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This column is for the younger generation. Ready? Away we go! You get your degree and head off to the mill to work. Or perhaps your first job is with a supplier. In any case, you are proud of your accomplishments to date--but reality is about to set in. After you sign the pile of papers from the human resources department, you will be taken to your new office...

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In spite of being both capital and energy intensive, the use of advanced waste water treatment systems is projected to grow about 9% per year. This is related to the requirement to more fully protect water resources. Let's briefly review a few of the methods in use today.

Weyerhaeuser Company announced that it plans to voluntarily withdraw its common stock, par value $1.25 per share, from listing on the Chicago Stock Exchange.

As a leader of innovative solutions in the specialty paper industry, Expera has continued to customize its line of food packaging and processing papers with its newly launched brand Prepera™ Food Processing Papers.

Valmet will supply two more containerboard production lines with related automation systems for Nine Dragons Industries Co., Ltd., China.

Huhtamaki has entered into an agreement to acquire International Paper's foodservice packaging operations in China.

A proposed increase in carbon tax under the BC New Democratic Party and BC Green Party's provincial plan could have detrimental effects on large industry such as Catalyst Paper Corporation.

DS Smith Plc, a British maker of corrugated cardboard, recycled paper and plastic packaging, said it had agreed to buy 80 percent of Interstate Resources, a U.S. corrugated packaging business, from Merpas Co for $920 million (£709 million).

Canada's Competition Bureau said on Tuesday it would allow a planned merger between DuPont and Dow Chemical Co after both firms agreed to dispose of some assets.

Södra and Svenskt Butikskött have now signed a cooperation agreement to develop fully biodegradable, fibre-based packaging for Svensk Butikskött's meat products.

Valmet will supply a complete tissue production line with an extensive automation package to ICT Iberica in Spain.

Cenveo, Inc. announced the launch of Kadena™ 2.0--a cloud-based platform focused on the performance of print and mail communications, fulfillment and supply chain management for mid to large sized enterprises.

Mexico's antitrust watchdog said on Tuesday that it has given approval to DuPont and Dow Chemical Co to merge on the condition that they sell certain crop protection products and other assets.

International Paper Co. has agreed to pay $354 million as part of a settlement fund for a class action lawsuit.

UPM Biofuels is developing a new feedstock concept by growing Brassica Carinata as a sequential crop in South America.

The Trudeau government says it will vigorously defend the softwood lumber industry, including through litigation, after the U.S. Department of Commerce slapped it with an additional 6.87 per cent in preliminary average anti-dumping tariffs.

A workplace fatality at the WestRock Co. facility in Covington was caused by the paper mill's failure to maintain equipment, state regulators have determined.

Metsä Tissue will rebuild paper machine 5 at its Düren mill in Germany. The total investment is approximately EUR 15 million and the rebuild starts immediately.

For the second time this month, an accident at Rayonier Advanced Materials in Fernandina Beach has sent a worker to the hospital.

Canada's softwood lumber industry is bracing for a second wave of U.S. duties expected to come Monday that could put further pressure on producers, particularly smaller ones, to cut jobs.

Sonoco announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100 percent of the stock of Clear Lam Packaging, Inc., a family-held developer and manufacturer of flexible and forming plastic packaging films for approximately $170 million in cash.

Avery Dennison Corporation announced it has completed the acquisition of Yongle Tape Company Ltd., a manufacturer of specialty tapes and related products in a variety of industrial markets, from its management and private equity firm ShawKwei & Partners.