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Coldwater Group has announced the acquisition of RPM Technologies, Inc. of Ludlow, MA.

KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation announced that it has completed the acquisition of the assets of Associated Packaging, Inc. and Fast Pak, LLC (together, API).

The operator of a Tolko mill tugboat was found dead after the boat sank Monday night.

Mondi said Peter Oswald will replace David Hathorn as group chief executive officer in May.

UPM-Kymmene is planning its next step in wood-based renewable fuel products after a successful ramp-up at its initial biofuels plant, the head of UPM's biofuels business said on Wednesday.

The capacity of pulp mills will increase from 7.93 million tons to 10.43 million tons per year in February when PT OKI Pulp & Paper Mills (OKI) starts the production of its new pulp factory with a 2.5 million-ton production capacity, the Industry Ministry has said.

Ennis, Inc., announced the purchase of Independent Printing Company, Inc. and related entities in a stock purchase transaction.

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An investigation is under way into a fatal industrial accident Monday night at the Tolko mill in Kelowna.

Verso Corp. has received a tax incentive to pave the way for its move to Dayton.

Conifex Timber Inc., a Canada-based forestry and sawmilling company, will create about 120 new, full-time jobs once the Arkansas facility is reopened. The company is investing $80 million in the Union County sawmill.

Firefighters battled flames at UPM Kymene UK Ltd for more than four hours Monday night.

Cenveo plans to close its Northwest Portland facility and lay off the 91 people who work there.

SAPPI, the South African pulp and paper company with global operations, is celebrating 80 years of listing in the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE).

Catalyst Paper Corporation announced that the Supreme Court of British Columbia has issued its final order approving the Company's recapitalization and privatization pursuant to a plan of arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act.

A lawyer for J.D. Irving, Limited has entered not guilty pleas to each of 15 pollution charges under the federal Fisheries Act related to alleged pollution from the pulp mill in Saint John.

Four Valmet-supplied tissue lines have been successfully started up at Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing's Chongqing mill in China within three months.

Green groups said that one of the world's biggest pulp mills which started production on Indonesia's Sumatra island last month was causing enormous environmental damage.

Prinzhorn Group's subsidiary, Hamburger Containerboard invested in Gelsenkirchen mill in Germany. With an investment of Euro 20 million the machine setup was updated significantly: besides an increase in production width to 5 m, the film press and drying section were updated to the latest standards too.

Chilean forestry and paper group CMPC will pay around $130 million to consumers as compensation for a collusion scheme to control a related market, according to media reports.

Firefighters worked for nearly 12 hours to extinguish a fire at Clearwater Paper Corp. in Shelby, N.C. that began just before 6 p.m. Saturday, 28 Jan 2017.

The Mondi Boards have approved the modernization and expansion of the Steti mill in the Czech Republic for a total investment of Euro 470 million, subject to obtaining approval for various tax incentives and necessary permitting.

"We are committed to reestablishing operations at this mill."

An electrical fire caused damage to the roof and ductwork of Soundview Paper in downtown Putney, Vermont.

Sappi sets a record: Cloquet paper mill reaches record 2 million hours without lost-time injury.