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Stora Enso is introducing a paperboard tube for cosmetics packaging as a new, climate-friendly alternative to plastic tubes. The paperboard tube is suitable for the primary packaging of skin cream products.

The management team of paper manufacturer Arjowiggins Creative Papers has announced the successful management buyout of its UK operations, protecting hundreds of jobs in Scotland and safeguarding Aberdeen's historic Stoneywood paper mill.

Escambia Fire Rescue responded to a reported fire at International Paper in Cantonment midday Tuesday.

To-date, Fortress' wholly-owned subsidiaries, Fortress Specialty Cellulose Inc. ("FSC") and Fortress Bioenergy Ltd. (together, the "Borrowers"), have drawn down an aggregate of $5,000,000 under the previously announced senior secured credit facility, which has provided the Company with supplemental liquidity.

Quad/Graphics Inc will pay $9.9 million to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges it conducted bribery schemes in Peru and China and violated U.S. sanctions by dealing with a Cuban state-owned telecommunications company.

The Competition & Markets Authority said Monday it will not refer the acquisition of DS Smith PLC's flexible plastic packaging division by Liqui-Box Inc to a Phase Two investigation, accepting the undertakings offered by Liqui-Box.

Under the terms of the Amendment, the Company will also retain up to $50 million in net proceeds from the previously-announced sale of its Matane pulp mill, which remains on track to close in the fourth quarter, with the remainder of the net proceeds to be used to repay a portion of the Company's secured debt.

The new system will process poplar as raw material, and the fiber produced will be used on the company's own paper machines for P&W (printing and writing paper) and board grades.

Metsä Board Corporation, part of Metsä Group, has signed a bank financing facility consisting of a Euro 150 million, five-year term loan and a Euro 200 million, five-year multicurrency revolving credit facility ("RCF") with two one-year extension options and a Euro 50 million accordion option.

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More than 70 workers at the Catalyst Crofton pulp and paper mill have been laid off.

With this consolidation, Stora Enso will permanently close the Kitee sawmill by the end of this year, leading to making 73 employees redundant.

Södra Cell International will be split into two product categories - Paper Pulp and Bioproducts - to strengthen Södra's market position as a first-class supplier of paper pulp, while increasing the underlying earnings potential of new products. The change will come into effect on 1 October.

Finnpulp increases its investment assessment in bioproduct mill in Sorsasalo, Kuopio, Finland, to Euro 1.6 billion, or nearly Euro 200 million more than previously announced.

Huhtamaki has entered into an agreement to acquire the majority of Everest Flexibles (Pty) Limited ("Everest"), a privately-owned flexible packaging manufacturer in South Africa.

The acquisition allows Huhtamaki to speed up its growth in India by improving its capability to serve the customers in South India.

A successful experiment by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), brings Sappi together with major global brands (Sainsbury's, BNP Paribas, Unilever, Barclays, Standard Chartered and Rabobank) showing how a new model of blockchain and other data sharing technologies can enhance the sustainability of global supply chains without increasing production costs.

CelluStraw™, a new fiber based solution for drinking paper straws, has been recently launched and is specially designed to address the food industry's emerging initiatives to phase out single-use plastic straws.

Arauco announced its commitment to achieve carbon neutrality by 2020, meaning the company aims to capture more greenhouse gas emissions than its emissions at a global level, which in addition to being a significant contribution and real step forward to deal with the climate crisis, position Arauco as the world's first forestry company to achieve this important goal.

Cascades was awarded the bronze Parity Certification by the Women in Governance organization. This certification recognizes Cascades' policies and programs aimed at encouraging women's professional growth and leadership.

The approximately 160 employees at the Battle Creek mill were notified of the decision on Tuesday. Company intends to begin phasing out the Middletown, Ohio, mill as well.

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Annica Bresky will become chief executive of Finnish pulp, paper and packaging board maker Stora Enso Oyj from December, taking over from Karl-Henrik Sundstrom.

The Company will invest $600 million in the project, and the machine is expected to have an annual capacity of approximately 500,000 tons.