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John Townsend gave notice of his retirement March 20.

Valmet will supply a warp control system to Stora Enso Packaging's corrugated board plant in Ostroleka, Poland.

The industry could branch out into skyscrapers... if the U.S. allows them to be made out of wood, like Canada and other European countries do.

Universal Forest Products, Inc. announced that one of its subsidiaries has signed an agreement to purchase substantially all of the operating assets of North American Container Corp. (NACC), a Marietta, Ga.-based manufacturer of structural packaging products, adding steel, corrugated and hardwood packaging to Universal's growing portfolio of industrial products.

More than 160 people are losing their jobs in June when a manufacturing plant near Hazelton shuts down.

Ireland's Smurfit Kappa rejected a raised takeover offer from International Paper on Monday, frustrating a bid to combine the largest listed U.S. paper packaging firm with Europe's biggest.

As a result of innovative thinking based on decades of competence from papermaking, BillerudKorsnäs launches its first packaging with a climate-positive impact. D-Sack®, the dissolvable sack for cement and other construction materials, disintegrates in a conventional mixer and the bio-based carbon in the paper is captured in the construction itself.

The first ever flash dryer for purely fiber delivered under the Valmet brand has been started up with fiber at Stora Enso's biocomposite plant at Hylte Mill in Sweden.

Fortress Global Enterprises Inc. announced that it has signed a share purchase agreement (the "SPA") with S2G Biochemicals Inc. ("S2G") and its shareholders, whereby the Company will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of S2G for a purchase price of $2,500,000, payable by the issuance of 666,652 common shares of the Company at a deemed price of $3.75 per Fortress Global share.

A third machine will soon be running at a previously closed Combined Locks paper mill.

Authorities are investigating following a death at the Louisiana Pacific mill in Thomasville Saturday.

International Paper Co. shares rose Monday after its sweetened 8.9 billion-euro ($11 billion) takeover bid for Smurfit Kappa Group Plc was rejected by the Irish packaging company.

USG Corp. says a $5.9 billion takeover offer from rival building products manufacturer Knauf is inadequate.

Arkansas health officials say the level of hydrogen sulfide gas near a Georgia-Pacific paper mill in southeastern Arkansas is below levels that determine if the air is safe to breathe but frequently above levels where the odor can be detected.

International Paper, the US firm that has made an €8.6bn approach to buy Irish packaging giant Smurfit Kappa, is understood to have considered a secondary stock market listing in London in order to overcome any issues Smurfit Kappa institutional shareholders may have in accepting shares in the US company as part of a takeover deal.

Södra's efforts to achieve totally fossil-free operations have generated clear results.

Huhtamaki has entered into an agreement to acquire the Indian business and related assets of Ajanta Packaging, a privately owned manufacturer of pressure sensitive labels. The business will become part of the Flexible Packaging business segment.

Lineo by Stora Enso, a renewable replacement for oil-based phenolic materials, has been awarded 'Bio-Based Product of the Year' at the Bio-Based World News Innovation Awards 2018.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation has partnered with research firm Deltares to launch WaterLoupe, an interactive, web-based tool to monitor local freshwater supplies and consumption trends and generate actionable insights to mitigate local water risks.

Valmet will deliver a baling line to Metsä Board's pulp mill in Kaskinen, Finland. This is the second baling line Valmet installs at the mill and will be installed in parallel with the existing baling line.

Quad/Graphics announced that it has increased its equity position in Rise Interactive ("Rise"), acquiring a majority ownership stake in the award-winning digital marketing agency. Quad/Graphics has owned a non-controlling interest in Rise since July 2016.

Sonoco announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Highland Packaging Solutions for approximately $150 million in cash.

WestRock has announced plans to upgrade its Saltillo plant, which is expected to create approximately 25 jobs.

I am at the IDCON Pulp & Paper Industry Reliability & Maintenance Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina this week. Paperitalo Publications has been a media partner for this conference and we have been a long-term supporter of IDCON. So, what do they talk about at maintenance conferences? The latest tolerances for setting a pump? Alignment allowances for offset machine centerlines? Mean Time between Failures? None of the above.

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