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Tranlin Inc. will repay $5 million to Virginia, as the Chinese company resets its plans to build a paper products mill in Chesterfield County that was expected to bring $2 billion in investment and create 2,000 jobs.

DS Smith announced that it has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire 80 per cent. of the shares of Interstate Management Resources, Inc. (Interstate) from Indevco.

Norkse Skog's protracted debt restructuring looks set to be extended even further with the paper producer saying the planned public launch of the revised proposals at Thursday's extraordinary general meeting would no longer take place after new directors joined the board yesterday.

China's Commerce Ministry said on Friday it will review its anti-dumping duties on pulp imported from Canada, following a ruling against the Asian nation from the World Trade Organization (WTO) in a dispute over the restrictions.

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Atlantic Packaging Products, Ltd., of Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, has announced the formation of a strategic partnership with York Container Company (YCC) of York, Pennsylvania. Details and terms of this partnership are not being disclosed.

Domtar has inaugurated its second generating unit with a power output of 18 MW at its Windsor (Quebec) Mill.

China Paper Holdings has joined a group of companies competing to buy control of Brazilian pulpmaker Eldorado Brasil Celulose SA, Folha de S. Paulo newspaper reported on Wednesday.

More than two decades after Tom Monfils was murdered at a Green Bay paper mill, a new book has been released about the convicted killers and their next steps to get out of prison.

Fibria says its Horizonte 2 Project ended the second quarter of 2017 ahead of schedule, reaching 96% of physical completion and confirming the early start-up of the industrial plant at the beginning of September 2017.

Harvesting wood for the needs of the bioproduct mill in Äänekoski started on 11 August 2017.

Smurfit Kappa has acquired the Russian corrugated packaging company, Soyuz, reinforcing its position in the region.

WestRock intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to repay approximately $990 million of indebtedness.

Last year, Resolute Forest Products filed a RICO lawsuit against Greenpeace after the environmental group mounted a multimedia campaign against the company for harvesting trees in Canada's sensitive boreal forests.

Oliver Printing & Packaging Company, a leading provider of print, display and packaging services, today announced the acquisition of Pohlig Packaging, a packaging manufacturer based in Richmond, Virginia.

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. and Tembec Inc. announced that they received clearance from the Competition Bureau of Canada, without condition, of the previously announced proposed statutory arrangement under Section 192 of the Canada Business Corporations Act (the "Transaction") involving the acquisition by Rayonier Advanced Materials of all of the outstanding shares of Tembec.

Visy Australia will create more than 5,000 manufacturing jobs under a bold 10-year expansion strategy worth more than $2 billion.

Packaging Corporation of America said it will acquire Sacramento Container Corporation, and 100 percent of the membership interests of Northern Sheets and Central California Sheets in a cash-free, debt-free transaction for $265 million.

Chemical maker Ingevity Corp. is making its first major acquisition since becoming an independent company, striking a deal to buy a business from Georgia-Pacific for $315 million in cash.

A shareholder class action suit challenging the $9 billion merger of packaging firm MeadWestvaco Corp. did not survive a motion to dismiss from the company's board when a Delaware state court judge tossed the case, saying the shareholders did not adequately plead bad faith by the directors in the process leading up to the deal.

Sun Chemical has acquired Joules Angstrom U.V. Printing Inks Corp., a leading manufacturer of UV printing inks for converters in the commercial, packaging and specialty markets.

LSC Communications, Inc. announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of CREEL Printing, a privately-owned offset and digital printing company based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. announced that, further to its news release of July 26, 2017, the United States Federal Trade Commission has granted early termination of the applicable waiting period under the Hart‑Scott‑Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 with respect to West Fraser's proposed acquisition of six sawmills and a finger‑joint mill from the Howard Gilman Foundation and other shareholders.