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Saica has acquired the French group Emin Leydier, manufacturer of paper and corrugated packaging. This includes all of its shareholders; including part of First Eagle Funds for US investors, and the Emin family and Leydier family shareholders.

Universal Forest Products is planning to spend one-third of its savings from federal tax reform on a more customized array of employee benefits.

Clearwater Paper Corporation announced that Richard D. Peach has been appointed to the company's board of directors, effective March 1, 2018.

Two U.S. awards underscore Kimberly-Clark's progress toward its Sustainability 2022 energy and climate goals.

Enviva Partners, LP reports that a fire commenced at its deep-water marine terminal in Chesapeake, Virginia.

Carthage Specialty Paperboard has decided to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, saying it's "facing an acute cash flow shortage." That means layoffs are possible.

UPM paid a total of EUR 65 million as short-term incentives to employees in 2017.

Potlatch Corporation and its subsidiary, Potlatch Land & Lumber, signed an agreement in early February with the Department of Justice, Environmental Protection Agency and the Federal Highway Administration.

There is probably no subject we cover more and that is ignored more than maintenance. Let's face it, maintenance is not glamorous. It is not a new machine. It is often not even a piece of a new machine. It is simply maintaining what you have. Yet, maintenance is everything.

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Essity is restructuring its production facility in Santiago, Chile, to further improve quality and cost for the Consumer Tissue and Professional Hygiene businesses in the country.

Sappi North America has joined on as a new funding partner of The Recycling Partnership, a national nonprofit that applies corporate funding to improve recycling efforts in communities across the country.

Sappi has announced the completion of its acquisition of speciality paper business of Cham Paper Group.

Tolko Industries announced it has partnered with Louisiana-based Hunt Forest Products to build a state-of-the-art sawmill near Urania, La.

Panic buying of toilet paper broke out over the weekend in Taiwan as word spread of a steep hike in the price of the toilet tissue due to a drastic rise in global pulp prices.

Foreign and domestic companies are interested in taking a controlling stake in Brazilian pulpmaker Fibria Celulose SA, Brazilian newspaper Valor Economico reported on Monday.

DowDuPont Inc. unveiled the brand names it plans to give the three independent companies it will create following the merger of the former DuPont and Dow Chemical.

A tax break package designed to stop consumer products giant Kimberly-Clark from cutting 600 Wisconsin jobs has cleared the state Assembly.

Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), part of Sinarmas, today received the Special Commendation for Early Adopted GRI Standards at the Sustainability Reporting Awards (SRA) in Solo, Indonesia.

Quad/Graphics Inc. plans to use the benefits of federal tax reform to give eligible employees $22 million in company stock, Joel Quadracci announced.

WestRock Company Chairman John A. Luke, Jr. has been named Outstanding Director of the Year by the Financial Times Outstanding Directors Exchange.

KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation, a producer of unbleached kraft paper and packaging products, is investing $6 million in new equipment at its facility in Cherokee County.