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Oregon regulators levied a $20,800 penalty Tuesday on International Paper over a March oil spill into the McKenzie River.

Netherlands-based Paper Excellence said on Tuesday it did not accept Brazilian company J&F Investimentos SA's decision to cancel the sale of pulp producer Eldorado Brasil Celulose SA.

Kespry announced the availability of the pulp and paper industry's first drone-based aerial intelligence solution.

Hamburger Containerboard announced a one week downtime in Austria and Hungary due to general maintenance work.

Graphic Packaging Holding Company released its 2017 Sustainability and Social Responsibility Report.

uzano Papel e Celulose SA has gotten the green light from China's competition authority to acquire rival Fibria Celulose SA.

Kimberly Clark plans to invest $150 million in its Chester site in transforming its co-generation power plant from a coal-fired one into one fueled by natural gas.

Orora Limited announced the acquisition of Texas based packaging distributor Bronco Packaging Corporation.

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Ahlstrom-Munksjö will invest Euro 21 million in its Coated Specialties business to improve capabilities and flexibility at its Jacarei plant in Brazil.

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Eldorado Brasil Celulose SA's controlling shareholder, conglomerate J&F Investimentos SA, and Netherlands-based Paper Excellence, which agreed to buy Eldorado a year ago, are disputing the final price and the deal will not close as scheduled next week, one source with knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday.

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Nine Dragons plans to fund the acquisition through existing cash on its balance sheet.

Green Bay Packaging has broken ground on a new paper mill in Green Bay.

WestRock Company and KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation announced an anticipated election deadline of 5:00 p.m. New York City time on September 5, 2018 for KapStone stockholders to elect to receive shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Whiskey Holdco, Inc. ("Holdco") as consideration in the acquisition of KapStone by WestRock through Holdco

A North Carolina man will spend 15 months in prison for his role in a scheme to steal $1.7 million from Kimberly-Clark Corp.

Different organisations, including the workers' unions of Cachar Paper Mill and Nagaon Paper Mill, will block National Highway 37 at Jagiroad in central Assam's Morigaon district for four hours on September 11, demanding payment of the workers' pending salaries and revival of both the industrial enterprises.

Smurfit Kappa Plc confirmed on Wednesday the Venezuelan government had taken temporary control of its Venezuelan business for 90 days.

Cascades Inc. has announced plans to close two sheet plants in Barrie (Jellco) and Peterborough, Ontario, as part of its ongoing efforts to reorganize and optimize its corrugated packaging platform in Ontario.

A trade dispute over glossy paper will continue with an appeal to the World Trade Organization, even though the United States announced last month that it had ended countervailing duties on Canadian producers.

Graphic Packaging Holding Company announced that its subsidiary, Graphic Packaging International, LLC, has reached an agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of the foodservice business of Letica Corporation, a subsidiary of RPC Group PLC for $95 million, subject to standard closing conditions and regulatory review.