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The new 'EveryOne' initiative has been rolled out across Europe and the Americas to encourage all employees to play their part in creating an even more inclusive workplace.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö was honored with the 2017 3M Supplier of the Year Award in recognition of the company's contribution to improving 3M's competitiveness.

Investment funds managed by Oceanwood Capital Management Limited have now acquired 100% of the shares in Norske Skog AS following a lengthy process of regulatory approvals.

Months after contaminants were found in its water supply, Georgia-Pacific is helping state officials to help identify the sources of the leaching chemicals in Parchment, state officials said.

Ahead of next year's spinoff, the division that will retain the DuPont name has a new look.

The strike notice is for operations affiliated with the Council of Northern Interior Forest Industry Relations, which includes operations in Houston, Burns Lake, Fort St. James, Prince George, Mackenzie, Fort St. John, Quesnel and Williams Lake. Operations affected include divisions of Canfor, Conifex, Dunkley Lumber, Lakeland Mills, Tolko Industries and West Fraser Mills, among others.

Mercer International Inc. has signed a deal to acquire Daishowa-Marubeni International Ltd., which owns a bleached kraft pulp mill in Peace River, Alta., and a 50 percent stake in a joint venture which operates a bleached kraft pulp mill in Quesnel, B.C.

If you have not heard of Industry 4.0, you will. In fact, later this month Paperitalo Publications is launching a new newsletter on the subject as it pertains to the pulp and paper industry. We are calling it Industree 4.0™. Industry 4.0 means more sensors, more data collection and more data analysis in real time. It will mean higher quality products made at lower costs, for upper and lower control limits will be able to be set even closer to the desired outcome for many attributes.

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Valmet has acquired Enertechnix, a high-tech combustion diagnostics and monitoring technology company, based in Washington, USA.

Andritz and Arauco signed a letter of award for supply of major technologies and equipment for the modernization and extension of the Arauco pulp mill in Chile.

The Wisconsin Legislature plans to return the week after the November election for a lame duck session to vote on a $100 million tax incentive bill that would keep paper products maker Kimberly-Clark from shuttering a plant that employs about 500 people.

Resolute Forest Products Inc. says it has reached a deal to sell a pulp and paper mill in South Carolina for about $385-million to New-Indy Containerboard LLC.

Sofidel officially opened a 280-acre tissue facility on Wednesday, its first integrated paper operation built from the ground up in the United States.

Since 2010, about half of Maine's pulp and paper mills have closed, devastating in just a few years' time an industry that took decades to build. To many communities, it felt like the end of something.

Sonoco announced it has completed the acquisition of the remaining 70-percent interest in the joint venture of Conitex Sonoco, a vertically integrated global leader in the manufacture of paper-based cones and tubes used in the textile industry.

Domtar Corporation announced that employee volunteers from the company's paper mill in Port Huron and their families revitalized Sanborn Nature Area, which is adjacent to Sanborn Park.

It's been one year since there's been a recordable injury at the Verso Duluth Mill.

Södra's nurseries have now transitioned to fossil-free operations. Heating, machinery and vehicles are all powered by renewable energy.

Cascades Inc. announced that its President and Chief Executive Officer, Mario Plourde , was a recipient of the 2019 Clean50 and Clean16 awards.

Kimberly-Clark Corp. will delay the decision to close its Cold Spring plant, according to an email sent to employees Monday.

Glatfelter announced it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Georgia-Pacific's European nonwovens business for $185 million, subject to customary purchase price adjustments.

A disgruntled worker has admitted calling the Daily Post newsdesk claiming he had planted a bomb in the UPM paper mill where he worked.

Sustainably grown renewable wood fibre is Finland's most significant natural resource.

A small frog created a big stir at the Supreme Court Monday, where Justices weighed how far the federal government can go to protect the habitat of an endangered creature, even if that creature may never call that habitat home.