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If you have never been on both sides of the procurement table, I don't think you can appreciate the art of procurement. I have been fortunate enough to spend time on both sides. Today, I want to talk about being on the buying side...

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Valmet will supply Burgo Ardennes with a batch cooking plant for its pulp mill in Virton, Belgium.

A German company that makes roll covers for paper and packaging manufacturers plans to build a manufacturing operation in Virginia.

The state Department of Environmental Quality fined Georgia-Pacific, operator of the Wauna Mill in eastern Clatsop County, $12,000 for releasing more pollution from its kraft pulp mill than is allowed in the facility's air quality permit.

International Paper Company (has decided to cancel its proposal for the takeover of the Irish packaging company -- Smurfit Kappa -- due to lack of engagement from the latter's management.

Robert G. Burton Sr., chairman and CEO of Cenveo Inc., will resign as part of a reorganization agreement with the company's major stakeholders that will enable the Stamford-based printing company to emerge from Chapter 11 this summer.

Mercer International Inc. announced that it has determined to proceed with a Phase II expansion and optimization project at its Friesau sawmill.

Firefighters used an aerial truck to extinguish a fire inside a fenced area at the south end of the Greif Brothers Packaging LLC property Tuesday night

Port Huron firefighters went to a fire at about 6:20 p.m. Tuesday at the Domtar paper mill,

International Paper Co. is planning to end its pursuit of Smurfit Kappa Group Plc after the Irish packaging manufacturer rebuffed two takeover offers and refused to engage, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Stora Enso has opened Europe's largest wood fibre-based biocomposite plant. Stora Enso's investment of Euro 12 million in a biocomposite plant is part of the company's ongoing process of becoming a renewable materials company.

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation has announced Sallie Bailey has elected to retire as CFO of LP.

Huhtamaki has completed the acquisition of Ajanta Packaging's business in India. Ajanta Packaging is a manufacturer of pressure sensitive labels in India.

On May 30, Cascades' leadership in the area of energy efficiency was honoured at ENERGY SUMMIT 2018.

Smith was upset over being fired from the Verso Paper Mill after working there for 25 years, according to archives.

Mondi has completed the acquisition of 100% of the outstanding shares in Powerflute Group Holdings Oy, a division of Nordic Packaging and Container Holdings, for a total consideration of Euro 365 million on an enterprise value basis.

Rengo Co., Ltd. announces that its consolidated subsidiary Tri-Wall Limited in Hong Kong, has acquired an 80% membership interest in Aldez Containers, LLC through Tri-Wall's wholly-owned subsidiary.

DS Smith Plc has offered to buy Spanish rival Europac for 1.9 billion euros ($2.2 billion) including debt to bolster its position in western Europe's fast-growing packaging market.

Twin Rivers Paper Company LLC announced that it has completed the acquisition of the paper mill located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Twin Rivers, headquartered in Madawaska, Maine, produces specialty packaging, label, publishing, and technical specialty papers as well as dimensional lumber. It is owned jointly by Atlas Holdings LLC and Blue Wolf Capital.

Universal Forest Products, Inc. announced that one of its subsidiaries has closed on the purchase of the operating assets of North American Container Corp. (NACC), a Marietta, Ga.-based manufacturer of structural packaging products.

Greenpeace issued the following news release

Valmet has made the decision to build a Service Center in Chile. Valmet's new Service Center will be located in Concepcion province and it will be in operation by mid-2019.

Huhtamaki has acquired the majority of Cup Print Unlimited Company, a privately-owned paper cup manufacturer based in the Republic of Ireland.