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In a win for the Association of Pulp and Paper Workers union, a federal judge ruled this week that a KapStone Paper and Packaging supervisor discriminated against a Longview employee based on his union organizing and that the supervisor illegally attempted to interfere or restrain union activity.

Interfor Corp. announced that it plans to invest $16.5 million to upgrade its sawmill in Meldrim, Georgia.

Weyerhaeuser announced the appointment of Devin Stockfish as senior vice president, Timberlands, effective Jan. 1, 2018. Devin will replace Rhonda Hunter, who has elected to retire after 30 years with the company.

Huhtamaki is investing app. EUR 11 million to have a new manufacturing facility built in Hämeenlinna, Finland.

Smurfit Kappa has opened a new Experience Centre for Bag-in-Box in Épernay, France, the second one for the division.

Appvion, a paper company that recently sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, has announced plans to cut about 200 hourly and salaried jobs in Appleton and move some of the work to Pennsylvania.

Several people were hospitalized after firefighters responded Thursday to a report of a hazardous odor at Pratt Industries in Duncan.

Smurfit Kappa's Dublin Plant is celebrating the 50-year anniversary of opening its doors. The site was the first purpose-built corrugated plant for Smurfit Kappa.

The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development has awarded Domtar Paper with the Governor's Award of Excellence for Workplace Safety and Health.

Graphic Packaging Holding Company announced that its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Graphic Packaging International, Inc. and Graphic Packaging International Canada, ULC, have agreed to acquire the assets of Seydaco Packaging Corp. and its affiliates National Carton and Coating Co., and Groupe Ecco Boites Pliantes Ltée.

Neenah Paper, Inc. announced that the Company will change its name to Neenah, Inc. effective on January 1, 2018.

LSC Communications announced that it has acquired the Quality Park envelope business from Cenveo. Quality Park is a leading producer of quality envelopes, mailing supplies and assorted packaging items.

Think about it, every graph you have ever seen was designed to convey the story the presenter wanted to present. Think about what you have done yourself as you set about preparing graphs for a presentation. I know you chose all the attributes of the graph based on the conclusions you wanted to convey to your audience. Everybody does it.

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Cenveo, Inc. has been awarded the 2020 Census Printing and Mailing Contract from the U.S. Census Bureau. The two-year $61 million contract is one of the largest contracts for printing and mailing ever awarded by the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Employees of Cachar and Nagaon Paper Mills of the state of Assam, the two units of Hindustan Paper Corporation which is a government of India enterprise, have threatened that they would jump into Barak river if their salaries and other dues for the last 13 months are not cleared before Namami Barak.

Domtar Corporation announced David Faucett has been named mill manager of Domtar's Rothschild paper mill in Rothschild, Wisconsin.

American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Donna Harman issued a statement regarding House Ways and Means Committee passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

U.S. businesses -- from paper company Georgia-Pacific and consumer goods giant Proctor & Gamble to entertainment powerhouse Walt Disney Company -- have long made money in China.

UPM moved forward on Wednesday with a plan to build a new 2 billion euro ($2.32 billion) pulp mill in Uruguay as it signed an infrastructure investment deal with the Latin American country.

Pampers is Partnering with the March of Dimes during Prematurity Awareness Month to Champion All the Littlest Fighters.

Flare-ups have kept firefighting crews and Tolko busy at Tolko's Lakeview Division in Williams Lake where a fire broke out in the sawmill at about 6:20 p.m. last Thursday.

Central National Gottesman Inc., a sales and marketing organization in the global pulp, paper, packaging, tissue, wood products and metal industries, announced today that its Spicers Canada division will acquire Shippers Supply, expanding its position in the distribution of shipping, packaging and warehouse supplies.

Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper, or RAPP, the operation unit of global pulp and paper industry leader Asia Pacific Resources International, has submitted a revision of its long-term business plan to comply with government regulations on peatland protection, a minister said.