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In the joint venture, Lenzing holds a 51%, Duratex a 49% stake.

Metsä Tissue, part of Metsä Group, has agreed to divest its napkin business to keeeper Group, which is part of Mutares Group.

The three sawmills, with combined production capacity of 550 million board feet, are located in Cross City (Florida), and Glenwood and El Dorado (Arkansas).

The International Paper facility in the Springhill-Cullen area is up and running again Tuesday after a small fire.

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality levied fines this month totaling $27,106 against the Georgia-Pacific Pulp and Paper Mill in Toledo regarding three separate incidents -- two involving unexpected releases from the mill's wastewater treatment system and one involving a lab testing issue.

Voith is planning on acquiring 90% of the shares in Toscotec S.p.A. Both parties agreed not to disclose the purchase price.

In its statement, activist investors Atlas Holdings and Blue Wolf Capital Advisors IV contends that the rescheduling will prevent shareholders from making an informed decision on the specialty mills transaction and is an attempt to prevent the activists' nominees from being elected.

Domtar Corporation congratulates three of its board members, Giannella Alvarez, Mary A. Winston and Pamela B. Strobel, on being named to WomenInc. Magazine's list of 2019 Most Influential Corporate Directors.

Members of the United Steelworkers (USW) union approved a new four-year master agreement with WestRock that sets standards for wages, benefits and working conditions for more than 9,400 union workers at 62 facilities across 26 U.S. states.

Huhtamaki has agreed to acquire full ownership of its joint venture company Laminor S.A. in Brazil.

The company's plans include the construction of a tissue paper conversion unit, retrofit work in the unit located in Aracruz, as well as expansion of Suzano's forest base in the state.

The judge's granted Chemours' request to pause the arbitration on Thursday, one day after he heard arguments on DuPont's dismissal motion.

A contractor has died following an industrial accident at Graphic Packaging in West Monroe on Wednesday.

Owners of the Northern Pulp mill near Pictou, N.S., have said a government refusal of their request would lead to the facility's closure and the elimination of 300 jobs at the mill and an estimated 2,400 more in the forestry sector.

Pinnacle Renewable Energy ("Pinnacle") announced the planned construction of a new industrial wood pellet production facility in the southeast United States in close proximity to Pinnacle's Aliceville, Alabama facility.

The former professional hockey player from Grand Rapids who was badly injured while on the job at UPM Blandin, a Grand Rapids paper mill, died Tuesday morning, Dec. 17.

As of January 1, 2020, Huhtamaki appoints two new members to the Global Executive Team.

The Province's initiative to increase efficiency and accountability in the New Brunswick private wood market is something we fully support as well as increased transparency on Crown land.

The annual production capacity of Metsä Board Kyro mill is 190,000 tonnes.

Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB), Port Hawkesbury Paper and IFE Project Management Canada (IFE) sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) formalizing their collaboration on the potential Pirate Harbour Wind Farm in Nova Scotia.

Forisk Consulting, a leader in North American forest industry and timber market research, has acquired the North American Wood Fiber Review from Wood Resources International of Bothell, Washington.

Start-up is scheduled for the third quarter of 2021.

Sonoco announced it has joined 4evergreen, an international industry alliance dedicated to boosting the role of fiber-based packaging to create a circular and more sustainable economy that reduces climate change and other environmental impacts.

Columbia Falls firefighters responded fire at the Weyerhaeuser medium-density fiberboard (MDF) plant on line two at about 4 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 15.