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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.

Metsä Group's next-generation bioproduct mill in Äänekoski, Finland, reached its nominal capacity in August 2018, according to plan.

KP Tissue Inc. and Kruger Products L.P. announced its plan for a capital investment of $575 million in the Brompton area of Sherbrooke, Québec, to build a new, state-of-the-art tissue plant featuring Canada's largest and most modern through-air-dry (TAD) machine.

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 18...

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Mercer International Inc. announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Santanol Group, which owns and leases approximately 2,500 hectares of existing Indian sandalwood plantations and a processing and extraction plant in North West Australia.

Kimberly-Clark Corp. is increasing its prices and changing package counts in the U.S. and Canada for several brands, including Cottonelle bathroom tissue and Huggies diapers.

Cenveo Inc said in court papers it is poised to emerge from the Chapter 11 bankruptcy it launched in February with much of its debt canceled after creditors overwhelmingly backed an amended reorganization plan.

Gov. Matt Bevin today announced Global Win Wickliffe LLC, a Chinese-owned paper products manufacturer, will reopen the former Verso Corp. mill in west Kentucky's Ballard County with a $150 million investment expected to create 500 full-time jobs.

Graphic Packaging Holding Company announced that Alan ("Al") R. Nichols, Executive Vice President of Graphic Packaging International's Mills Division, has elected to retire on September 15, 2018 after 29 years of dedicated service with the Company.

A small group of employees at Columbia Pulp in Pomeroy recently huddled around the base of a conveyor belt that transports wheat straw to a chest where it is mixed with water and chemicals.