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International Paper announced its board of directors has authorized a share repurchase program to acquire up to $2.0 billion of the company's common stock.

A new Kimberly-Clark lobbyist and his wife gave Republican legislators and their supporters more than $4,000 in late August, a little more than a month before GOP leaders decided to reconvene to consider tax incentives for the Texas-based papermaker, campaign finance reports show.

Stora Enso and energy company Gasum have signed a contract to build a biogas plant at Stora Enso's Nymölla paper mill in Sweden.

On Oct. 10, the hygiene and health company Essity will open the annual meeting of the United Nations Foundation's dialogue on the UN's sustainable development goals.

Paper Excellence Canada announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Catalyst Paper Corporation, including its three facilities located in Crofton, Port Alberni and Powell River, its Surrey distribution centre and headquarters in Richmond, BC. This agreement is subject to regulatory review and approvals.

Irving Pulp & Paper (IPP) of Saint John will pay a $3.5 Million penalty related to 3 counts of effluent discharges into the Saint John River, subject to court approval.

Ron Van Den Heuvel will plead guilty Friday to one count of fraud as part of a plea agreement reached this week with federal prosecutors.

ND Paper will invest $300 million into its mills in Wisconsin and Maine in the next two years, sparking a transformation and new trajectory for ND Paper, the newly-formed U.S.-based subsidiary of Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Limited, the largest containerboard producer in Asia.

According to the BLS, "Overall employment of industrial machinery mechanics, machinery maintenance workers, and millwrights is projected to grow 7 percent from 2016 to 2026." If you're like most U.S. manufacturers today, these resources are extremely challenging to find, hire, and retain. What is your strategy?

WestRock was recognized at the Path to Purchase Design of the Times Awards with 31 awards for excellence in merchandising solutions -- the most of any entrant for the second year in row.

The new 'EveryOne' initiative has been rolled out across Europe and the Americas to encourage all employees to play their part in creating an even more inclusive workplace.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö was honored with the 2017 3M Supplier of the Year Award in recognition of the company's contribution to improving 3M's competitiveness.

Investment funds managed by Oceanwood Capital Management Limited have now acquired 100% of the shares in Norske Skog AS following a lengthy process of regulatory approvals.

Months after contaminants were found in its water supply, Georgia-Pacific is helping state officials to help identify the sources of the leaching chemicals in Parchment, state officials said.

Ahead of next year's spinoff, the division that will retain the DuPont name has a new look.

The strike notice is for operations affiliated with the Council of Northern Interior Forest Industry Relations, which includes operations in Houston, Burns Lake, Fort St. James, Prince George, Mackenzie, Fort St. John, Quesnel and Williams Lake. Operations affected include divisions of Canfor, Conifex, Dunkley Lumber, Lakeland Mills, Tolko Industries and West Fraser Mills, among others.

Mercer International Inc. has signed a deal to acquire Daishowa-Marubeni International Ltd., which owns a bleached kraft pulp mill in Peace River, Alta., and a 50 percent stake in a joint venture which operates a bleached kraft pulp mill in Quesnel, B.C.

If you have not heard of Industry 4.0, you will. In fact, later this month Paperitalo Publications is launching a new newsletter on the subject as it pertains to the pulp and paper industry. We are calling it Industree 4.0™. Industry 4.0 means more sensors, more data collection and more data analysis in real time. It will mean higher quality products made at lower costs, for upper and lower control limits will be able to be set even closer to the desired outcome for many attributes.

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Valmet has acquired Enertechnix, a high-tech combustion diagnostics and monitoring technology company, based in Washington, USA.

Andritz and Arauco signed a letter of award for supply of major technologies and equipment for the modernization and extension of the Arauco pulp mill in Chile.

The Wisconsin Legislature plans to return the week after the November election for a lame duck session to vote on a $100 million tax incentive bill that would keep paper products maker Kimberly-Clark from shuttering a plant that employs about 500 people.

Resolute Forest Products Inc. says it has reached a deal to sell a pulp and paper mill in South Carolina for about $385-million to New-Indy Containerboard LLC.