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Weyerhaeuser has temporarily closed its Seattle headquarters, the company said Tuesday, as the number of COVID-19 deaths in Washington state rose to nine.

The Wisconsin Rapids Fire Department responded to an ambulance call at about 2:20 p.m. Saturday for a 54-year-old man who had fallen at the mill, said Chief Scott Young.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö has completed the sale of its fine art paper business ARCHES® to Italian based F.I.L.A. Group, Fabbrica Italiana Lapis ed Affini S.p.A., at a debt and cash free price of EUR 43.6 million.

Ari Tanninen, Sales Director at Consumer Boards is appointed as Senior Vice President, Consumer Boards (SVP). Ari will take responsibility for the entire business management, which CEO Markku Hämäläinen has taken care of during the past six months.

The Rights Agreement is designed to ensure that all LSC stockholders receive fair and equal treatment in the event of any proposed takeover of the Company and to guard against tactics to gain control of LSC without paying all stockholders a premium for that control.

Smurfit Kappa's sustainable TopClip solution will be launched on the market by leading beer brewer Royal Grolsch as a paper-based replacement for the plastic shrink wrap currently used on their can multi-packs.

Mohawk Fine Papers, Inc., North America's largest privately-owned manufacturer of fine papers, envelopes and specialty materials for printing, has released an expanded and refreshed line of Crane Pure Cotton Papers.

Metsä Board designed the package structure, the original graphics, and the embossing.

Effective February 28, 2020, Solenis signed an agreement to acquire the paper business of ChemSystems, a division of AECI Ltd. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2020.

Graphic Packaging International has selected Voith to provide a complete recycled stock preparation system for its new Coated Recycled Board (CRB) machine being built in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Esko, the global innovator of integrated software and hardware solutions, has agreed a new deal with Dynagraph to resell its entire portfolio across Saudi Arabia.

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Interfor Corporation announced that it has received approval from the Province of British Columbia related to the previously announced agreement to acquire cutting rights in the Adams Lake area of the BC Interior from Canfor Corporation.

Stora Enso, a major Finnish forestry renewable materials company, is testing an autonomous truck in their mill area in Uimaharju, Eastern Finland.

Resolute Forest Products Inc. announced that its board of directors authorized the repurchase of up to 15% of the company's common stock for aggregate consideration of up to $100 million. Repurchase transactions will be funded using the company's sources of liquidity.

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McKinley Paper Company is producing paper at a mill that had been dormant for three years, a representative for the state agency referring job applicants to the mill said Wednesday.

A little more than two years after Georgia-Pacific (GP) announced a major restructuring that eliminated close to 300 positions, closed the "Roaring 20" office paper line and shuttered pulp operations at the Camas paper mill, the company says it is reinvesting in the local manufacturing facility.

Company's Land Application Program in Cloquet, Minn. awarded for sustainable materials usage.

Children's interest in recycling plays a big role in the degree to which families recycle their household waste, a new survey by Arla Finland and UPM finds.

Reference is made to the stock exchange notice on 14 February 2020 where it was informed that the board of Sniace, Borregaard's partner in Spain, intended to apply for liquidation of the company.

Cachar Paper Mill in Hailakandi and Nagaon Paper Mill in Morigaon are non-functional.

ABIGO Medical AB develops, manufactures and markets products including the Sorbact® technology, which is a clinically established innovation for advanced wound care.

While pulp manufacturing continued unabated throughout the period, paper operations were curtailed as orders could not be planned and manufactured because of the systems interruption.

Graphic Packaging Holding Company, through its primary U.S. operating company, Graphic Packaging International, LLC., announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Consumer Packaging Group business from Greif, Inc. for approximately $85 million.