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Five people were hospitalized after a hydrogen sulfide gas leak at a pulp mill in Kemi, north-west Finland on Monday morning.

Mill employees in The Pas have voted in favor of allowing potential buyers of the town's kraft paper mill a break from pension solvency payments.

The Boards of Directors of Munksjö Oyj and Ahlstrom Corporation have announced the combination of the two companies through a merger.

Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co. hit another roadblock on their path to gaining regulatory approval for their proposed merger after the European Union antitrust regulator said on Friday it suspended its review into the deal for the second time.

Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP), the global pulp, paper, packaging and tissue manufacturing company has committed to importing certain coated papers manufactured in Indonesia and no more than $50 million dollars worth annually - only 2.5% of the current $2 billion dollar coated paper U.S. manufacturing market.

Paper-based packaging manufacturer Smurfit Kappa UK has announced the acquisition of UK company Saxon Packaging.

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Domtar's Ashdown Mill will mark a new day in the mill and company's history on Nov. 3, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the startup of a newly converted fluff pulp machine.

The No. 10 Paper Machine (PM10) rebuild project is proceeding on time and on budget, as revealed by Kruger Inc. during a press briefing held this Thursday, November 3, 2016, at the Trois-Rivières Mill.

Smurfit Kappa's chief executive has signalled the paper packaging group's appetite for US deals would wane - in the event of Republican candidate Donald Trump winning the US presidential election.

Australia's corporate watchdog said on Thursday it had competition concerns about the planned $130 billion merger between DuPont and Dow Chemical Co and was in touch with overseas regulators on the deal.

Evoqua Water Technologies today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Environmental Treatment Systems, Inc., a leading provider of engineered solutions to the industrial wastewater market based in Acworth, GA. Terms were not disclosed.

UPM is planning to permanently reduce its graphic paper capacity in Europe by 305,000 tonnes.

A fire in the upper level of the Weyerhaeuser wood mill in Heaters, near Flatwoods in Braxton County, caused substantial damage to the building Tuesday and sent one contractor to an area hospital for minor injuries, according to a Braxton County dispatcher.

About 70 employees are expected to lose their jobs next year when the Voith facility in Wilson closes its doors, company officials said Tuesday.

Sonoco has acquired Plastic Packaging Inc. (PPI), a privately held Hickory, N.C.-based flexible packaging company.

Greif, Inc. has announced that it was awarded an A- for environmental leadership, management and best practices by the independent non-profit organization CDP.

Södra is divesting Södra Wood Grimslöv to German-based Soernsen Group. Trade union negotiations have been initiated regarding the transfer of the operation.

Tembec completed the sale of its sawmill and related forestry assets located in Senneterre, Quebec to Resolute Forest Products. The sale also included certain working capital items.

The company said Tuesday that the Androscoggin Mill will temporarily idle the No. 3 paper machine, "reducing annual coated paper production capacity by approximately 200,000 tons."

The transaction includes the printing papers mill located in Longview, Wash.

USG Corporation announced that it has completed the sale of its building products distribution business, L&W Supply Corporation, to ABC Supply Co., Inc. for a total cash consideration of $670 million.