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Is the Cloquet Sappi mill the greenest in the world? While there hasn't been an official trophy awarded by pulp and paper mills worldwide, Cloquet Sappi manager Mike Schultz is quite certain we have a winner here.

Stora Enso says it has decided to invest Euro 45 million in a new production unit for cross laminated timber (CLT) in connection with its Gruvön mill in Sweden.

Sappi Limited says it will bolster its Packaging and Speciality Papers Business through the acquisition of the barrier film technology of Rockwell Solutions Limited.

Stora Enso Oyj has notified Kotkamills Oy that the leasing agreement concerning Tainionkoski PM7 will be terminated in accordance with its terms to expire at the end of 2018.

UPM has signed a contract to sell forest estates to Silvestica Green Forest Finland Oy. The contract covers 6,877 hectares of forestry land located in Kajaani, Sonkajärvi and Sotkamo in Finland

DS Smith announced that it has opened its fifth PackRight Centre in the Germany & Switzerland region in Kaarst, close to the Düsseldorf metropolitan area.

Stora Enso has signed an agreement to divest the business and assets of its Swedish subsidiary Stora Enso Re-board AB, a producer of rigid paperboard for expositions and displays, to Culas AB, which is partially owned by the current managing director of Stora Enso Re-board AB, John-Åke Svensson.

Sappi Limited is pleased to announce that it will bolster its Packaging and Speciality Papers Business through the acquisition of the barrier film technology of Rockwell Solutions Limited (Rockwell Solutions).

Smurfit Kappa has announced a multi-million euro investment in technology at its Nettingsdorf Paper Mill that will significantly reduce CO₂ emissions while increasing production.

Fire officials responded to a Georgia-Pacific Corporation facility in Lexington after a transformer caught fire on June 29.

Voith has successfully started up new XcelLine TM 10 tissue machine at Lee & Man's Jiangxi site in China.

WorkSafeBC is investigating a heavy-equipment accident on Thursday at Domtar's Kamloops pulp mill that left one employee dead and another in hospital.

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Kimberly-Clark Corporation has published its annual report on sustainability, providing the first update on the company's global progress toward its Sustainability 2022 goals.

Previously, Rubicon had approximately 33% ownership of ArborGen, with International Paper and WestRock owning the rest of the company; Rubicon bought out the other two partners for $29 million.

Catalyst Paper announced today the launch of Trident™, a wet strength label paper produced at its Rumford mill in Maine, USA.

Members from the United Steel Workers Union have voted to accept a new contract from Foley Cellulose. The contract agreement comes after a year-long dispute between the union and Georgia Pacific.

Restructuring and cost savings plan initiated to improve profitability by reducing manufacturing and administrative cost structure.

The governments of the United States, Minnesota and Wisconsin on Thursday announced an $8.2 million settlement with Honeywell International Inc, Domtar Corp and privately held XIK LLC to resolve a claim over natural resource damages at a Superfund site, the Justice Department said in a statement.

Brazil's Fibria denied media reports that it is analyzing an association with Chile's Empresas Copec SA unit Arauco to bid for rival Eldorado Brasil Celulose SA, it said in a securities filing on Thursday.

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This column is for the younger generation. Ready? Away we go! You get your degree and head off to the mill to work. Or perhaps your first job is with a supplier. In any case, you are proud of your accomplishments to date--but reality is about to set in. After you sign the pile of papers from the human resources department, you will be taken to your new office...

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In spite of being both capital and energy intensive, the use of advanced waste water treatment systems is projected to grow about 9% per year. This is related to the requirement to more fully protect water resources. Let's briefly review a few of the methods in use today.

Weyerhaeuser Company announced that it plans to voluntarily withdraw its common stock, par value $1.25 per share, from listing on the Chicago Stock Exchange.

As a leader of innovative solutions in the specialty paper industry, Expera has continued to customize its line of food packaging and processing papers with its newly launched brand Prepera™ Food Processing Papers.