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International Forest Products LLC (IFP) appoints Dan Stebbins as Director of Export Containerboard Sales.

Latvijas Finieris has together with Stora Enso taken the next steps towards replacing phenol - in resins used in plywood - with lignin.

Solenis is expanding production at its Ankleshwar facility in India to manufacture its next-generation Pergafast™ 425 color developer for the thermal paper market.

Verso Corp. said Tuesday, June 9, that it expects to lay off about 1,000 employees, as it idles idles mills in Duluth, Minnesota and Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin this summer, given the accelerated decline in demand for graphic paper given the COVID-19 pandemic.

The parent company for the idled Northern Pulp mill says it has filed an appeal with the Nova Scotia Supreme Court related to a ministerial order issued last month for the management of the site.

The FTSE100 sustainable packaging leader has announced the appointment of Wouter van Tol as Head of Sustainability and Government Affairs.

Mohawk Fine Papers, Inc., North America's largest privately owned manufacturer of fine papers, envelopes, and specialty materials for printing, recently unveiled a groundbreaking portfolio of papers made from rapidly renewable, sustainable fibers.

German pet food maker Mera Tiernahrung GmbH has partnered with global leader in packaging and paper, Mondi, to expand its product line to include a new type of dog food with semi-moist croquettes.

This enables paper mills to increase operating pressures, plan maintenance, and improve uptime.

A man who alleges he suffered severe burns and permanent disfigurement while working at the Graphic Packaging mill in Queen City, Texas, in January 2019 is suing the company in a Texarkana federal court.

Welch Packaging, a multi-site family-owned business concentrated in the Midwest, has acquired Excel Display and Packaging, a supplier of retail packaging, displays, and food packaging along with digital print capabilities located in Aurora, Illinois.

A small fire occurred Thursday afternoon, June 4, at Roseburg Forest Products in Coquille, Oregon.

International Paper Co. (IP) has spoken out against the killing of George Floyd, and racial injustice in America.

UPM is aiming to find sustainable solutions for replacing fossil-based raw materials and offering environmentally sound alternatives.

The result of emissions and removal of greenhouse gases generated a climate positive balance of 11.75 million tons of CO2equivalent in 2019. In other words, the company removed almost 12 million tons of CO2e in 2019 from the atmosphere.

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. announced that, in working with its lenders under its Senior Secured Credit Agreement, it has entered into an amendment under which, among other changes, the lenders have agreed to relax the financial covenants through 2022.

Clearwater Paper Corporation announced a preliminary update to the company's previous outlook for second quarter 2020 Adjusted EBITDA of $45 to $55 million.

TietoEVRY is partnering with Turck Vilant Systems to generate more value for data in the logistics ecosystem. Turck Vilant is the leading RFID solutions provider in the pulp and paper industry.

Kadant Fiberline (China) Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Kadant Inc., started up three OCC systems at China's Chaozhou Hefengte and Anhui Linping.

Valmet will supply a complete steam boiler plant to Norske Skog's paper mill in Bruck an der Mur, Austria.

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The fire is being investigated as arson.

Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, is constructing a new pine sawmill in Rauma, Finland. It will be the most modern and most extensively automated sawmill in the world. The project's domestic content will be 70%.

The Board of Södra has appointed Lotta Lyrå as new President and CEO. She will take office this year and thereby replace CFO Peter Karlsson, who has been Interim President since 20 February this year.

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has concluded an agreement to supply Klabin, Brazil's largest producer and exporter of packaging paper, with three Kalmar Zero Emission rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs).