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Cascades has announced the arrival of Cascades EVOK ® on the American market.

In May 2016, Stora Enso announced that it will invest EUR 70 million in a new polyethylene (PE) extrusion coating plant and an automated roll warehouse (ARW) at Imatra mills in Finland to further enhance its position in premium paperboards.

Tranlin Inc., the U.S. division of a China-based company that announced plans in 2014 to open a massive $2 billion paper products mill in Chesterfield County, is pushing back its construction plans for the project.

A Los Angeles jury has hit Kimberly-Clark Corporation and Halyard Health Inc. with a stunning $454 Million fraud verdict due to the sale by the companies of defective medical devices to doctors, hospitals and trauma centers throughout California for years.

Regulators in the United States, Brazil, Australia and Canada are yet to clear the deal.

Multi Packaging Solutions International announced the completion of its acquisition of Paris Art Label Company, Inc., a manufacturer of labels and shrink sleeve products to the branded consumer marketplace in the United States.

Board of Directors Appoints Mark Staton as President and CEO; Company Appoints Mitchell I. Quain as New Director

Georgia Pacific is seeking to reduce the assessed values of its two paper facilities in Green Bay by more than 40%.

North Charleston's Kapstone Paper Mill was fined for several reportedly serious workplace safety violations in the two years prior to Sunday's deadly workplace accident.

Edward (Ned) Dwyer is appointed Chief Operating Officer and will oversee the company's five manufacturing operations in Canada and the United States.

Södra has now completed an investment of SEK 10 million in the nursery at Flåboda.

Gov. John Bel Edwards announced the plans this past week with the CEOs of Graphic Packaging International and DHL Supply Chain, companies joining together for the investment and expansion.

Sappi North America, a leading producer and supplier of diversified paper and packaging products, has announced the release of its 2016 Sustainability Report. The report showcases Sappi's industry leading sustainability performance.

One person was killed and another was injured in a workplace accident at KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp. mill in North Charleston on Sunday.

The Cumberland Times News reports United Steel Workers Local 676, Verso Corporation, reports the death of one of its members at the Beryl woodyard on April 8 was the result of a fall into a wood chip reclaimer.

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Specialty chemicals maker Chembond Chemicals Limited has acquired Solenis Netherlands's 45 percent stake in their joint venture Chembond Solenis Water Technologies Limited (CSWTL) for approximately $7.35 million.

International Paper's Ticonderoga mill is offline from April 24 to May 10, but mill officials say it's a normal maintenance shutdown.

Canfor Corp., one of the world's largest forestry companies, sees potential acquisition opportunities in the carnage left by new U.S. softwood lumber duties that could hit Canadian small- and medium-sized mills especially hard.

Recently I have seen a number of cases in which human energy was not being expended to any appreciable extent. Actually, I was witnessing laziness. I have not discussed this topic in a long time, so perhaps it is time once again to bring it up. It is a topic that tends to offend some folks, for people do not like to be singled out as lazy or unenergetic. To assuage the embarrassment of the truly guilty, let me say that we all are struck by this at one time or another. And we must admit that we know some people who are in a permanent rut of inactivity. So, who to blame? What to do?

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Stora Enso scrapped plans to expand its paperboard mill in Poland because of an over-supplied market as it delivered a weak profit forecast on Thursday.

Cascades PRO™, a leader in the manufacturing of towel and tissue products, is proud to announce the introduction of three new Cascades PRO Tandem™ Interfold Dispensers including a stand/wall unit, a smaller capacity tabletop unit, and a large capacity countertop unit.