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Cascades Inc. has announced the acquisition of the White Birch, Bear Island manufacturing facility in Virginia, for a cash consideration of US$34.2 million.

A Republican state lawmaker said Wednesday he won't support a tax break bill to help keep a pair of Kimberly-Clark Corp. facilities in Wisconsin open, a blow to hopes that the state Senate would quickly pass the bill to save more than 600 jobs.

Panolam, a leading supplier of integrated surface solutions, has sold the assets of Panolam's Albany, Oregon, plant to Arauco,

A.Celli Paper successfully started up three E-WIND® winders for tissue at Asia Pulp & Paper's (APP) Perawang mill in Indonesia.

Minerals Technologies Inc. ("MTI") has signed an agreement with Shouguang Meilun Paper Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Ltd. to build a 150,000 metric ton per year satellite precipitated calcium carbonate ("PCC") plant at its paper mill in Shouguang, China.

Two major pulp and paper companies filed a petition last week to participate in the Brazilian antitrust evaluation of Suzano Papel e Celulose SA's planned $11 billion acquisition of Fibria Celulose SA, two newspapers reported.

The Kruger Packaging Group has injected new funds into its LaSalle and Place Turcot facilities in Quebec, Canada, for various modernization projects to be completed this year at a total cost of nearly $20 million.

Kimberly-Clark Corp. is exploring a sale of its European tissue business, as it tries to slash costs and combat slowing sales by exiting less profitable areas, according to people familiar with the matter.

Georgia-Pacific held a ribbon-cutting to celebrate its new tissue converting lines at its Green Bay location.

Smurfit Kappa worked with global transport provider Scania to replace some of the materials used in its supply chain with paper-based packaging solutions.

South Africa's Sappi will invest 7.7 billion rand ($570 million) to expand and upgrade its Saiccor Mill near the port city of Durban, the pulp and paper producer said on Monday.

Kimberly-Clark Corp.'s Cold Spring facility could be saved from closing if a new United Steelworkers agreement ratified by union members Monday night sways the company and is paired with state tax incentives.

Expera Specialty Solutions, LLC announced that Ahlstrom-Munksjö has signed a definitive agreement to purchase all shares of Expera.

Uncertainty looms over the Grande Prairie-area Weyerhaeuser wood mill as the company seeks assurance from the province about new caribou regulations.

DS Smith has published its annual sustainability review and has launched nine new long-term performance targets.

Weyerhaeuser Co. woodworkers in Washington and Oregon voted overwhelmingly last week to reject the latest contract offer from the company, but labor talks are still continuing, according to a union source.

Port Alberni fire crews have responded to a pair of incidents near Catalyst Paper over the past few days.

Stora Enso has decided to install a new steam turbine with a closed-loop cooling system and additional biomass storage at its mill in Maxau, Germany.

Kimberly-Clark Corp. is exploring a sale of its European tissue business, as it tries to slash costs and combat slowing sales by exiting less profitable areas, according to people familiar with the matter.

The UPM Changshu paper mill in China and the UPM Nordland paper mill in Germany are at the forefront of developing new technologies which aim to reduce water use and cut emissions through an intensive research and development programme.

Orient Paper, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of diversified paper products in North China, announced that on July 17, 2018, its Board of Directors approved to change its corporate name to IT Tech Packaging, Inc.

Sappi announced further progress in the development of its biorefinery capacity with the confirmation that it will construct a demonstration plant to further scale up its novel Xylex® technology for the production of Xylitol and Furfural.

Kimberly-Clark Corp. is exploring a sale of its European tissue business, as it tries to slash costs and combat slowing sales by exiting less profitable areas, according to people familiar with the matter.