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Crown Holdings, Inc. announced that Robert H. Bourque, Jr., has been selected to become President of its Transit Packaging Division effective August 1, 2018.

Toscotec fired up other two AHEAD-2.0L PRODERGY tissue machines at APP's OKI mill, in South Sumatra, Indonesia.

OMNOVA Solutions to close its production facility in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

ND Paper LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nine Dragons Paper Ltd., completed on Friday its acquisition of Catalyst Paper Corp.'s mills in Rumford and Biron, Wisc.

About 1,200 Weyerhaeuser Co. employees in Washington and Oregon voted overwhelmingly Thursday to give the regional woodworkers union strike authority, paving the way for a work stoppage if negotiators continue to disagree on terms of a new labor contract.

Valmet has received an order for a Valmet Pulp Analyzer (Valmet MAP) from UPM in China. The Valmet MAP with freeness module and optional Fiber Image module will be installed with six sampling devices for UPM's PM 2 in Changshu.

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Eugene Springfield Fire crews responded to a fire at International Paper in Springfield Tuesday morning around 7:50 a.m.

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. and Borregaard ASA announced LignoTech Florida, owned 45 percent by RYAM and 55 percent by BRG, officially begun operations at the new lignin plant in Fernandina Beach. The plant has production capacity of 100,000 dry metric tons of lignin with the option of a second phase that can later expand production by an additional 50,000 dry metric tons.

Stora Enso has started a feasibility study and an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for a possible investment in Oulu. The feasibility study and the EIA evaluate a potential conversion of the Oulu paper mill into packaging board production. The feasibility study is expected to be concluded by the end of 2018, and the EIA process is expected to take a minimum of 6 months.

Domtar Corporation released its 2018 Sustainability Update, highlighting the company's ongoing efforts to take a longer-term view of creating and preserving value for shareholders, customers, employees and communities. In an update to its 2017 report, Domtar announced that the company has met or exceeded three of the company's six 2020 sustainability goals this year.

Irving Tissue installs Valmet IQ Fiber Measurement Sensor on tissue machine #1 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.

WestRock Company announced the sale of its Cabin Bluff property to The Nature Conservancy. Consisting of 11,172 acres of upland longleaf forests, marshes, forested hammocks and wildlife, the property is positioned across the intracoastal waterway from Cumberland Island National Seashore in Georgia.

Talking about the environment, it's condition and its trajectory, is as fraught with danger as revealing one's political affiliation in the United States today. Everyone has an opinion about the state of today's environmental conditions, the trajectory for them in the future, and, furthermore, they know they are right, well grounded in science and the other side is biased and bought off by _______ (fill in the blank). Nevertheless, we will slog on amid the rising waters of discontent and disbelief.

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Xerium Technologies, Inc. and Andritz AG announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Andritz will acquire Xerium for $13.50 per share in an all-cash transaction.

Macedonia has achieved PEFC endorsement of its national forest certification system for the first time.

Smurfit Kappa Group announced Tuesday that it has joined with HP Inc. to install eight HP Scitex corrugated presses across its European sites.

The U.S. Trustee's Office Monday asked a New York bankruptcy court to reject bankrupt envelope maker Cenveo Inc.'s revised Chapter 11 plan, saying its executive bonus plan is too vague and its liability releases too sweeping.

Mac Papers announced grand opening of its newest wide format demo center. Located at the Mac Papers Nashville branch, the center showcases the latest wide format printing and finishing technologies from best-in-class equipment manufacturers.

The newest class of inductees for the Paper Industry Hall of Fame has been announced.

In its Government Reform Plan released this past week, the Administration made the case for privatizing the Postal Service, and preparing for an eventual change through recommendations coming in August from the President's Task Force on the Postal System.