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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.

Green Bay Packaging has announced that it is in the first phase of evaluating construction of a new, state of the art recycled containerboard machine at its location in Green Bay Wisconsin.

Sonoco has announced a new research partnership with Clemson University: the Sonoco FRESH (Food Research Excellence for Safety and Health) initiative will develop new technologies and new forms of packaging to optimize the fresh food lifecycle.

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Essity has shown its commitment to transparency by participating in the Environmental Paper Company Index 2017 (EPCI).

Smurfit Kappa's innovative pre-print liner came out top in this year's FlexoTech International Print & Innovations Awards, further consolidating its reputation as a leader in the packaging industry.

Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC) announced that Joe Gotshall has accepted the position of Printing, Coating and Laminating Regional Sales Manager.

Chinese flexo platemaker Amjet Shanghai, a division of Amjet Group, has partnered with Esko to install the first CDI Crystal 5080 XPS system in Greater China.

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging that the DuPont Co. misled investors when it spun off its performance chemicals unit into a new company called Chemours.

McKinley Paper Co. has selected a supplier for new equipment at the former Nippon Paper Industries USA mill on Ediz Hook, a company official said.

Georgia-Pacific announced that it is making significant investments, which could total more than $50 million, in converting assets to support its Compact professional toilet paper business.

Holmen has signed an agreement to sell forest properties in north-west Jämtland, Sweden, for SEK 100 million ($12 million).

I have said for a long time, energy is all political (welcome to Energy Month at Paperitalo). As a political matter, the cost of energy does not necessarily obey the laws of supply and demand or act in any way like a true commodity. Certainly, it does in the short run, but never in the long run. My career, going back to the early 1970's, attests to this.

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Södra has established the first indoor birch seed orchard in Sweden.

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