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Metsä Group announced this week that it is preparing to build a next-generation bioproduct mill in Äänekoski, Finland. The company said that the next concrete step is to demolish the existing, decommissioned pulp mill to make room for the new bioproduct mill planned for the same site.

If you don't think Ebola is going to spread widely and rapidly, I have a bridge to sell you in New York. As long as Ebola remains a contact-transmitted (not airborne) virus, the pulp and paper industry has an opportunity to help contain this disease.

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Actually, the issue should be stated, "Will these paper machine designs as we know them today, survive in the future?" While some may later conclude this discussion borders on fiction or is based on conjecture, hopefully a few thought-provoking "truisms" will be recognized.

Too many in the media want the luxury of being on all sides of every issue. And then they wonder why they have absolutely zero relevance.

Cenveo, Inc. announced this week that it has opened two state of the art Envelope showcase, production and distribution facilities in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania and Chicopee, Massachusetts

Södra announced this week that it has begun an expansion of the Södra pulp mill in Värö. The Board of Directors at Södra made a decision in February to invest SEK 4 billion ($559 million) in a massive expansion of the pulp mill in Värö, north of Varberg.

Are we not facing moving and shifting economies which create centers of capitalism today where there were empty fields yesterday?

ABB announced this week that it has inaugurated its first new office in Yangon, Myanmar, after an absence of 20 years. Having a local presence in the country will allow the company to better serve local customers, improve service capabilities, and expand its activities, the company said.

The Kauttua plant manufactures base paper for masking tape

Hoosier Data Forms produces traditional snap-outs, continuous forms, cut sheets and additional value added services

The spin-off will form the new publicly traded company, Halyard Health, Inc. Kimberly-Clark also increased its 2014 share repurchase program to take into account expected proceeds as a result of the spin-off.

The fire appeared to have ignited in the insulation of a turbine

When I was a child, my dad taught me about guns and fire, and how they could be used for good or they could be misused. He never allowed me to have a BB gun--he thought they were ambiguous--is it a toy or a weapon? Like BB guns, we have some ambiguous tools today, too. And these tools can be used for good or they can be misused. I am speaking of Facebook and LinkedIn. Are they toys, weapons, or something else?

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The closure of the mill is expected to occur in the fourth quarter of 2014. The mill closure will reduce Verso's coated groundwood paper production capacity by approximately 350,000 tons and its specialty paper production capacity by approximately 55,000 tons.

Glatfelter announced today (1 Oct 2014) that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Spezialpapierfabrik Oberschmitten GmbH (SPO) from FINSPO Beteiligungs-GmbH for €8.5 million (approximately U.S.$11 million)

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Stora Enso announced this week that it has signed an agreement to divest its Corenso business operations to the Finnish packaging materials company Powerflute Oyj. The enterprise value of the transaction is approximately Euro 90 million, and the expected all cash consideration approximately Euro 75 million.

The purchase price excluding working capital is $48.7 million (USD) and the completion of the transaction is expected at the end of the first quarter of 2015

Additionally, Mercer said it has successfully amended Stendal's senior project finance credit facility

When the sale closes, GLV will change its name to Ovivo Inc.