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ProAmpac has acquired Gateway Packaging Company, a flexible packaging and technical products company headquartered in White House, Tennessee.

Valmet will supply a high-speed containerboard line for a customer in Zhejiang province, China.

Gustaf Nygren has been employed as new Manager of SCA Maintenance. Gustaf comes to SCA from Quant Service Sweden AB, where he has held the position of VP Operations Manager, Scandinavia.

Appvion, Inc. announced that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware approved the sale of substantially all of the Company's assets to a group of its lenders led by Franklin Advisers, Inc. (the "Purchaser"). The sale is expected to be completed by the end of May.

ÅF has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management contract by Sappi Limited to improve the environmental footprint of the Saiccor Mill in South Africa and expand its capacity. The project is expected to be completed by 2020.

Resolute Forest Products Inc. announced a $52.3 million strategic investment plan for its Saint-Félicien pulp mill, located in the Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada.

A man working at the International Paper Co. mill in Georgetown, SC reportedly lost several fingers in an accident Monday morning.

Toscotec is manufacturing 16 steel Yankee dryers at Massa Technology Lab facility in Italy.

Celulosa Arauco has selected Veolia Water Technologies' HPD® CRP/ECRP™ technology to be able to benefit from the chloride and potassium removal in a recovery cycle at the Valdivia Mill in Chile, as part of a dissolving pulp project.

Sonoco has invested in a state-of-the-art, direct-to-sheet digital printing press for the production of point-of-purchase displays and other promotional packaging.

Between May 14 and 24, Klabin's Monte Alegre Unit in Telêmaco Borba, Brazil, will perform its annual maintenance shutdown.

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) has released the 58th Annual Survey of Paper, Paperboard and Pulp Capacity, reporting U.S. paper and paperboard capacity declined 0.3 percent in 2017.

Smurfit Kappa has won awards for innovative automotive and Point of Sale (POS) packaging solutions in the renowned WorldStar Packaging Awards.

Expera Coated Products announced a new brand of liners used in the manufacture of Performance Tapes and Sealants. DualBak™ liners have the necessary performance characteristics to withstand demanding converting and end use applications, yet maintain the strength and stability to ensure specified customer requirements are met.

Paper machine 11 at Catalyst Paper Corporation's Powell River mill went into start-up mode on May 7 after a three-week production curtailment of uncoated groundwood paper.

It was reported that a federal appeals court on Wednesday said that consumers suing Kimberly-Clark Corp for falsely marketing its pre-moistened toilet wipes as "flushable" can seek injunctive relief, adding to an earlier ruling by the court that reinstated the proposed class action lawsuit.

A dust collector fire on May 3 caused damages to the roof of the International Paper facility in North Strabane, PA, according to media coverage.

Paper machine 11 at Catalyst Paper Corporation's Powell River mill went into start-up mode on May 7 after a three-week production curtailment of uncoated groundwood paper.

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Smurfit Kappa Group is partnering with Silicon Valley printing technology company Electronics For Imaging, Inc. to establish an efficient, robust digital corrugated packaging production offering with the installation of an EFI™ Nozomi C18000 single-pass LED inkjet corrugated packaging press.

Valmet will supply a containerboard making line for Hamburger Rieger GmbH at its Spremberg Mill in Germany.