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Metsä Board designed the package structure, the original graphics, and the embossing.

Effective February 28, 2020, Solenis signed an agreement to acquire the paper business of ChemSystems, a division of AECI Ltd. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2020.

Graphic Packaging International has selected Voith to provide a complete recycled stock preparation system for its new Coated Recycled Board (CRB) machine being built in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Esko, the global innovator of integrated software and hardware solutions, has agreed a new deal with Dynagraph to resell its entire portfolio across Saudi Arabia.

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Interfor Corporation announced that it has received approval from the Province of British Columbia related to the previously announced agreement to acquire cutting rights in the Adams Lake area of the BC Interior from Canfor Corporation.

Stora Enso, a major Finnish forestry renewable materials company, is testing an autonomous truck in their mill area in Uimaharju, Eastern Finland.

Resolute Forest Products Inc. announced that its board of directors authorized the repurchase of up to 15% of the company's common stock for aggregate consideration of up to $100 million. Repurchase transactions will be funded using the company's sources of liquidity.

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McKinley Paper Company is producing paper at a mill that had been dormant for three years, a representative for the state agency referring job applicants to the mill said Wednesday.

A little more than two years after Georgia-Pacific (GP) announced a major restructuring that eliminated close to 300 positions, closed the "Roaring 20" office paper line and shuttered pulp operations at the Camas paper mill, the company says it is reinvesting in the local manufacturing facility.

Company's Land Application Program in Cloquet, Minn. awarded for sustainable materials usage.

Children's interest in recycling plays a big role in the degree to which families recycle their household waste, a new survey by Arla Finland and UPM finds.

Reference is made to the stock exchange notice on 14 February 2020 where it was informed that the board of Sniace, Borregaard's partner in Spain, intended to apply for liquidation of the company.

Cachar Paper Mill in Hailakandi and Nagaon Paper Mill in Morigaon are non-functional.

ABIGO Medical AB develops, manufactures and markets products including the Sorbact® technology, which is a clinically established innovation for advanced wound care.

While pulp manufacturing continued unabated throughout the period, paper operations were curtailed as orders could not be planned and manufactured because of the systems interruption.

Graphic Packaging Holding Company, through its primary U.S. operating company, Graphic Packaging International, LLC., announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Consumer Packaging Group business from Greif, Inc. for approximately $85 million.

“Maintenance Again” is pronounced in many mills with a slight groan and downward inflection in the voice. In many CFO offices, the words “Maintenance Again” are recognized about as easily as any phrase in Klingon. By the way, you can translate “Maintenance Again” to Klingon—it is “leH jatlhqa” so don’t let the person holding the checkbook in your mill get by with feigning ignorance of the necessity of maintenance, no matter what language you use. I have been writing this column for over eighteen years and I have railed against the cheap maintenance managers for nearly fifty years. It is absolutely criminal to not do prescribed maintenance.

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A 3MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project has been completed and commercialized by United Renewable Energy at Kimberly-Clark's facility in LaGrange, Georgia.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission won't oppose the proposed acquisition of Orora Fibre by Australian Paper.

DS Smith, the leading provider of sustainable packaging solutions, has announced the appointment of Dr Susana Aucejo as senior R&D Director to lead the company's work on plastics replacement and the development of innovative barrier solutions.

It will allow Ilim to make sales on the European market in accordance with the EU regulations on wood without additional confirmation of the legality of the raw materials from which the products are made.

Plover Fire Chief Mark Deaver said a fire at Neenah Paper in Whiting started in a compactor.

Within the terms of the agreement, under licence from Georgia-Pacific, BFTi will develop, process and market the next generation of sustainable nonwoven fibres aiming to lead the industry in the transition away from synthetic materials toward all-natural, better performing solutions.