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Fos, the Rat, says, "I am going to use a slightly different format this year. Yes, the rat convention is going on as usual, but I have reserved a private room off the main convention floor and Mr. Jim has agreed to being interviewed concerning some of the situations he has seen over his fifty plus year career in this industry."

DS Smith, a leading sustainable packaging provider, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Bosis doo, a high-quality packaging company in Serbia.

The company announced in mid-July that it would be shutting down the facility and all other upstate facilities, leaving about 350 employees without work in South Glens Falls. Facilities affected include a warehouse and distribution center in Saratoga Springs and a converting facility in Greenwich.

The Cerrado Project will produce 2.55 million tons of pulp a year, increasing Suzano's market pulp installed production capacity to 13.5 million tons a year.

The curtailment at the Crofton site will be extended to the end of August. This includes pulp, paper and shipping operations. Global pulp and paper prices have continued to decline through July, mainly driven by high inventories and weak demand.

The Tacoma mill employs approximately 400 people.

Sappi North America's forest management programs in both Maine and the Upper Midwest offer a wide range of services to landowners to help them manage their forests sustainably.

Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Hanna processes 300,000 tons of paper annually through its eight recovery facilities across North America. The company employs approximately 200 employees and services over 1,000 customers.

UPM Biochemicals has acquired SunCoal Industries GmbH, a German-based company that developed a unique technology portfolio to produce performance products from renewable raw materials.

Resolute Forest Products Inc., a subsidiary of Domtar Corporation and a part of the Paper Excellence Group, today announced that, on August 1, 2023, it completed the previously disclosed sale of the Thunder Bay (Ontario) pulp and paper mill to an affiliate of Atlas Holdings, pursuant to the terms of the asset purchase agreement dated May 26, 2023.

Company intends to use net sale proceeds of approximately $575 million to reduce debt.

Two Sides North America Anti-Greenwashing Campaign Persuades 21 Leading Companies to Remove Unsubstantiated Environmental Claims in 1H23

Alexey Chernyaev began his career with the Company in 2016.

After more than 12 years as the head of Cascades Specialty Products Group (SPG), President and COO Luc Langevin announced that he passed the torch on July 1st.

The 2022 Novolex Sustainability Report details the company's accomplishments in increasing its recycling capacity, diverting waste from landfills, and using more Chain-of-Custody certified fiber and bio-based resins in its products.

The Paper Excellence Group (Paper Excellence) announced its updated organizational structure for its business units following the recent acquisitions of Resolute Forest Products in March 2023 and Domtar in November 2021.

Rengo Co., Ltd. announces that the Representative Director, President & COO Yosuke Kawamoto has been inaugurated as Chairman of the International Corrugated Case Association (ICCA), an international association in the corrugated packaging industry. His term of office will be for two years, until 2025.

The former double-coated fine paper machine Oulu PM6 in northern Finland will be converted to be Europe's largest board machine and all pulpers naturally have to be of mega size to cope with the annual production volume of 750,000 tons of folding boxboard (FBB) and coated kraft back (CKB).

Pactiv Evergreen, which closed its Canton paper mill in early June, issued a denial of wrongdoing in the dumping of chemicals into its wastewater treatment system. In a response to a violation notice from the NC Department of Environmental Quality, the company confirmed it disposed of chemical cleaning solution and sanitizer but said the discharge did not violate the water quality standards.

How clean is clean? What are we willing to pay for things to be incrementally cleaner?

Ideal for retail signage and displays made from thicker substrates like corrugated and poly-based materials, the state-of-the-art technology combines the agility and speed of digital printing with exceptional print quality, a wide color spectrum and minimal energy consumption.

Metsä Board, the leading European producer of premium fresh fibre paperboards and part of Metsä Group, has achieved A- rating in Ellen MacArthur Foundation's latest Circulytics® circular economy assessment.

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LP's industry-leading safety program wins eleventh APA Safest Company Award since 2009

After a long process to identify potential buyers, Ahlstrom has received a binding offer from Accursia Capital to acquire the Stenay plant. The potential acquisition is subject to consultation with employee representatives.