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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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Valmet will supply a linerboard production line with a wide automation package for WestRock Company at its mill in Florence, South Carolina, United States.

A Quad Graphics plant in West Allis was temporarily evacuated Tuesday morning after officials there received a bomb threat, police confirmed.

The parties did not come to an agreement regarding the terms of a joint bid for Norske Skog.

As part of a settlement entered into by Verso with two Canadian producers of supercalendered papers, Verso has requested that the U.S. Department of Commerce revoke its order imposing duties on supercalendered papers made by those Canadian producers and imported into the U.S.

A tax break package designed to Kimberly-Clark from eliminating 600 jobs in northeast Wisconsin appears to be dead in the state Legislature.

Valmet will supply two more containerboard production lines with related automation systems for Nine Dragons Industries Co., Ltd., China.

Tolko Industries Ltd. says it will build a new energy plant at its lumber mill in High Level , Alberta, Canada.

American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Donna Harman issued a statement in strong support of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).