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Long Falls Paperboard (LFP) and Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation (BDCC) announced the sale of the Brattleboro paperboard facility, formerly owned and operated by Neenah Paper, Inc.

London-based DS Smith broke ground Friday in the Lebanon Business Park. Construction will begin in earnest in February, the facility should open in 2020.

The planned CEO succession takes place as Jukka Moisio steps down after a long and successful tenure and Charles Héaulmé (52) takes the lead as the new President and CEO of Huhtamaki. The transition will take place on April 26, 2019, following the Annual General Meeting.

The $184 million investment is slated to bring 60 to 100 skilled jobs to the site.

A contractor working on J.D. Irving, Ltd. land in northern New Brunswick has died after his logging truck left a road in Madawaska County.

An environmental assessment will be filed by Northern Pulp by the end of the month.

Lifco has signed an agreement to acquire Indexator Rotator Systems of Sweden. The company develops and manufactures rotators, mainly to the forest industry.

Kadant Inc. announced the completion of its acquisition of Syntron Material Handling Group, LLC and certain of its affiliates.

All members of the Metsä Tissue Management Team report to CEO Esa Kaikkonen.

Hans Djurberg who is responsible for sustainability issues in the SCA Forestry business area, will be new chairman of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) International.

Glatfelter announced that it has entered into a consent decree with the United States Government, the State of Wisconsin, and Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products, under which Glatfelter expects to fully resolve its liability for the Lower Fox River and Green Bay environmental remediation and related Superfund litigation.

I have been working on capital projects since March 1970. I didn't know that was what they were called when I showed up for my first co-op position that March, but looking back on it, I was certainly working on machinery that fit into our customer's capital project. What has changed since then?

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Resolute Forest Products Inc. announced that, on December 31, 2018, it completed the previously disclosed sale of the Catawba, South Carolina, paper and pulp mill to New-Indy Containerboard, LLC ("New-Indy"), pursuant to the terms of the asset purchase agreement dated October 2, 2018.

Klabin's Puma unit in Ortigueira, Paraná, Brazil, was awarded ISO 50001 certification, making it the first plant in Brazil's pulp and paper industry to follow the best practices required by said certification.

Construction is more than 60% under way on a Pratt Industries Recycle Paper Mill in Wapakoneta, Ohio, and not a sheet of paper can be found among the Wieland Construction team or its 60 subcontractors.

Resolute Forest Products Inc. announced that, on December 31, 2018, it completed the previously disclosed sale of the Catawba, South Carolina, paper and pulp mill to New-Indy Containerboard, LLC ("New-Indy"), pursuant to the terms of the asset purchase agreement dated October 2, 2018.

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International Paper announced that the company signed an agreement to acquire Envases Grau, a family-owned packaging business in Spain, for an undisclosed amount.

The judgment will reduce Essity's tax expense by approximately SEK 1.1bn in the fourth quarter of 2018.

As designs continue to evolve, energy costs will continue to decline, regardless of their root costs. We don't have to do anything emotional or nonsensical about energy costs, just continue to think of better and more efficient ways to do things with less energy...

Neenah, Inc. announced a new strategic distribution partnership with Sona Commercial LLC to distribute its products in the Middle East, Africa and Indian subcontinent.

Fort Mill police and a town manufacturer are investigating a fraud case after $119,000 sent to a Kentucky trucking company never made it there.