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You will see it all the time, both corporately and individually. People, and people representing corporations, will demand very high quality from others but will tolerate themselves or their organizations delivering low quality goods and services. This is hypocrisy, yet it is not as bad as things can get. Those who accept low quality goods and services are nearly a lost cause when one tries to deliver high quality goods and services. They just don't get it.

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Weyerhaeuser, one of the world's largest private owners of timberlands, announced the company is donating $250,000 to several organizations providing relief efforts in North Carolina after Hurricane Florence.

The Skowhegan paper mill is diversifying its capacity and expanding into paper-based packaging, officials said.

WestRock Company has provided an estimate of the impact of Hurricane Florence on its business and fiscal fourth quarter financial results.

Clearwater Paper Corporation announced a key divisional executive appointment. Effective October 1, 2018, Steve Bowden is named senior vice president and general manager of the pulp and paperboard division.

Reforestation company transitions to new branding with new logo.

A worker is suing International Paper Co., a packaging company, after allegedly slipping and falling on icy steps while delivering large rolls of paper.

USG Corporation announced that at the Company's special meeting of stockholders, USG stockholders voted to adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger with Gebr. Knauf KG, dated as of June 10, 2018.

WestRock Co., the largest employer in the Alleghany Highlands, will invest $248 million in its manufacturing operations in Covington and Alleghany County.

McKinley Paper Co. officials have said the company will begin production at its Port Angeles mill by September 2019, ending a curtailment that began in April 2017.

Union workers voted Saturday to strike against Voith Paper Fabric and Roll Systems in Neenah and started a picket line at 6 a.m. Monday.

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation announced its commitment of $250,000 to support Hurricane Florence disaster relief efforts in North Carolina.

Canfor Pulp Products Inc. announced that it will extend its scheduled maintenance outage on one production line at its Northwood Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft ("NBSK") Pulp mill located in Prince George, British Columbia.

Smurfit Kappa is writing off €60 million of its investment in Venezuela as the Irish packaging group signalled that it was quitting its operations there after the government took control of its paper mill last month.

Smurfit Kappa chief executive Tony Smurfit has said he was "surprised" that the Government did not give the box-maker any sign of support when it was fighting an unwanted bid from a US rival earlier this year.

Netherlands-based Paper Excellence will argue in arbitration over its attempted takeover of Brazil's Eldorado Brasil Celulose SA that surging pulp prices played a big part in Eldorado's owners canceling the deal, according to documents and two people with knowledge of the matter.

Veritiv Corporation has officially joined the Amazon Packaging Support and Supplier Network (APASS).

DowDuPont officials plan to turn the company's Michigan site into a multi-company industrial park.

Expera Coated Products has announced the branding of their products used in the manufacture of Specialty Label applications.

Verso Corporation announced the launch of three new label papers, OptiLabel™ HB, OptiLitho™ C1S and OptiPrime™ Inkjet WS, further expanding its specialty label paper portfolio, the largest in North America.

Smurfit Kappa demonstrated the impressive capabilities of its ShelfSmart service, including its new packaging solution, Shelf Facer, at its Shopper Marketing event last week.

Amcor plans to invest more than $25 million to upgrade its Madison, Wisconsin, facilities starting in 2018 and into 2019 to expand capacity, improve quality and reduce waste while updating technology.

A St. Cloud manufacturing company evacuated employees Thursday morning after noticing flames at the base of an exhaust fan, according to WestRock production manager Allen Mackedanz.