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Smurfit Kappa has worked with an artist on two eye-catching and creative installations in the Netherlands and Scotland.

Stora Enso will broaden its biocomposites raw material base at the Hylte Mill, Sweden to provide more choice in technical properties and selection of fibres.

The liquidating plan of bankrupt specialty paper maker Appvion Inc. won court approval Tuesday in Delaware after receiving overwhelming support from creditors impacted by the plan.

Smurfit Kappa chief executive Tony Smurfit has been chosen as The Irish Times Business Person of the Month for July, an award run in association with KPMG.

Valmet has been chosen as a supplier by Ahlstrom-Munksjö for the upgrade of the recovery boiler and surrounding systems in the Billingsfors mill in Sweden.

Marc Dube died Thursday following a brief battle with cancer. He was 59. Dube was part of the effort that saw that Stern Partners-led Pacific West Commercial Corp. purchase the former NewPage mill in Point Tupper in 2012 and he then stayed on to serve as its development manager.

Domtar Corporation announced leadership transitions for two fluff pulp producing mills, in Plymouth, North Carolina and Ashdown, Arkansas.

Central National Gottesman Inc. (CNG), which owns a range of sales and distribution businesses in the global pulp, paper, tissue, packaging, plywood and metals industries, announced that its Lindenmeyr Munroe division has acquired the business of Texas-based Olmsted-Kirk Paper Company, expanding its reach into the Southwestern United States.

A small group of employees at Columbia Pulp in Pomeroy recently huddled around the base of a conveyor belt that transports wheat straw to a chest where it is mixed with water and chemicals.

An Illinois packaging and paper company has announced that it will hand over unspecified information as part of the U.S. Department of Justice's second request for information on a $4.9 billion buyout by WestRock Co., a deal expected to boost the combined company's product portfolio and extend its geographic reach.

Former Kimberly-Clark employee Daniel Kersten will spend three years in prison for his role in a scheme to steal more than $1.7 million from the company.

A Chinese company's announcement two years ago that it would spend more than $1-billion and hire hundreds of workers for a paper mill on the outskirts of this rural college town was seen as a much-needed shot in the arm for the region's economy.

Every August, starting back in 2015, we have focused on corruption we have seen or heard about in the industry in the past year. This has become the most popular month of the year for original Nip Impressions columns. As usual, these stories will be told by Fos, a pulp rat. It is my privilege to put Fos' stories in print for you. We continue with Chapter 17...

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An Illinois packaging and paper company has announced that it will hand over unspecified information as part of the U.S. Department of Justice's second request for information on a $4.9 billion buyout by WestRock Co., a deal expected to boost the combined company's product portfolio and extend its geographic reach.

Smurfit Kappa has received the Signify 'Passion for Results' award for outstanding customer support and service delivery.

Embattled businessman Ron Van Den Heuvel will return to court Friday with a request to dismiss his court-appointed lawyer.

The case was set to go to trial in May. But about a week before the trial, Irving agreed to plead guilty to one count of violating the Occupational Health and Safety Act that required them to follow the Canadian Standards Association's rules on lift-truck usage.

WestRock Company announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Schlüter Print Pharma Packaging, a German-based supplier of a full range of leaflets and booklets.

Columbia Pulp, LLC, North America's first tree-free pulp mill, announced the appointment of Mike Schock as Vice President of the company and Tony Waldo as Production Manager for the Lyons Ferry, Wash. Facility and the Pomeroy, Wash. Pilot Plant.

Mac Papers has announced an agreement with Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (EFI) to sell and service EFI™ Wide Format printers across Mac Papers' extensive distribution footprint.