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Toscotec will provide a complete plant with two AHEAD-2.0L tissue machines on a full turnkey basis to Sofidel America's integrated plant (paper mill and converting) in Inola, Oklahoma, the second greenfield investment of the Group in the United States.

Mondi is proceeding with the investment in a new 300,000 tonne per year kraft top white machine at Ruzomberok, Slovakia, with start-up expected toward the end of 2020.

Boise Cascade Company announced an agreement to acquire Arling Lumber, Inc., headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. The acquisition is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter.

Unifor members at three B.C. paper mills are welcoming news that a major paper manufacturer has stepped in to purchase the troubled Catalyst Paper.

Rayonier Advanced Materials said this week it will create 79 positions at its Downtown headquarters by 2022, following its acquisition in late 2017 of Canadian forest products company Tembec.

WestRock Company has provided an initial update following the landfall of Hurricane Michael and its impact on the company's containerboard and pulp mill located in Panama City, Florida.

Centerbridge Partners LP and a group comprised of PAI Partners and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners are in the running to make final bids for Kimberly-Clark Corp.'s European tissue unit, people with knowledge of the matter said.

Canfor has confirmed the explosion has closed both Northwood and Prince George Pulp Mills.

All of a sudden, plastic contamination is in the news. Restaurants in our area, for instance, have started posting signs concerning plastic straws with the claim that the world uses 500 million plastic straws per day. I find that number a bit incredulous, for it means that 1 in 16 of us, including newborn infants, use a plastic straw each day. There has also been a video on LinkedIn of a woman paddling up to a pile of plastic near the water's edge somewhere. It looks awful, but the video fails to comment on her being on a plastic surfboard, an item that used to be made of wood. I am, by the way, in favor of getting rid of as much plastic as we can (paperboard milk cartons and paper grocery sacks, anyone?). But what does all of this have to do with Quality Month at Paperitalo Publications. Just this...

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Expera Specialty Solutions, LLC announced that Ahlstrom‐Munksjö has completed the acquisition of U.S. specialty paper producer Expera for an enterprise value of USD 615 million (EUR 526 million) on a cash and debt free basis.

ND Paper LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Ltd., said Wednesday it has a definitive asset purchase agreement to buy the Old Town property from OTM Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of CVG Inc.

BillerudKorsnäs announced that Helene Biström is appointed as Senior Vice President for Paper, one of the company's three divisions in the new organisation that came into effect on the 1st of October.

International Paper announced its board of directors has authorized a share repurchase program to acquire up to $2.0 billion of the company's common stock.

A new Kimberly-Clark lobbyist and his wife gave Republican legislators and their supporters more than $4,000 in late August, a little more than a month before GOP leaders decided to reconvene to consider tax incentives for the Texas-based papermaker, campaign finance reports show.

Stora Enso and energy company Gasum have signed a contract to build a biogas plant at Stora Enso's Nymölla paper mill in Sweden.

On Oct. 10, the hygiene and health company Essity will open the annual meeting of the United Nations Foundation's dialogue on the UN's sustainable development goals.

Paper Excellence Canada announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Catalyst Paper Corporation, including its three facilities located in Crofton, Port Alberni and Powell River, its Surrey distribution centre and headquarters in Richmond, BC. This agreement is subject to regulatory review and approvals.

Irving Pulp & Paper (IPP) of Saint John will pay a $3.5 Million penalty related to 3 counts of effluent discharges into the Saint John River, subject to court approval.

Ron Van Den Heuvel will plead guilty Friday to one count of fraud as part of a plea agreement reached this week with federal prosecutors.

ND Paper will invest $300 million into its mills in Wisconsin and Maine in the next two years, sparking a transformation and new trajectory for ND Paper, the newly-formed U.S.-based subsidiary of Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Limited, the largest containerboard producer in Asia.

According to the BLS, "Overall employment of industrial machinery mechanics, machinery maintenance workers, and millwrights is projected to grow 7 percent from 2016 to 2026." If you're like most U.S. manufacturers today, these resources are extremely challenging to find, hire, and retain. What is your strategy?

WestRock was recognized at the Path to Purchase Design of the Times Awards with 31 awards for excellence in merchandising solutions -- the most of any entrant for the second year in row.