packaging design quality and agility of a branding firm with the sourcing strength of a leading distribution company.

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company announced that it has unified its Content and Creative Services (CCS) and Global Outsourcing (GO) capabilities to expand and streamline offerings for clients.

Dune Packaging Ltd has partnered with Mondi to grow its market share by offering more complex, multicolour designs on its open mouth paper bag packaging.

Smurfit Kappa has unveiled a new, state-of-the-art solar panel system in its Colombian Forestry operation. The Solar One photovoltaic system will generate 50% of the energy needs of the nursery and the entomology and plant pathology laboratories.

The modernization has meant work for nearly 60 contractors from other small communities from Bathurst to Edmundston.

Valmet will supply the world's largest bleached chemi thermo mechanical pulp (BCTMP) line to Guangxi Sun Paper Co., Ltd's new Beihai mill in China.

Emergency crews battled an overnight fire at the Corner Brook mill on Thursday night into early Friday morning.

The acquisition will almost double Holmen's sales of wood products to over SEK 3 billion, while also advancing positions in wood construction and providing Holmen with the capacity to process the majority of the raw material from its own forests in its own industry.

O-I Glass Inc. (OI) Wednesday, July 15 said it has agreed to sell its Australia and New Zealand business unit to Visy Industries.

With the closure of the mill UPM will reduce a total of 240,000 tonnes of its newsprint paper capacity.

All signs continue to point to the Verso paper mill in Wisconsin Rapids shutting down operations on July 31st.

Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc. has entered into a new distribution partnership with Clampitt Paper Company, a leading privately-held paper merchant servicing customers across the Southwest United States.

Clearwater Paper Corporation has introduced ReMagine™, a folding carton paperboard brand with up to 30 percent post-consumer recycled fiber.

The Procter & Gamble Company announced a new commitment to have its global operations be carbon neutral for the decade through a series of interventions that protect, improve and restore nature.

Enviva Partners, LP (the Partnership) has completed the acquisition from its sponsor of Enviva Pellets Greenwood Holdings II, LLC, which, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, owns a wood pellet production plant in Greenwood, South Carolina.

I don't think there has ever been a time in my fifty years in industry that I have seen more potential hazards distracting us from our primary purpose in business which is, of course (all together), "spinning the invoice printer." We have been forced to step beyond the traditional corporate responsibilities (environment, regulations, equal opportunity employment and so forth).

Sappi announced last week plans to eliminate 75 jobs and shut down a paper machine and the majority of the energy complex at their Westbrook mill.

Resolute continues to seek opportunities to reduce emissions and increase efficiencies.

Sappi has launched a skin- and planet-friendly hand hygiene ingredient - Valida - which is based on cellulose and is intended to be used by hygiene product manufacturers in products like hand sanitisers.

Effective July 14, 2020, Solenis LLC ("Solenis") completed the acquisition of 100% of the outstanding shares of Poliquímicos, S.A. de C.V. ("Poliquímicos").

UFP Industries announced that one of its affiliates acquired the operating assets of T&R Lumber Company and its affiliates, Sullivan & Mann and Kelmar Creations.