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Talking about the environment, it's condition and its trajectory, is as fraught with danger as revealing one's political affiliation in the United States today. Everyone has an opinion about the state of today's environmental conditions, the trajectory for them in the future, and, furthermore, they know they are right, well grounded in science and the other side is biased and bought off by _______ (fill in the blank). Nevertheless, we will slog on amid the rising waters of discontent and disbelief.

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Once profitable newspapers now survive on the thinnest of margins in the digital age.

Xerium Technologies, Inc. and Andritz AG announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Andritz will acquire Xerium for $13.50 per share in an all-cash transaction.

Macedonia has achieved PEFC endorsement of its national forest certification system for the first time.

Smurfit Kappa Group announced Tuesday that it has joined with HP Inc. to install eight HP Scitex corrugated presses across its European sites.

The U.S. Trustee's Office Monday asked a New York bankruptcy court to reject bankrupt envelope maker Cenveo Inc.'s revised Chapter 11 plan, saying its executive bonus plan is too vague and its liability releases too sweeping.

Mac Papers announced grand opening of its newest wide format demo center. Located at the Mac Papers Nashville branch, the center showcases the latest wide format printing and finishing technologies from best-in-class equipment manufacturers.

The newest class of inductees for the Paper Industry Hall of Fame has been announced.

In its Government Reform Plan released this past week, the Administration made the case for privatizing the Postal Service, and preparing for an eventual change through recommendations coming in August from the President's Task Force on the Postal System.

SCA began production at the expanded Östrand pulp mill in Sweden according to plan during the midsummer holiday (i.e. this weekend). SCA is investing SEK 7.8 billion ($881 million) in the operation and the project is on budget and schedule.

Preem and wood industry company Setra are investigating the possibility of building a joint production facility for the manufacture of pyrolysis oil, a renewable raw material for biofuel.

Valmet and Asia Symbol (Shandong) Pulp and Paper Co., Ltd. have signed an agreement for the maintenance services for the company's board machines and pulp mill in China.

Lenzing Group and Duratex agreed on the terms and conditions to form a joint venture to investigate building the largest single line dissolving wood pulp (DWP) plant in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

ASX-listed packaging giant Orora has become the latest major industrial group in Australia to shift its operations to "baseload" renewable energy, this week signing its second power purchase agreement, in this case for electricity generated by the Lal Lal wind farm, being built in Victoria.

Longview Fire crews were called to Kapstone around 1 p.m. 17 June in response to a slow moving fire near the upper slopes of a 40-foot tall wood chip pile.

International Paper appoints Timothy S. Nicholls as Senior Vice President and CFO, succeeding Glenn R. Landau who is leaving the company for personal reasons.

Japanese paper manufacturers were expecting a shrinking market due to the declining population but are expanding output instead due to an unexpected boost - a surge in foreign tourists pushing up demand, inevitably, for toilet paper.

McDonald's said it will switch to paper straws at all its locations in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and test an alternative to plastic ones in some of its U.S. restaurants later this year.

Responding to increasing industrial filtration demand, Ahlstrom-Munksjö is investing about €28 million in its Filtration and Performance business area to expand manufacturing capacity as well as product capabilities.

I think the sales/procurement function is often broken or at least inefficient. And I have a surprise for you--I am sure you think I spend a lot of time thinking about how paper mills operate. I do, but I spend at least as much time thinking about the dysfunctional sales and procurement function I find in mills. We spend a lot of time here at Paperitalo Publications thinking about it, too...

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Smurfit Kappa has secured further recognition of its innovative approach to packaging after winning two Grupo Nutresa awards in Colombia.

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