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Greenpeace: "More than 100 authors have pledged to defend free speech and those who peacefully protect the world's forests. This pledge follows two multimillion dollar lawsuits filed by Resolute Forest Products, a Canadian company, to silence Greenpeace and Stand.earth's exposure of its controversial logging in the boreal forest."

Kadant Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the forest products business of NII FPG Company for $173 million in cash, subject to a post-closing adjustment.

DS Smith says it has invented a revolutionary new type of packaging for Carbones Fergon, Spain's largest producer of vegetable coal and supplier of fire lighting and combustion solutions.

Ontario's Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) hopes to get to the bottom of ongoing mercury contamination of the Wabigoon River by ordering a pulp and paper company to run tests to determine if its Dryden mill is the source of the leak.

The future of a $2 billion proposed paper mill in Chesterfield may hinge on the success of its Chinese parent company's efforts to develop new technology in China.

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Brazilian wood pulp processor Eldorado Brasil Celulose SA may resume the search for a strategic partner once parent company J&F Investimentos SA completes the negotiation of a leniency deal in a massive corruption investigation, Valor Econômico said on Monday.

Mondi Syktyvkar has officially launched a large-scale power plant rebuild project.

Grupo Gondi, 25 percent owned by WestRock, will invest approximately $300 million dollars in this project, which is estimated to be completed by the end of 2019.

UPM Biofuels has received a new acknowledgement of the sustainability of its value chain by receiving an RSB (The Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials) certificate for both UPM BioVerno renewable diesel and naphtha, as well as production sidestreams turpentine and pitch. RSB verifies the sustainability and reliability of feedstock sourcing and production.

Smurfit Kappa has launched an eco-friendly new type of packaging for motor oil.

The Domtar Paper Co. confirmed on Thursday that it plans to invest $59 million in buildings and equipment at its Hawesville pulp mill...

A person starting a career is a bit of an open book. Such people may have had some work experiences, maybe even some military experience, but, in general their expectations about the work environment are recognized, even by them, as just that: expectations that may or may not become reality. It amuses me, for instance, to hear some of the ideas soon-to-be college graduates have about work. One told me something to the effect that once she started to work, she saw excitement in life as being over--you go to work each day, do the same things each day and forty years later you retire. Sadly, I have actually met people who have done exactly this. What I am getting at here, though, is something more subtle...

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Activist investor Daniel Loeb's Third Point LLC said Dow Chemical and DuPont could unlock $20 billion in additional value by tweaking their plan to split into three companies following their merger.

Interfor is launching a three-year Millwright Apprenticeship Program to support career development at its sawmills across the US South.

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. and Tembec Inc. announced a definitive agreement under which Rayonier Advanced Materials will acquire Tembec, providing the combined company with leading and complementary positions in key high purity cellulose end-uses and diversified earning streams from packaging, paper, high-yield pulp and forest products businesses.

A printing facility in Salem is shutting down, according to a "warn notice" posted through the Virginia Workforce Network's Rapid Response program.

American Forest Foundation (AFF), International Paper, The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) and 3M Company announced the formation of the Carolinas Working Forest Conservation Collaborative a joint initiative in the Coastal Carolinas Plain to educate and engage family woodland owners in sustainable forestry, forest certification, the enhancement of habitat for at-risk species, and the conservation of bottomland hardwood forests.

WestRock Company announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire certain operations of U.S. Corrugated, a large independent manufacturer of corrugated products for packaging and displays.

Bemis Company, Inc. has been honored by DuPont for the Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Bakery Delights package featuring textured film. The package received a Silver Award in the 2017 DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation.

Local and state officials joined Georgia-Pacific Brewton mill employees and their families on Saturday to celebrate the completion of a $388 million energy improvement project after two years of construction.