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Following the approval of all relevant authorities, BASF and Solenis have completed the previously announced merger of BASF's wet-end Paper and Water Chemicals business with Solenis.

SCA and Latvian Forest Company have signed a letter of intent for SCA to acquire 10,000 hectares of forest land in Latvia.

A build-up of paper products caused a fire at a Kruger facility in Trenton on Friday.

Greif, Inc. announced that it has received notice that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has granted early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act regarding Greif's pending acquisition of Caraustar Industries, Inc.

The company will further consolidate production facilities to reduce fixed costs by shutting down the No. 8 paper production machine at the Kushiro Mill and the No. 6 paper production machine at the Hokkaido Mill in Yufutsu, Japan.

Western Forest Products Inc. has completed the acquisition of certain assets of Columbia Vista Corporation and related entities located in Vancouver, Washington.

UPM Energy is increasing the production capacity of its Kuusankoski hydro power plant in Finland through an extensive renovation and modernization project during 2019-2022.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö and Metsä Fibre have started safety collaboration by auditing each other's production facilities. This is a unique form of collaboration among the Pulp and Paper industry with the target of promoting the safety work within the industry.

Stora Enso said it is planning to close paper machine 6 at Imatra Mills in Finland and to start co-determination negotiations at the mill related to this plan.

The operator of a pulp and paper mill at the centre of a continuing controversy in Pictou, N.S., has asked the provincial government to allow it an extra year of dumping the mill's wastewater next to the territory of a local First Nation.

Conifex Timber Inc. announced that it is temporarily curtailing sawmill operations at its Fort St. James, British Columbia, Canada, sawmill for three weeks commencing February 4, 2019, due primarily to continued high log costs and lumber market conditions.

Fire crews were mopping up a fire that early Jan. 31 destroyed a multimillion dollar pulp mill closely associated with Columbia Pulp.

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LSC Communications, Inc. has signed a multi-year agreement with award-winning publishing company H.O. Zimman, Inc. to produce six national sports magazine titles.

For the past several years, when transportation month comes around on our editorial calendar, I have been talking about driverless trucks being right around the corner. They still are, but the corner is closer.

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The Marcal Paper Mill was mostly destroyed Wednesday night as a massive blaze tore through the historic facility on the Passaic River in Elmwood Park.

Government regulation can be a blessing or a burden. In every case, it's the result of a public process. In contrast, says Domtar CEO John D. Williams, too many of today's extra-governmental, voluntary programs -- shadow regulations -- fall short of this process.

Greif, Inc. announced that it was awarded an A- score for environmental leadership by the non-profit organization CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project).

Smurfit Kappa continues to bring sustainable innovative solutions to the agricultural sector by launching its industry-leading AgroPaperTM.

While the Company is continuing to pursue a transaction to address its liquidity needs, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to consummate any sale, transaction, or refinancing on terms that are satisfactory to it, or at all.

Representatives of Resolute Forest Products are asking Queen's Park for help, as they battle with American producers for access to U.S. markets. Resolute says they have $100 million in duty deposits sitting in Washington, and there's still no agreement on softwood lumber.

Canfor Corporation announced it will be temporarily curtailing operations at three British Columbia mills due to log supply constraints, log costs and current market conditions.

Firefighters from about 15 communities were working late into Tuesday night at the Huhtamaki paper products facility on the Waterville-Fairfield line, where a large fire was burning in the paper machines below the roof, according to Waterville fire Chief Shawn Esler.