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Chilean forestry company Arauco, a subsidiary of industrial conglomerate Empresas Copec SA, will invest $185 million to build a new cellulose and textile pulp facility in the nation's south, the company said on Wednesday.

Stora Enso announced in February plans to permanently close down one paper machine 8 (PM8) and related reorganisation at the Kvarnsveden Mill in Sweden that could affect a maximum of 140 people at the mill.

Hamburger Turkey Ltd., part of the Austrian Prinzhorn Group, has signed a land purchasing agreement to set up a third paper mill in Kütahya, Turkey.

Georgia-Pacific LLC will be recycling a former facility as part of a new $100 million investment in Alabama.

The Bear Island Paper mill in northern Hanover County that ceased operations this year has been put up for sale.

Cascades Inc. celebrated the official inauguration of its expanded corrugated packaging plant in Drummondville, a $26.4-million investment.

Indonesia has filed a formal complaint with the WTO over Australia's import duties on Indonesian paper.

DowDuPont, formed through the merger of chemical giants Dow Chemical and DuPont, is shifting some operations in the three units it plans to create, potentially averting a prolonged fight with activist investors over its post-merger plans.

Södra is strengthening the long-term competitiveness of its planing operations and intends to co-locate the units in Ronneby and Kallinge.

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. announced that it is temporarily suspending operations at its Fernandina Beach, Fla. and Jesup, Ga. facilities as the threat of Hurricane Irma is leading to mandatory evacuations in the area and impacting the supply of raw materials.

Nordic Paper Holding is changing the ownership as Shanying Paper International is reportedly about to acquire the pulp and paper company.

Chilean forestry company Arauco has reached an agreement to buy two wood panel plants in Brazil from competitor Masisa, in a deal worth $102.8 million, the company said.

During the night between September 5th and 6th, there was a fire in one of the buildings at BillerudKorsnäs' production unit in Karlsborg, Sweden and the production has been stopped since then.

A fire at paper products giant Kimberly-Clark' mill in Mobile has been contained.

Kruger Inc. announced a $377.6 million transaction to diversify operations at its Brompton and Wayagamack Mills into specialty niches, such as flexible food packaging, labelling and digital printing.

Amcor Ltd. is considering a takeover of rival Bemis Co., according to people familiar with the matter.

A team is your specific, small group of personnel assigned to do a specific job or set of jobs. Although I am not much of a sports fan, I can give an example from there. Suppose the quarterback notices that the waterboy forgot to fill the drink containers? Does he ask for a time out so the players on the field can do this job? No. While in the bigger picture, they are all on the same team, when it comes to specific tasks they are not.

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LSC Communications announced that it has acquired Publishers Press, a leading family-owned printing and digital solutions provider based in Lebanon Junction, Kentucky from Publishers Printing Company, LLC and certain of its affiliates.

Huhtamaki has completed the acquisition of International Paper's foodservice packaging operations in China.

UPM has been listed as the forest and paper industry leader in the in the Dow Jones European and World Sustainability Indices (DJSI) for 2017-2018 for the fifth time.

Valmet has been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) for the fourth consecutive year and thus maintains its position among the world's sustainability leaders.

Metsä Wood is considering the construction of a new, 65,000 m3 Kerto® LVL line to its mill in Punkaharju, Finland.

Menasha Corporation announces that it has acquired ARI Packaging of Alsip, Illinois. The business will operate as part of Menasha Packaging Company, a subsidiary of Menasha Corporation; terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Mondi Group and WWF International have renewed their global partnership for three more years.

Nippon Dynawave is resuming normal operations after problems at its wastewater treatment facility forced it temporarily curtail paper production last week.