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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.

Imports of paper are not hurting the U.S. industry, commission rules...

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.

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.