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The U.S. International Trade Commission said on Thursday it made a final finding that exports of softwood lumber from Canada injure U.S. producers, virtually ensuring that hefty duties on imports of the building material will remain in place for five years.

Packaging Corporation of America is contesting the tens of thousands of dollars in penalties OSHA lodged against it for a February tank explosion that killed three people and injured seven.

UPM Biofuels was chosen as the Bioenergy Industry Leader at the 2017 Platts Global Energy Awards - often described as the Oscars of the energy industry.

Ottawa's Thermal Energy International Inc. has signed a deal worth as much as $11 million for the refurbishment of an undisclosed pulp and paper mill.

Environmentalists call the move a way to skirt what they believe will be a judge's ruling in their favor over what they say are high levels of pollution being dumped into the Altamaha River by Rayonier Advanced Materials.

The Appleton Coated paper mill will reopen for three months and hire fifty former employees back to operate at least one machine, Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson confirmed on Wednesday.

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Encapsys has moved into its new world headquarters in Southpoint Commerce Park in Appleton, Wisconsin.

The measuring station at Värö will be the first at Södra to introduce new technology for measuring timber stack volumes on trucks. The new method is based on automated volume measurement using laser technology, developed by Swedish company, Mabema AB.

The pressure on Bemis Co. to sell itself is growing both internally and externally, it was reported this week.

The dispute centered around Hanover County's tax assessment of machinery and tools at now-closed Bear Island Paper mill.

The International Council of Forest and Paper Associations' (ICFPA) launched its 2017 Sustainability Progress Report.

Clearwater Paper Corporation announced that Beth Ford has been appointed as chair to the company's board of directors effective January 1, 2018.

Bruce Hogan has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer for Mohawk.

LSC Communications has signed a multi-year agreement with Bauer Media Group USA, the number one seller of magazines at retail in the country.

Graphic Packaging International plans to invest $136.8 million in modernizing the equipment at its Macon facility.

South Africa's Sappi has agreed to buy a specialty paper unit from Switzerland-based Cham Paper Group for USD $149 million, the company said on Tuesday.

As many as 200 workers will be out of work by the end of January when the Quad/Graphics facility in Taunton closes, according to the Wisconsin book manufacturer.

Valmet will deliver a new high capacity chipping line and chip handling system to Sappi Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd, Saiccor mill.

Brazil's Suzano Papel e Celulos closed a deal to acquire a majority stake in Amazonian paper producer Facepa for 310 million reais ($95 million), the wood pulp and paper maker said on Monday in a securities filing.

Cascades Inc. announced the acquisition of four plants in Ontario to strengthen its position in the containerboard packaging sector, and the purchase of an ownership position in Tencorr Holdings Corporation ("Tencorr"). The company also announces an increase in its equity holding of the Greenpac Mill LLC ("Greenpac").

USG Corporation announced the completion of its previously announced acquisition of Ceilings Plus, a leading manufacturer of specialty ceilings products.

Canfor Pulp Products Inc. announced that it has taken a temporary and unscheduled outage on one production line at its Northwood Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft (NBSK) pulp mill located in Prince George, B.C., as a result of a tube leak in the number five recovery boiler.