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USG Corp. agreed to a $7 billion acquisition by Germany's Knauf KG, a deal championed by Warren Buffett as a way to exit an 18-year investment that suffered through bankruptcy and a bailout.

Green Bay Packaging is spending more than $500 million to build what it says will be the first new paper mill in Wisconsin in 30 years.

The Board of Directors of Empresas CMPC S.A. accepted the resignation of Hernán Rodríguez Wilson from the position of CEO.

China's largest producer of coated and uncoated white top test liner and world-class preprint home base, Sunshine Paper, has automated its scheduling process for its five cutters by integrating opt-Studio with its SAP ERP solution. The system went live last month.

At International Paper on Mayflower drive in Lynchburg, rain water collapsed the roof while 35 people were working inside.

U.S. log exports reached 4.29 million m3 through April, up 12.5% from the first four months of 2017, according to the USDA data.

BillerudKorsnäs is encouraging action against ocean litter in a series of just-announced U.S. events, in theme with this year's World Oceans Day.

Smurfit Kappa's Cellulose du Pin Paper Mill in Facture, France is celebrating its 90th anniversary. The mill, which began operating in 1928, quickly established itself as a leading supplier of kraftliner in France and then extended its reach throughout Europe.

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Cenveo, Inc. announced that the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has approved its amended disclosure statement (the "Disclosure Statement"), paving the way for the Company to commence solicitation of votes for approval of its amended plan of reorganization ("Plan of Reorganization") and emerge from Chapter 11 this summer.

German investment bank LIVIA Corporate Development SE reached an agreement to acquire the Baden board and packaging facility from Smurfit Kappa.

Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) has begun a new water security and sustainable living project on Indonesia's Pari Island (Thousand Islands), which includes improving water resource technology, waste management, and providing the community with training on sanitation and hygiene.

Kruger Products L.P., Canada's leading manufacturer of Cashmere and Purex bathroom tissue, SpongeTowel Paper Towels and Scotties facial tissue, has been named one of Corporate Knights' 2018 Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada.

Södra announced that the interior wood operations in Kallinge and Umeå will be sold to Sörnsen Holzleisten.

Suzano Papel e Celulose SA lost about 80,000 tonnes of pulp production and 25,000 tonnes of paper production during a late-May truckers' strike, the company said in a securities filing on Thursday.

A man who was critically ill after being overcome by gas that killed two other men at a Norske Skog NSW paper mill is expected to make a full recovery.

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Valmet will supply Burgo Ardennes with a batch cooking plant for its pulp mill in Virton, Belgium.

A German company that makes roll covers for paper and packaging manufacturers plans to build a manufacturing operation in Virginia.

The state Department of Environmental Quality fined Georgia-Pacific, operator of the Wauna Mill in eastern Clatsop County, $12,000 for releasing more pollution from its kraft pulp mill than is allowed in the facility's air quality permit.

International Paper Company (has decided to cancel its proposal for the takeover of the Irish packaging company -- Smurfit Kappa -- due to lack of engagement from the latter's management.

Robert G. Burton Sr., chairman and CEO of Cenveo Inc., will resign as part of a reorganization agreement with the company's major stakeholders that will enable the Stamford-based printing company to emerge from Chapter 11 this summer.

Mercer International Inc. announced that it has determined to proceed with a Phase II expansion and optimization project at its Friesau sawmill.