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BASF is working with advisers and financing banks to examine the merits of making a counter bid for DuPont Co, the $55 billion chemical company that agreed to a merger with Dow Chemical Co in December, people with knowledge of the matter said.

Workers at Sioux City, Iowa's WestRock facility went on strike Thursday afternoon. The company employees 78 people at the site.

The chief executive officers of DuPont and Dow Chemical Co. will receive a combined $80 million in "golden parachute" payments after the companies merge and then split into three, according to a regulatory filing.

You will never know if a mill is well maintained if you follow the mill's "tour route"--you know, the route they keep clean and in great shape for executives, board members and customers. Didn't know that mills have "tour routes"? Have I got some hot property in Florida for you! In a mill that is in really bad shape, you won't have to go to the places I am going to tell you about, for they, that is those in charge, will never let you get there. Thus, the first clue you are in a poorly maintained mill is if you run into resistance to a full blown tour...

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WorkSafeNB is investigating a fatality at a Sussex facility owned by J.D. Irving Ltd., involving the death of a 50-year-old-man on Monday.

Verso Corp. has received approval for $600 million in financing that will allow the paper maker to continue operations through its bankruptcy.

Cenveo, Inc. announced the beginning of a five-year engagement with National Register Publishing, a leading publisher of data products.

Holmen announced this week that PM 11 at the Hallsta Paper Mill is producing paper again, 99 days after the fire hit the pulp production in November.

Sinar Mas is set to commence the operation of one of the world's largest pulp mills, expected to help boost Indonesia's economy and push up the country's position in the sector.

Georgia-Pacific said the acquisition includes a state-of-the-art converting plant in Aurora, Illinois; sales and design office in Bentonville, Arkansas; and a minority interest in Five Star Sheets sheet feeder consortium in New Carlisle, Indiana. Terms of the deal are not disclosed.

Glatfelter is acquiring the empty 200,000-square-foot Mitsubishi building and will invest $80 million to transform it into a specialty materials production plant estimated to employ 83 when it opens in late 2017.

Packaging group Smurfit Kappa has confirmed plans upgrade its UK listing from standard to a premium listing, in a move that opens the door to its entry into the FTSE-100 index.

Orora said the purchase would complement its range of packaging products, as IntegraColor focuses on point of purchase retail display and other visual communications services.

A log truck reportedly headed to a Georgia-Pacific facility in Florida rolled over on Monday afternoon, spilling logs on a road and sending the driver to a hospital in Gainesville with serious injuries.

It may be rainy season now in Indonesia, but for two of the biggest pulp and paper companies operating in fire-prone areas in Indonesia -- Asia Pacific Resources International, or April and Asia Pulp & Paper, or APP -- sounding their fire management strategy is important.

Stora Enso announced that it is investing around US $68.5 million to further improve its competitiveness in consumer board and biomaterials in the strategic growth areas of China and Sweden.

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Tasmania's fourth biggest power user Norske Skog will voluntarily reduce load at its Boyer Mill for one week, starting from the middle of next week.

Norske Skog's debt-swap plan has divided investors, with opposition from secured bondholders including BlueCrest and support from unsecured creditors including Blackstone Group LP's GSO Capital Partners.

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ScandFibre Logistics AB is a transport and logistics company, specializing in rail transports for the Swedish pulp and paper industry.

Around 70 firefighters responded.