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Winterhalter was named CEO back in March.

This story was told about a CFO, but it will serve us well as we talk about procurement this week. It seems as though a certain paper company hired a new CFO from outside our industry. Attending his first budget meeting, the annual budget was being reviewed. This is a large company, the line item for machine clothing was well over 8 digits. Pounding his fist on the table, he said, "This is outrageous. Why are we spending so much on employee uniforms?" He didn't last long.

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Georgia-Pacific announced Tuesday (June 4) it is permanently shutting down the equipment and processes supporting the bleached board operations at its Crossett facility in south Arkansas as of October 2019. About 555 jobs will be impacted by the closure. Also, the timber and paper company will close a particleboard facility in Hope, laying off 100 workers.

An overheated piece of machinery is being blamed for a fire at a Resolute Forest Products facility Monday afternoon.

Warburg Pincus, a leading global private equity firm focused on growth investing, has agreed to acquire Pregis LLC, a leading protective packaging materials and automated systems manufacturer, from Olympus Partners, headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, for an undisclosed amount.

Tolko employees at its Armstrong and Soda Creek (Williams Lake) divisions will be off work longer than hoped.

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Georgia-Pacific said Tuesday it will not rebuild the particleboard facility in Thomson that was destroyed by fire last week.

A paper mill has been identified as a "probable source" of infection in a Legionella (Legionnaires' disease) epidemic that broke out near Ghent and which has already claimed the lives of two people and infected dozens more.

Charmin, the brand on a mission to provide people a better bathroom experience, announced today the results of a new, groundbreaking survey that found people named John prefer Charmin over every other toilet paper brand when on the john.

S&P MidCap 400 constituent Bemis Company Inc. (NYSE: BMS) will replace Mattel Inc. (NASD: MAT) in the S&P 500, and Mattel will replace Bemis in the S&P MidCap 400 effective prior to the open of trading on Friday, June 7.

The talks between Clearwater Paper and union leaders have been going on for months. But they didn't become public until union members protested near the company's Lewiston site in April.

Cascades has garnered a number of awards in recent weeks for its leadership and its innovative practices in sustainable development.

Agreement Reached with Interfor to Acquire Vavenby Forest Tenure

Fire officials said the fire started on a baler machine. It was contained before it was able to spread.

West Fraser announced temporary production curtailments during which all mill activities will be curtailed for one week in June at five British Columbia sawmills: Chetwynd, Quesnel, Williams Lake, Smithers and Fraser Lake.

The future for nearly 500 workers at the Arjowiggins Stoneywood plant was plunged into doubt in January after its parent company failed to sell it.

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SCA acquired 93% of the shares in Forestum Group AB, a Swedish company which owns forest and land assets in Estonia, totalling approximately 10,000 hectares.

Norbord has resumed production at its OSB mill in High Level, Alberta earlier this week after the evacuation order for the town of High Level was lifted, company announced.

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation has acquired a Green Bay, Wisconsin-based prefinished siding company, namely Prefinished Staining Product Incorporated ("PSPI").

SCA recently acquired 10,000 hectares of forest in Latvia.

Tolko's Athabasca OSB division in Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada, has temporarily suspended operations as the Province has issued an eight-hour evacuation alert for the town.

Canfor Corporation (TSX:CFP), further to the Company's news release dated November 9, 2018, announces that it has completed the first phase purchase of 49% of Elliott Sawmilling Co. Inc. ("Elliott").

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