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Fortress Paper Ltd. is announcing that it has changed its name to "Fortress Global Enterprises Inc.", effective January 29, 2018, in order to better reflect its existing business and future prospects.

Fibria Celulose SA denied on Tuesday that the company or its shareholders were discussing a potential tie-up with rival Eldorado Brasil Celulose SA, but underscored their interest in eventual deals in the sector.

Orient Paper announced that it will temporarily suspend all of its production lines due to mandated restriction/suspension of natural gas supply for all natural gas consumption industries, including the paper manufacturing industry in order to secure adequate natural gas to households uses in urban and rural areas in Hebei Province.

The federal and state governments had filed a complaint against three companies in U.S. District Court.

WestRock Co agreed to buy smaller rival KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp for about $3.5 billion as it looks to make the most of strong demand for packaging products in a growing U.S. economy and a booming ecommerce market.

A fire at the Verso Paper Mill in Wisconsin Rapids damaged a maintenance room on Saturday night.

Iranian media say a fire that broke out at a paper mill has injured 31 workers in southern Iran.

Over the next three years, J.D. Irving, Limited (JDI) is forecasting over 10,400 hires across the company's diverse operations in Canada and the U.S.

American Forest & Paper Association President and CEO Donna Harman and American Wood Council President and CEO Robert Glowinski issued a statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) issuance of new guidance to reclassify certain major sources as area sources under the Clean Air Act.

UPM and Åbo Akademi University are expanding their cooperation by signing a frame agreement covering several fields of research.

Huhtamaki has agreed to establish a joint venture with Smith Anderson Group Limited, one of Europe's leading paper bag suppliers, to manufacture and sell foodservice paper bags in Eastern Europe.

PaperWorks Industries has invested $2 million in a new 40-inch sheet-fed Bobst die-cutter for its Greensboro, North Carolina facility.

Two men were hit by a car Wednesday night while crossing Louisiana 34 outside Graphic Packaging. The men who were injured are believed to have been contractors for a company working for Graphic Packaging.

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A man accused of starting a massive fire in November that destroyed one large building and heavily damaged another at the former Lincoln paper mill was indicted Wednesday by the Penobscot County grand jury on two counts of arson.

Essity has been recognized as one of the world's 100 most sustainable companies by Corporate Knights. The recognition was presented in connection with World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Universal Forest Products, Inc. announced that it closed on the sale and lease-back of its property in Medley, Fla., a 35-acre site that includes one of its large operations, as part of a long-term plan to enhance its operations in the region.

Atlantic Packaging, one of North Carolina's largest privately held companies, headquartered in Wilmington, announced today that management is awarding $1,000 bonuses immediately to full-time employees.

Japan's paper exports climbed to a record volume for a second straight year in 2017, thanks to brisk Chinese demand for boxes for e-commerce.

Kimberly-Clark Corp said on Tuesday it expects to eliminate 5,000-5,500 jobs, or 12-13 percent of its workforce, as part of its global restructuring program.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed hear a bid by timber company Weyerhaeuser Co seeking to limit the federal government's power to designate private land as protected habitat for endangered species in a case involving a warty amphibian called the dusky gopher frog.

Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) expressed its support for the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) between Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam.

Asia Pacific Rayon, an affiliate of pulp and paper giant Asia Pacific Resources International Holding, expects to complete construction of Indonesia's largest integrated rayon facility in August, with its output expected to support the country's textile industry.