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Stora Enso says it has successfully converted a fine paper machine at Varkaus Mill to produce virgin-fibre-based containerboard.

The spills at Verso's paper mill in the western Maryland town of Luke included 9,500 gallons of synthetic latex on Sept. 23 and some concentrated red dye on Oct. 2.

Graphic Packaging International Australia Pty Limited has completed acquisition of 100% of the outstanding shares of Colorpak, a leading folding carton supplier in Australia and New Zealand.

Sappi North America, a leading producer and supplier of diversified paper and packaging products, has announced the release of its 2015 Sustainability Report.

McGraw Hill Financial (NYSE: MHFI) was rebranded S&P Global this week, following a shareholder vote at its Annual Shareholders Meeting.

The Management Board of Arctic Paper S.A. herewith informs that on 27th April 2016 The Supervisory Board has relieved Mr. Wolfgang Lübbert, the President of the Management Board and Chief Executive Officer from his duties and appointed him as Member of the Management Board.

The Simpson Lumber mill in Tacoma, which was built in 2000, could soon be demolished.

Potlatch Corp. has sold 172,000 acres of timberland near the resort town of McCall, Idaho, citing a sluggish market for second-home sales.

Little Rapids Corp., of Green Bay, says it's spending $40 million on tissue-making technology at its Shawano Paper Mill in Shawano.

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The town of Jay, Maine has agreed to lower three prior years of disputed property taxes for paper mill owner Verso Corp. and set a cap on its gross tax bills through 2020, delivering the bankrupt papermaker at least $4 million in future tax credits.

Chinese pulp and paper manufacturer Sun Paper will spend more than $1 billion to build a mill in Arkadelphia that will employ about 250 people, Gov. Asa Hutchinson and the company's chairman and founder, Li Hongxin, announced this week.

Nippon Paper Industries will begin tests next spring on a process it plans to use to mass-produce efficient-burning wood pellets as a biomass fuel for electricity generation starting in fiscal 2018.

A Wisconsin paper mill faces federal fines in the death of an employee last October.

RR Donnelley plans to permanently close a plant in Portland, resulting in the loss of 113 jobs.

Xerium Technologies, Inc. says it plans to establish a new roll cover and mechanical services facility located in Concepción, Chile.

The American Forest & Paper Association has released US paper production statistics for March 2016.

Mondi Group announced that is has completed the acquisition of SIMET S.A. The corrugated plant, to be called Mondi Simet, is located in Grabonóg, Poland.

LEIPA will convert the mill into liner production. The planned production capacity would be approximately 450,000 tonnes of liner annually.

John Panichella, President and CEO of Solenis, gave the keynote address at the annual Miami Paper Science and Engineering Foundation Student Recognition Banquet held this month on the Miami University campus in Oxford, Ohio.