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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.

Gov. Scott Walker continues to push state senators to vote on an incentives package in hopes of keeping Kimberly-Clark in the Fox Valley.

Last week we talked about harassment and one-sided fantasizing. We did not call it one-sided fantasizing, but that is what it was. Our last topic in this series is going to be relationships that start at work. In this case, both parties are willing participants. I think modern communications systems have made these easier to do. Email, texting and so forth are far easier than putting "personal and confidential" notes in internal mail systems. Modern communications are also far easier to trace, too--email and texting leaves a trail that others can find (such as your spouse's lawyer)...

Essity is closing its converting facility in Bellemont, Arizona, United States. The closure will be completed in the second half of 2019 without any disruption to customers.

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. announced that it has sold its resins business to LRBG Chemicals, a company to be led by the current resins business management team, for a purchase price of approximately $16.5 million.

Due to unprecedented flooding from Hurricane Florence, Sonoco's paper mill operations in Hartsville, South Carolina, have been shut down temporarily. Certain operations remain flooded and have experienced damage which could require those operations to be down for several weeks.

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP) announced that due to Hurricane Florence, its Wilmington, North Carolina, engineered wood operations have been temporarily shut down.

Japanese papermakers seek to profit from growing boycott.

Nippon Paper Industries and Shikoku Kakoki have developed "NSATOM", an aseptic filling system for paper packaging based on new concepts that supports filling involving particles, long fibers and high viscosity, and allows for ambient distribution.

UPM's new brand promise, UPM Biofore - Beyond fossils, captures the company's strong commitment to a future which is not dependent of fossil raw materials. The new direction is a natural continuation to UPM*s purpose of creating value from the limitless opportunities of bioeconomy.

DowDuPont said on Monday Chief Executive Officer Edward Breen will take over as the executive chairman of its specialty-products unit, after the chemicals major separates into three different units.