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Georgia-Pacific has announced plans for a new lumber production facility in Albany-Dougherty County, Ga. - at the Albany-Dougherty Industrial Park.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation announced that Tristram Wilkinson has been named President, Kimberly-Clark Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), effective immediately.

Dixie Cup manufacturer Georgia-Pacific has announced it is shuttering its Brampton facility later this year.

Looming forest industry tariff increases and deteriorating trade relations between Canada and United States prompted British Columbia's government to protect the pensions of retirees and workers at three Catalyst Paper pulp mills, Premier John Horgan said this past week.

The Board of Directors of WestRock Company announced the appointment of Colleen F. Arnold to the Board.

I have long railed against what seems to be poor science, or at least sloppy science, when it comes to predicting future temperatures. That does not mean I believe we should be lackadaisical about our care of the planet; it just means I want to be assured we are getting it right. I am still not convinced that we are. However, a couple of things are appearing on the horizon that may indicate we have lost interest in the environment or that we will have to change our thinking about it.

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Lawmakers from both parties are pressing the Trump administration to end its tariff on Canadian newsprint, a levy that's pushing newspapers across the country to cut back on printing and staff amid an already-difficult financial outlook for the print media.

Verso Corp. is changing the size of its board of directors. The company will shift from seven members to five at its upcoming annual meeting in September, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Voith Paper in Appleton was chosen by Green Bay Packaging to construct and install its new state-of-the-art paper machine.

Cascades Inc. has announced the acquisition of the White Birch, Bear Island manufacturing facility in Virginia, for a cash consideration of US$34.2 million.

A Republican state lawmaker said Wednesday he won't support a tax break bill to help keep a pair of Kimberly-Clark Corp. facilities in Wisconsin open, a blow to hopes that the state Senate would quickly pass the bill to save more than 600 jobs.

Panolam, a leading supplier of integrated surface solutions, has sold the assets of Panolam's Albany, Oregon, plant to Arauco,

A.Celli Paper successfully started up three E-WIND® winders for tissue at Asia Pulp & Paper's (APP) Perawang mill in Indonesia.

Minerals Technologies Inc. ("MTI") has signed an agreement with Shouguang Meilun Paper Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Ltd. to build a 150,000 metric ton per year satellite precipitated calcium carbonate ("PCC") plant at its paper mill in Shouguang, China.

Two major pulp and paper companies filed a petition last week to participate in the Brazilian antitrust evaluation of Suzano Papel e Celulose SA's planned $11 billion acquisition of Fibria Celulose SA, two newspapers reported.

The Kruger Packaging Group has injected new funds into its LaSalle and Place Turcot facilities in Quebec, Canada, for various modernization projects to be completed this year at a total cost of nearly $20 million.

Kimberly-Clark Corp. is exploring a sale of its European tissue business, as it tries to slash costs and combat slowing sales by exiting less profitable areas, according to people familiar with the matter.

Georgia-Pacific held a ribbon-cutting to celebrate its new tissue converting lines at its Green Bay location.

Smurfit Kappa worked with global transport provider Scania to replace some of the materials used in its supply chain with paper-based packaging solutions.

South Africa's Sappi will invest 7.7 billion rand ($570 million) to expand and upgrade its Saiccor Mill near the port city of Durban, the pulp and paper producer said on Monday.

Kimberly-Clark Corp.'s Cold Spring facility could be saved from closing if a new United Steelworkers agreement ratified by union members Monday night sways the company and is paired with state tax incentives.

Expera Specialty Solutions, LLC announced that Ahlstrom-Munksjö has signed a definitive agreement to purchase all shares of Expera.

Uncertainty looms over the Grande Prairie-area Weyerhaeuser wood mill as the company seeks assurance from the province about new caribou regulations.