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DuPont Co. and the Dow Chemical Co. have cleared a major hurdle to their tie-up with conditional approval from the Competition Commission of India for their $78.5 billion merger.

Fibria SA and two other pulp producers have hired banks to bid for rival Eldorado Brasil Celulose SA, which may go on the block after the family that controls it entered a plea deal in Brazil, Valor Econômico newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Graphic Packaging Holding Company announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Graphic Packaging International, Inc., has agreed to acquire substantially all the assets of Carton Craft Corporation and its affiliate Lithocraft, Inc.

Kemira announced that it has opened its new AKD emulsion and cationic rosin production lines at its production site in Nanjing, Jiangsu province in China.

Smurfit Kappa has expanded its global network of Experience Centres by opening a new facility in Dallas, Texas.

Smurfit Kappa has won a Swiss Packaging Award for its innovative 'Universal Box' packaging for industrial pumps.

Oji Holdings Corporation announced that it has succeeded in development of Cellulose Nano Fiber (CNF) powder dispersible in various types of organic solvent, and has commenced sample distribution as of June, 2017.

Valmet and Södra Cell in Sweden have signed a three-year agreement for web-based training via the Valmet Online Learning portal.

Cascades Inc. says it is pleased to announce that S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC has confirmed that Cascades will be added to the S&P/TSX Composite Index effective June 19, 2017.

Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) is forecasting the sales volume of Quran paper to increase by 7 percent to 23,625 metric tons (MT) this year, thanks to strong demand from countries in the Middle East, such as Iran, Egypt and Lebanon.

Domtar Inc., pleaded guilty and was fined $50,000 in court after a worker suffered a permanent injury caused by a machine.

Orchids Paper Products announces the startup of its new State of the Art 100% QRT Paper Machine in Barnwell, South Carolina, with paper machine capacity of 35,000 tons per year.

Kimberly-Clark announced a unique three-year agreement and collaboration with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) designed to raise awareness of the importance of choosing products that use fiber from responsibly managed forests.

Computerworld announced today that International Paper has been recognized as a 2017 Best Places to Work in IT, one of 100 top organizations that challenge their IT staffs while providing great benefits and compensation.

A delegation of Canadian members of the United Steelworkers (USW) from the wood products industry are telling U.S. politicians today that workers on both sides of the border will benefit from a negotiated settlement on lumber and the termination of unfair countervailing and anti-dumping duties imposed by the United States.

Solenis is investing to build a direct sales channel to serve the industrial water treatment market in India.

A labor dispute at the Foley Cellulose Mill is putting hundreds of jobs in question, leaving many locals worrying about the future.

Fortress Paper Ltd. has announced that the Central Bank of the Bahamas has chosen to use Durasafe, the proprietary banknote substrate.

WestRock Company announced that it has completed the acquisition of certain operations of U.S. Corrugated, a large independent manufacturer of corrugated products for packaging and displays.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has said it will not oppose the proposed merger of Dow Chemical Company and DuPont.

The Brazilian Tree Industry is reporting that Brazilian pulp production grew 5.1% in the first quarter 2017 compared to the same period last year, totaling 6.32 million tons against 6.02 million in 2016.

If you are buying inspection services, make sure you are getting them. I was in a facility once where I saw what happens when these things go wrong. This facility had some high priced instrumentation for which they had an annual inspection contract. It just so happened that I was very familiar with one piece of instrumentation that was on this inspection cycle and I was standing beside it when the inspector came by. I knew every flaw this instrument currently suffered. The inspector's entire activity, as I observed it, was to take off last year's inspection sticker and put on this year's...

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Catalyst Paper announced that it has been named for the 11th consecutive year as one of the Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada by Corporate Knights Magazine, which reports on corporate sustainability and transparency.

The Supervisory Boards of Laakirchen Papier AG and Heinzel Holding GmbH has approved the extensive investments for the expansion of the Laakirchen paper mill in Austria involving total spending of over EUR 100 million.