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Weyerhaeuser Company announced actions to reduce the liabilities of its U.S. pension plan while maintaining the plan's current funded status.

CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc. says it will sell 56,000 acres of timberlands in Texas and Louisiana -- the Southwest Region -- to Forest Investment Associates for $78.5 million.

A KapStone Paper and Packaging investor is asking the Delaware federal court to block the company's $4.9 billion merger with WestRock Co. claiming not enough information about the transaction has been provided to shareholders.

Weyerhaeuser Company announced that Doyle R. Simons has elected to retire, and its board of directors has appointed Devin W. Stockfish as president and chief executive officer, effective Jan. 1, 2019.

Brazil antitrust agency Cade is considering imposing restrictions on the merger of Fibria Celulose SA and Suzano Papel e Celulose SA that would create the world's largest wood pulp producer, a Brazilian newspaper reported, citing sources.

Move comes two days after government took control of Smurfit's local unit in Valencia...

The investment firm buying Glatfelter's specialty papers division says it plans to invest in the division and make it more competitive.

Mr Bob DeKoch will retire as independent non-executive director of the Board of directors of Sappi with immediate effect due to health reasons.

Smurfit Kappa has defended itself after the Venezuelan government took temporary control of the Irish cardboard boxmaker's subsidiary in the South American country, which is in economic freefall and recording hyperinflation.

Every August, starting back in 2015, we have focused on corruption we have seen or heard about in the industry in the past year. This has become the most popular month of the year for original Nip Impressions columns. As usual, these stories will be told by Fos, a pulp rat. It is my privilege to put Fos' stories in print for you. We continue with Chapter 19...

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A plan to offer Kimberly-Clark $100 million in tax incentives to keep its operations in the state is crony capitalism at its worst.

The main global group for certifying sustainable wood has suspended plans to give its influential endorsement to Indonesian paper company Sinarmas after revelations it cut down tropical forests and used an opaque corporate structure to hide its activities.

Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. Wednesday announced plans to install a new pulp dryer in its Longview pulp mill in an effort to expand the market for its products.

J.D. Irving Ltd. and the Crown have reached a resolution in a case that saw the company charged with 15 offences under the federal Fisheries Act related to alleged pollution from its pulp mill in west Saint John.

Mr Bob DeKoch will retire as independent non-executive director of the Board of directors of Sappi with immediate effect due to health reasons.

The Venezuelan government has announced a 'temporary occupation' of a unit of Smurfit Kappa, the Irish-based paper company, saying that the group has 'abused its dominant position' in the marketplace.

Clearwater Paper Corporation announced the Company has sold its Ladysmith, Wis. facility to Dunn Paper, Inc.for approximately $72 million.

Glatfelter announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Specialty Papers Business Unit ("SPBU") on a cash free and debt free basis to Lindsay Goldberg (the "Purchaser") for a total sale price of $360 million.

Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) strongly rejects the unsubstantiated allegations suggested by Auriga in its report titled "APP and APRIL violate zero-deforestation policies with wood purchases from Djarum Group concessions in East Kalimantan". The report contains factual errors and presents incomplete information which must be corrected.

Smurfit Kappa has received the 'Best Environmental Approach' award in the Andesco Sustainability Awards in Colombia.

Cenveo announced that the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has confirmed its plan of reorganization, paving the way for the Company to emerge from Chapter 11 in the coming weeks.

WestRock says it is closing its Charlotte facility, a move that will result in the loss of 170 full-time jobs.

There were no issues and no injuries during a fire response at the Domtar mill in Rothschild Monday night.