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A man accused of starting a massive fire in November that destroyed one large building and heavily damaged another at the former Lincoln paper mill was indicted Wednesday by the Penobscot County grand jury on two counts of arson.

Essity has been recognized as one of the world's 100 most sustainable companies by Corporate Knights. The recognition was presented in connection with World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Universal Forest Products, Inc. announced that it closed on the sale and lease-back of its property in Medley, Fla., a 35-acre site that includes one of its large operations, as part of a long-term plan to enhance its operations in the region.

Atlantic Packaging, one of North Carolina's largest privately held companies, headquartered in Wilmington, announced today that management is awarding $1,000 bonuses immediately to full-time employees.

Japan's paper exports climbed to a record volume for a second straight year in 2017, thanks to brisk Chinese demand for boxes for e-commerce.

Kimberly-Clark Corp said on Tuesday it expects to eliminate 5,000-5,500 jobs, or 12-13 percent of its workforce, as part of its global restructuring program.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed hear a bid by timber company Weyerhaeuser Co seeking to limit the federal government's power to designate private land as protected habitat for endangered species in a case involving a warty amphibian called the dusky gopher frog.

Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) expressed its support for the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) between Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam.

Asia Pacific Rayon, an affiliate of pulp and paper giant Asia Pacific Resources International Holding, expects to complete construction of Indonesia's largest integrated rayon facility in August, with its output expected to support the country's textile industry.

Amcor became the first global packaging company pledging to develop all its packaging to be recyclable or reusable by 2025, directly addressing a major environmental issue with capability, scale and reach.

Stora Enso has become the first forest products company to set ambitious science-based greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets to address significant emissions along the company's value chain. The targets have been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative.

Metso's Board of Directors have appointed CFO Eeva Sipilä as Metso's interim President and CEO as of February 3, 2018.

Sonoco has been selected for Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies in the packaging sector, and named first in its industry.

Andritz has received an order from Zellstoff Pöls AG, Austria, to supply a large paper machine for the production of bleached kraft paper grades.

Following the successful Voith rebuild of PM 1 in 2016, Smurfit Kappa Roermond Papier, Netherlands has selected Voith again, this time to supply and install a new forming section and headbox for PM 1.

Virginia officials are preparing to take legal action to recover the remainder of a $5 million grant given to a Chinese company that planned to build a paper mill near Richmond.

Sappi is investing in its mill in Gratkorn.

FPInnovations and Resolute Forest Products announced a significant investment in the implementation of a TMP-Bio pilot project in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Clariant completed the project to expand its industrial facility in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, and increased production capacity by around 15%.

Stora Enso has signed a global framework agreement with IndustriALL Global Union, UNI Global Union and the Building and Wood Workers' International at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva.

Andritz has received an order from Stora Enso to increase the capacity of the evaporation plant of their Enocell mill in Finland.

UPM Biofuels and the Zero Emission Resource Organisation have started cooperation in promoting green shift in the transport and petrochemicals sectors. The work focuses on creating a predictable long term operating environment for sustainable, advanced biofuels to enable climate change mitigation in transport with renewable fuels.

At No. 42 on the Newsweek Green Ranking 2017 U.S. 500 list, which was produced in partnership with Corporate Knights, Domtar is rated first among U.S.-based pulp and paper producers.