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Sonoco has announced organizational updates to its Global Industrial and Consumer Products divisions, led by Executive Vice President Rodger Fuller.

Within the terms of the agreement, under licence from Georgia-Pacific, BFTi will develop, process and market the next generation of sustainable nonwoven fibres aiming to lead the industry in the transition away from synthetic materials toward all-natural, better performing solutions.

Plover Fire Chief Mark Deaver said a fire at Neenah Paper in Whiting started in a compactor.

Welch Packaging acquires PAX Corrugated Products, based in Lebanon, Ohio from Georgia-Pacific.

The shutdown will affect approximately 29 employees.

The forest owners' associations Norrskog and Norra Skogsägarna agreed to merge and form a new joint association under the group name Norra Skog. Norra Timber runs the manufacturing and marketing businesses within the group.

LSC Communications, Inc. announced that Sententia Group, LP has nominated 6 individuals to stand for election as directors at LSC's 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

Industry groups in New Brunswick are adding their voices to the chorus of those calling on the federal government to bring an end to the blockades that have paralyzed much of Canada's rail system.

Michael Hsu, CEO of Kimberly-Clark Corp., parent company of Kimberly-Clark Professional, has been elected to the board of directors for international technology firm Texas Instruments Inc. (TI).

Three construction labourers died and five were injured at an accident around midnight Feb. 23 in the Sirpur Paper Mills (SPM) in Kagaznagar town of Kumram Bheem Asifabad district. Loose soil from the top fell on the labourers who were working at the bottom of a pit, resulting in some of them being buried.

Paper Excellence continues to work on eliminating a malware infection that's affecting production at the Catalyst Crofton mill, as well as mills in Howe Sound and Powell River on the Sunshine Coast.

The loss of the assets of the mill in the mishap is yet to be ascertained.

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Paperitalo Publications Senior Editor Charles Edward "Chuck" Swann passed away Monday, Feb. 17, 2020 at the age of 87.

Investment will mainly be focused on trimming and drying capacity, but also to some extent on log sorting as well as sawing and green sorting.

Ingevity Corp. announced Thursday that D. Michael Wilson agreed to resign as CEO, president and director, effective immediately.

Paper Excellence Canada owns the Catalyst mills in Port Alberni, Crofton and Powell River. The company confirms each of those mills has been affected.

The request comes after the Maryland Department of the Environment announced Wednesday that it intends to sue Verso Corp. in federal court over alleged seepages from the site into the North Branch Potomac River.

Central National Gottesman Inc. (CNG), which owns a range of sales and distribution businesses in the global pulp, paper, tissue, packaging, wood products and metals industries, announced that its Lindenmeyr Munroe division has acquired the business of Wilcox Paper, an independent paper merchant based in Champlin, Minnesota.

The State of Maryland, through the Maryland Department of the Environment, on Wednesday issued notice that it intends to bring a lawsuit in federal court against the owner of the Luke Paper Mill for seepages into the North Branch Potomac River that it claims threatens public health and the environment.

A strong, sustainable and humidity-resistant box design will allow for long-distance transport of food and aims to reduce food waste.

Wes Carter, President of Atlantic Corporation of Wilmington, has announced the acquisition of Coastal Corrugated, a 35-year-old family owned box company located in North Charleston, SC.

Smurfit Kappa has announced its strategy to expand its paper sack business in the Americas in a $36 million investment.

Klabin acquired the mill in September to expand its production in the region, anticipating the growing fruit industry in the Northeast region of Brazil.

Officials say they don't yet know what sparked a fire inside the ND Paper mill in Old Town on Wednesday (Feb. 19).