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The American Filtration & Separations Society awarded Ahlstrom-Munksjö Extia® with the New Product Award in their Annual Awards Luncheon at FiltCon 2019.

Huumiis Ventures Limited Partnership ("HVLP") has complete an acquisition from Western Forest Products Inc. ("Western") of a 7% interest in the newly formed TFL 44 Limited Partnership.

Oji Holdings Corporation and Nikkol Group - Nikko Chemicals Co., Ltd. have been jointly developing Cellulose Nano-Fiber (CNF) for cosmetic ingredients, and announce to commercialize it as "AUROVISCO CS."

In celebration of National Wildlife Week, the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is announcing it has received a significant and generous donation. J.D. Irving, Limited has donated $1 million to NCC's national Landmark Campaign.

SCA has acquired Latvian Forest Company's forest and land assets in Latvia, in total 10,000 hectares. The price is SEK 260 million (€ 26,2 million).

LignoTech South Africa (LignoTech) is an equal partnership joint venture between Sappi Southern Africa Limited ("Sappi") and Borregaard AS of Norway ("Borregaard").

Andritz has received an order from Eldorado Brasil to supply a biomass handling system for their new Onça Pintada plant in Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

A milestone multi-million-dollar investment by AkzoNobel is set to transform its wood coatings facility in High Point, North Carolina, into a best-in-class manufacturing site - and further strengthen the company's market position in the US.

Dr. Chris Luettegen asked me to share some words them on Tuesday, 2 Apr 19. The class meets in the auditorium in the Tri-Centennial Building on campus. Of course, I was honored and happy to do so.

WestRock said Thursday it will permanently close its digital printing operations in Kimball in May and consolidate such production at a similar facility in Chattanooga.

Graphic Packaging announced that Stacey Panayiotou will join the company as executive vice president, human resources.

DowDuPont Inc. said its board will be proposing a reverse stock split at a special stockholder meeting.

The American Filtration & Separations Society awarded Ahlstrom-Munksjö Extia® with the New Product Award in their Annual Awards Luncheon at FiltCon 2019.

BillerudKorsnäs and ALPLA announced that they will form a joint venture in the Danish paper bottle company ecoXpac.

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The quick thinking of a night watch person helped prevent a fire at a Tolko Lumby mill from growing at around 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

Central National Gottesman Inc. (CNG) announced that its Lindenmeyr Munroe division has acquired Beck Packaging.

Asaelo has completed the sale of the its Australian Consumer Tissue business to Solaris Paper.

Södra is investing in its second coating facility for exterior cladding at the sawmill in Kisa, Sweden. The new coating unit will begin operating in the first quarter of 2020.

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India has become the latest country to achieve the PEFC endorsement of its national forest certification system.

Kimberly-Clark Australia has announced it will cease operations at its Ingleburn Mill at the end of July.

Enviva Partners, LP has completed the previously announced purchase (the "Hamlet Transaction") of its sponsor's interest in its first development joint venture, Enviva Wilmington Holdings, LLC (the "First JV").

All production lines at Metsä Wood's Pärnu birch plywood mill in Estonia have now been started.