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Sonae Arauco is now a member of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) International, taking another important step in its mission of creating a sustainable forest value chain.

UPM Raflatac has opened a new labelstock slitting and distribution terminal in Chelyabinsk, Russia.

Graphic Packaging Holding Company announced the publication of its 2018 Sustainability and Social Responsibility Update Report.

Avery Dennison Corporation announced a definitive agreement to acquire Smartrac's Transponder (RFID Inlay) Division, for the purchase price of €225 million, subject to certain closing and post-closing adjustments.

The Canfor board has determined that the arrangement is in the best interests of Canfor and fair to shareholders.

Hsu, 55, succeeds Thomas J. Falk, who plans to retire from the company and the Board at the end of the year after serving as Chairman for the past 16 years.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö has agreed to sell its glass fiber reinforcement business in Mikkeli, Finland, to Vitrulan Composites Oy, a fully owned subsidiary of Vitrulan Group and part of the family-owned industrial holding ADCURAM Group.

Huhtamaki is a Tier One member in the newly formed industry alliance called 4evergreen.

Stora Enso, along with other members of CEPI, the European association representing the forest fiber and paper industry, are joining forces with companies across the value chain to drive the recycling of fiber-based packaging and collaboration in circular design and materials to enable positive change in circular economy.

Andritz Brasil Ltda. successfully completed concreting work for the base of the Line 5 debarking drum, which is part of the wood preparation equipment (Andritz scope) being supplied in partnership with Afonso França.

The upgraded fiberline will start up in June 2021 and the new lime kiln is scheduled to start up during the last quarter of 2021.

The company planned to reopen the mill in December 2018, announced in September 2018 that September 2019 was the target date, and announced this September that by Dec. 31, the mill would be up and running.

IT Tech Packaging, Inc. announced the commercial launch of a new tissue paper production line (the "PM9 Production Line"), following the success of its trial production, the receipt of its disposed wastewater discharge permits and construction completion acceptance from Chinese environmental authorities.

Three companies being investigated by the National Environment Agency (NEA) over the 2015 haze crisis had large numbers of fire alerts on their pulpwood concessions this year, an analysis of fire alerts published on Monday (Nov 18) shows.

Roseburg Forest Products was fined $38,400 by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality for violating air quality standards at its plant in Dillard back in March.

In October, Wieland, a general contracting and construction management firm, announced it has been awarded the contract for the new Graphic Packaging mill project in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and has become a go-to company for the pulp and paper industry.

If the problems with Innovation and Strategy are that we can never be certain as to how they will turn out, Creativity, the mortar that holds the other two together, suffers this fate in an even larger measure.

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With a goal of educating consumers, customers and other stakeholders on the benefits of plastic packaging, Amcor recently launched a "Choose Plastic" marketing campaign.

Pinnacle Renewable Holdings entered into a limited partnership agreement with Tolko Industries Ltd. to build a new industrial wood pellet production facility in High Level, Alberta, Canada.

Sonoco announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Thermoform Engineered Quality, LLC, and Plastique Holdings, LTD, (together TEQ), a global manufacturer of thermoformed packaging serving healthcare, medical device and consumer markets, from ESCO Technologies, Inc. for approximately $187 million in cash.

County coroner Austin Fiveash said he has never had to perform an investigation "of this magnitude."

Roseburg Forest Products is laying off about 30 employees from its Dillard plant because of a downturn in the North American plywood market.

Northern Pulp and an associated company owe the province more than $85 million.

Södra is acquiring the remaining shares in Södra Timber A/S and Södra Wood Project from the Danish company Uniwood.

Program has grown to 16 countries and impacted 1.5 million people through improved access to sanitation.