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Corporate Responsibility Magazine (CR Magazine) has named Kimberly-Clark to its 20th annual 100 Best Corporate Citizens ranking, recognizing outstanding environmental, social and governance (ESG) transparency and performance amongst the 1,000 largest U.S. public companies.

Unable to pay a debt of 135 million euros, the group Sequana, owner of the paper maker Arjowiggins, was placed in liquidation on Wednesday.

Cenveo announced the launch of a new division, Cenveo Digital Direct, through a joint venture with Katana Studio LTD, a global leader in computer generated imagery (CGI) production.

In containerboard grades, relative cost position curves are becoming a metric of the past, not the future. Actually, what may happen is they bifurcate into two distinct sets, one recycled mills and the other virgin mills. We are on the cusp of an era where putting them up against one another is meaningless.

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Stora Enso introduces DuraSense™ by Stora Enso - wood-based biocomposites for premium cosmetics, food and luxury brands seeking alternatives to plastic packaging.

Global trade of wood pellets jumped more than 21% year-over-year in 2018 when a new record of 22.3 million tons was shipped, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review.

U.S. plywood imports from China fell 55.1% y-o-y in first quarter to 161.7 thousand m3 with import value declined 55.1% to $129.3 million, according to USDA data.

Resolute Forest Products Inc. announced a 5-year extension of its senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility ("ABL credit facility") with an aggregate lender commitment of up to $500 million at any time outstanding, subject to borrowing base availability based on specified advance rates, eligibility criteria and customary reserves.

Stora Enso has joined the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment to eliminate plastic waste and pollution at the source.

Firefighters battled a large fire at the Georgia-Pacific paper mill east of Muskogee, the Muskogee Fire Department said in a Facebook post late Monday.

Premiere Packaging Industries (PPI), based in Cerritos, CA, is a full-line packaging supply distributor that has been in business since 1999.

KP Tissue Inc. and Kruger Products L.P. has dedicated the construction site of their future Sherbrooke tissue plant that will be equipped with Canada's most advanced and best-performing TAD technology.

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I just love to visit our clients. Today (13 May 2019), I was visiting Devon Barnes, President of Advanced Coil Technology, LLC in Owatonna, Minnesota. Advanced Coil makes liquid-to-air coils for any application.

Saint Norbert College announced the death of Green Bay Packaging Chairman James Kress on Sunday afternoon during a graduation ceremony in the gymnasium named after him.

The Verso Corporation paper mill in Luke, Md., has released some specifics in connection with its previously announced closing.

Tolko says it will permanently close its Quesnel sawmill and will reduce shifts at its Kelowna mill.

Nippon Paper Industries Co. Ltd. has agreed with Sojitz Corporation to jointly establish a power generation company "Yufutsu Energy Center, LLC" and conduct a power generation business with biomass mono-fuel combustion, utilizing the feed-in tariff (FIT) system for renewable energy.

American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Donna Harman issued a statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposal to approve almost all of the original water quality standards developed by the state of Washington. EPA announced the action on May 10.

Sonoco, one of the largest global diversified packaging companies, is celebrating its 120th anniversary today (May 10).

The SEC's complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, alleges that Lloyd Schuman, of Cordova, Tennessee, learned that his employer, Verso Corporation, had confidential plans to acquire privately-held NewPage Holdings Inc.

WorkSafeBC has fined a forest company $29,049 for the deaths of three workers in a "high-risk" railway accident on northern Vancouver Island.

Flambeau River Papers has given an assignment for the Benefit of Creditors and a receiver will be appointed, the company announced Wednesday.

B.C. forestry companies say proposed legislation that would give government a veto over the transfer of timber cutting rights has put the entire forest industry "on pause."