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Sonoco Products Co. said Monday that Chief Executive Robert Tiede has retired, after about 21 months in the role, and about 16 years with the company.

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Verso Corporation and Lapetus Capital II LLC (together with its affiliates, including Atlas Holdings LLC, "Atlas") and Blue Wolf Capital Advisors IV, LLC ("Blue Wolf") and their respective affiliates, announced that they have reached an agreement to settle the pending proxy contest with respect to the Company's 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") and certain other matters.

An explosion is being investigated at ARAUCO in Crawford County.

An ex-accounting manager who worked at Weyerhaeuser's Springfield office has pleaded guilty to mail fraud, aggravated identity theft and tax evasion after stealing more than $4.5 million from the timber company by contracting with bogus vendors, including one in her mother's name.

Cascades, a leader in eco-friendly recovery, hygiene and packaging solutions, is delighted to receive a DUX Grand Prix Award for its latest food packaging innovation: a 100% recycled and recyclable cardboard tray.

The Board will now initiate a recruitment process for a new President and CEO.

The proposed merger, which was announced in May 2019, had been set to expire on Feb. 1.

UPM takes the next transformative growth step and enters the biochemicals business by investing in a biorefinery at Leuna, Germany.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation announced that Russ Torres has been named President, Kimberly-Clark Professional, effective March 9, 2020.

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The Valmet Industrial Internet (VII) solutions combine advanced monitoring and prediction applications, Advanced Process Controls (APC), dynamic process simulators and remote services from Valmet Performance Centers into comprehensive solutions that provide tangible benefits to customers.

An order with this scope of supply is usually valued in the range of Euro 2-5 million.

American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Heidi Brock praised the Administration and Congress for their efforts to pass the U.S. - Mexico - Canada (USMCA) trade agreement and issued a statement.

Quad/Graphics Inc. plans to sell its Omaha packaging plant for $40 million to Atlanta-based Graphic Packaging International while also continuing investments in other packaging operations.

Georgia-Pacific announced that it will make an investment of more than $145 million at its Darlington, South Carolina, Dixie plant that will expand plate and bowl making operations. This investment is based on customer and consumer demand for these well-known household products.

Arsen S. Kitch will lead paper and tissue manufacturer Clearwater Paper Corp. beginning April 1.

Graphic Packaging Holding plans to purchase 15.1M partnerships units in Graphic Packaging International Partners from International Paper for $250M.

The mill currently employs 236 people with an annual production capacity of 240,000 tonnes of newsprint paper.

A financial analyst says the long-struggling Canadian newsprint industry has even tougher times ahead given recent events including a potential anti-dumping investigation in India.

Boise Paper, a division of Packaging Corporation of America (PCA), has announced their sponsorship of Reach Out and Read, a U.S. non-profit entering its fourth decade promoting childhood literacy.

Some 9,000 workers at Finnish paper mills will start a three-week strike on Monday after wage talks broke down, their labor union said in a statement, the latest in a series of labor conflicts to hit Finland.

Verso seeks state and city aid as it looks to make a costly shift.