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Nearly two full days after an explosion occurred at International Paper's mill plant in Cantonment, Fla. near Pensacola, officials from International Paper and local, state, and federal agencies held a press conference to give updates on the ongoing efforts to remediate and clean up the areas impacted by the explosion.

Sonoco Products Co. will open a $20 million packaging center in Fairburn, Ga., creating 130 full-time and 465 part-time jobs.

Japan's Nippon Paper Industries Co. Ltd is entering the Indian market by acquiring the largest local paper cup manufacturing company owned by the BK Modi Group for an undisclosed amount.

American Forest & Paper Association President & CEO Donna Harman issued a statement in support of President Trump's directive to support U.S. manufacturing by expediting the permitting process and reducing regulatory burden affecting domestic manufacturing.

Kadant Solutions, a division of Kadant Inc., announced the launch of its Conformatic™ AL creping holder

Verso Corporation, a producer of digital printing papers, introduced Ideal TrueJet, a specialized line of uncoated inkjet roll papers for commercial printers and document centers with high-speed inkjet printers.

WestRock Company and Multi Packaging Solutions International Limited announced Tuesday that a definitive agreement has been reached for WestRock to acquire all of the outstanding shares of MPS for $18.00 per share in cash and the assumption of an estimated $873 million in net debt, for a total enterprise value of $2.28 billion.

International Paper officials said Monday that their Cantonment mill in Florida experienced significant structural damage to the largest pulp digester as well as the power house during an explosion Sunday night. There were no injuries.

As of 2017, Södra will begin publishing quarterly financial reports. The first quarterly report will be presented on 20 April. Södra's year-end report for 2016 will be published on 17 February.

IFCO Bareroot, LLC, a sister company to International Forest Company (IFCO), has reached an agreement with Weyerhaeuser Company to purchase four forest seedling nurseries as well as the Flint River Seed Orchard.

The Company intends to use the proceeds of the IAM Loan to repay convertible debentures issued by Fortress Paper and for general corporate purposes.

In breaking news overnight, an explosion rocked the International Paper facility in Cantonment Sunday night, 22 Jan 2017, but fortunately, there were no injuries.

WestRock Company announced Monday, 23 Jan 2017, that it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement with Silgan Holdings Inc. under which Silgan will purchase WestRock's Home, Health and Beauty business for $1.025 billion in cash plus the assumption of approximately $25 million in foreign pension liability.

Two fully loaded semitractor-trailers collided at the main gate of the Georgia-Pacific paper mill on Wednesday, Jan. 18, closing Butler Bridge Road for four hours while police, fire and public works personnel responded.

Kamloops Fire Rescue crews were called to Domtar pulp mill for the second time in 25 hours for report of a small industrial fire.

Construction projects are complicated, even the little ones. I can guarantee you that you can watch a five-million-dollar project all day long for its entire duration and you won't know half of what happened, not half the interactions that occurred over its duration. There is one contemporary and one post completion test you can do...

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For many years Australia has had substantially a duopoly of corrugated box suppliers, with Visy Industries (Pratt Group) and Amcor (now Orora) between them supplying more than 85% of the market. A bruising "box war" many years ago saw the demise of the Smorgon Group as Australia's third integrated corrugated box supplier. Visy consolidated its market leading position and now holds well over 50% market share and Orora more than 30%. This orderly state of affairs may be about to change.

An American packaging company is creating up to 95 jobs in Londonderry.

Sappi Europe and Felix Schoeller Group have entered into a collaboration agreement that includes the joint development of sustainable barrier paper solutions for flexible packaging applications.

VPK Packaging Group has reached an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of SolidPack.

Asia Pulp and Paper, the pulp and paper company of conglomerate Sinar Mas Group, aims to boost its sales this year, banking on its expansion in Central Asia and rapid growth in new growing markets, the company said in a statement.

Stora Enso plans to scrap a plan to build a chemical pulp mill at its Beihai Mill site in China, as pulp supply is expected to increase due to new investments by rivals, it said on Thursday.

Gould Paper Corporation has brought all of its businesses together under one marketing umbrella "JP Gould." The new brand underscores the collaborative nature of the company's global supply chain.

About $1 million in federal grants and access to the federal laboratory that began the Atomic Age will help the state's $8.5 billion forest products industry determine its future, officials announced Wednesday.