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Cenveo announced this week that it has been actively marketing the sale of its packaging business to multiple strategic parties.

In fact, most of the time, that is exactly what large companies do. Earlier in this series I talked about the inertia of large companies and the inability for them to innovate. So, they do the next best thing--they buy it...

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Company names are zealously protected and for many companies the name has substantial value because the company name defines the brand or the product through which the company has become successful. It also defines the value of a company beyond its tangible assets; more than the loyalty of customers to the brand (the goodwill) and includes all that contributes to the success of the brand (such as creative personnel, patents, unique processes and products)...

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Graphic Packaging Holding Co. has promoted Michael P. Doss to president and CEO. He will replace David Scheible.

Instead, Verso says it is considering the potential sale of the Duluth and Stevens Point mills.

Twin Rivers Paper Company says it has recently completed a series of upgrades to its No. 7 Paper Machine in Madawaska, enhancing the overall quality, efficiency and capabilities of a machine instrumental to manufacturing products supporting the specialty packaging, publishing, and label markets.

An oft-repeated message at a full-day conference was that despite the headlines, the industry is still strong.

The U.S. International Trade Commission released the decision papers on Wednesday after ruling last month that the U.S. paper industry was "materially injured" by imports of supercalendered paper from three mills in Canada owned by Port Hawkesbury Paper, Irving Pulp and Paper in New Brunswick and Resolute Forest Products in Quebec.

At its recent annual meeting in San Antonio, the American Forest & Paper Association presented eight Better Practices, Better Planet 2020 sustainability awards to seven companies.

The Quad/Graphics plant has 422 employees, according to a notice filed with the state Department of Labor & Industry, and some of those workers could relocate to other company facilities across the country.

The German paper mill Arctic Paper Mochenwangen will cease operations in December.

After three months of consultation owner DS Smith confirmed it is shutting Wansbrough Paper Mill, ending 265 years of paper-making in the town.

The transaction is expected to close during Q1 2016, subject to approval by the Wausau Paper shareholders and other customary closing conditions.

Resolute Forest Products is entering the tissue market earlier than planned after buying Florida producer Atlas Paper Holdings for US $156 million, including working capital.

As a result of the name change, the ASX ticker code will change from PPX to SRS and be effective from 17 November 2015.

The planned production capacity would be approximately 450,000 tons of liner annually. LEIPA intends to continue all employment relations with the current employees of the UPM Schwedt mill.

Verso Corp. is facing bankruptcy as the paper company struggles with mounting losses amid a decline in demand and rising imports.

Firefighters tackled an early afternoon blaze at a Kruger facility in St Henri on Sunday.

Universal Forest Products, Inc. announced that its CEO, Matthew J. Missad, has been included in Fortune magazine's Businessperson of the Year list, an annual ranking of just 50 corporate leaders published today.

The purpose of the TALOtech groups on LinkedIn is to provide a convenient forum for people working within the manufacturing part of this industry to share technical and operating related dialog to promote safe and competitive operations.

The current goal is to have the paper mill open and operational by late winter/early spring.