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Graphic Packaging International has won the prestigious Folding Carton of the Year award at the 2018 Paperboard Packaging Council's carton competition, held on October 25 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Södra can now offer Guarantees of Origin (GoOs) for its renewable electricity.

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Ahlstrom-Munksjö contemplates a plan to optimize its production capacity and product offering to meet the profitable demand and investigates the closure of one paper machine (PM1) in Stenay, France.

Smurfit Kappa Group announceed that it has agreed to acquire Fabrika Hartije d.o.o. Beograd ('FHB') paper mill and Avala Ada d.o.o. Beograd ('Avala Ada') corrugated plant, in Belgrade, for a consideration of €133 million from Kappa Star Group.

Quad/Graphics, Inc. and LSC Communications, Inc. announced that their boards of directors have approved a definitive agreement whereby Quad will acquire LSC Communications in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $1.4 billion, including the refinancing of LSC Communications' debt.

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Stora Enso has increased its ownership up to 100% in the Sweden-based company Cellutech AB.

Essity has joined the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's New Plastic Economy global commitment, "A line in the sand". Essity is therefore committed to working toward 100% recyclability of the company's packaging by 2025.

WestRock Company and KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation announced that the U.S. Department of Justice has cleared WestRock's pending acquisition of KapStone through Whiskey Holdco, Inc.

The death of a man who was run over by a lorry at the paper mill he worked at was accidental, an inquest concluded.

Universal Forest Products, Inc. announced that one of its subsidiaries closed on the purchase of substantially all of the operating assets of Pak-Rite, Ltd.

Essity reported a steeper-than-expected 12 percent drop in core profit as rising pulp and energy costs outweighed higher selling prices and cost savings, sending its shares lower.

Dozens of workers will lose their jobs when a Brattleboro Neenah Paper facility closes.

Our modern society is one that increasingly relies on technology for everyday life, work and study, yet the desire and benefits of paper and wood-based products remains consistent.

The forest product industry directly employs approximately 950,000 men and women and supports more than twice that many derivative jobs in supplier industries and local communities. While the industry lost jobs during the Great Recession, our manufacturers have been adding jobs in recent years as the economy expands.

Did you know that paper and wood products manufacturers are the leading producers and users of carbon-friendly bioenergy of any industrial sector?

Premier Doug Ford and Jeff Yurek, Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry, announced that Resolute Forest Products will be investing $40 million into Ontario's Northwestern operations, and an additional $13.5 million into maintenance and job creation at the Thunder Bay pulp and paper mill.

When I think back over my five decades in industry, one stands out when the subject of quality comes up. It is the 1970s. The 1970s were the age of shabby. I don't care what kind of product it was, retail or industrial, I would suggest the 1970s were the low point of quality, at least in the United States. So, what changed?

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A man who helped persuade the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. to grant a bogus solid-waste conversion firm called Green Box $95,000 for training has agreed to plead guilty to federal fraud conspiracy charges.

Smurfit Kappa has taken the next step forward in its sustainability journey by rolling out an ambitious new set of goals.

Kimberly Clark CEO Thomas Falk has announced he is to step down as the company reports a fall in its full-year adjusted operating profit due to a rise in commodity costs such as plastic, pulp and oil.

Smurfit Kappa has marked the beginning of the rebuild of a recovery boiler with a ground-breaking ceremony at its Nettingsdorf Paper Mill in Austria.

Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. has completed constructing a demonstration plant at Fuji Mill in Japan for new functional materials, "MinerPa®" which is a hybrid material composed of wood pulp and particulate minerals using our own unique pulp-modification technologies, as scheduled.