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Paper mills in India have urged the government to impose anti-dumping duty on imports of paper and newsprint to protect the local industry.

Georgia-Pacific announced that its Palatka, Florida, mill has been selected as the location for the company's previously announced investment of more than $400 million in its GP Consumer (retail) tissue and towel business.

Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings, one of the biggest producers of pulp and paper in Indonesia, announced that a fire danger period will apply at all its concession areas in Riau province from July 1 to Sept. 30.

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In February of this year, Stora Enso announced that it planned to permanently shut down paper machine 8 at its Kvarnsveden Mill in Sweden due to structural weakening of magazine paper demand in Europe.

Golden West Packaging Group LLC has acquired four independent packaging companies: Heritage Solutions, Inc., Capital Corrugated, Inc., PackageOne, Inc., Packaging Innovators Corporation; and their co-owned captive sheet feeder, Cal Sheets, LLC.

Hundreds of workers and union members rallied at Resolute Forest Products calling on the government to reach a deal with the United States in the softwood lumber dispute.

Metsä Group made the decision concerning the largest investment in the history of Finnish forest industry in April 2015, and the large-scale project at Äänekoski has progressed as planned - on schedule and according to the budget - towards the mill's start-up

WestRock Company announced that it has entered into agreements to acquire substantially all of the assets of Island Container Corp. and Combined Container Industries LLC, which together are independent producers of corrugated boxes, sheets and point-of-purchase displays.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation announced that Jeffrey Melucci has been elected by the company's Board of Directors as senior vice president and general counsel, effective September 1, 2017.

At least 12 firefighters spent four hours tackling a blaze at Kimberly-Clark in Barrow Monday night.

Sahil Tak made a living for six years doing industry research for an investment banking firm on Wall Street.

Valmet will supply a complete tissue production line to Sofidel's Ibertissue mill in Buñuel, Navarra, in Spain.

The leading global hygiene and health company Essity Aktiebolag (publ) was listed on Nasdaq Stockholm and the company's Class A and Class B shares have commenced trading.

Kruger Products L.P. has provided an update on the new No. 8 Paper Machine (PM8) Project at its Crabtree Plant and invited a few media and partner representatives in Lanaudière to visit the soon-to-be-completed project.

A unit of Chile's Empresas Copec SA has placed a bid for pulpmaker Eldorado Brasil Celulose SA, whose controlling family put it on the block after signing a plea deal with prosecutors in Brazil, a person directly involved in the bid said on Friday.

DuPont and Dow Chemical Co have won U.S. antitrust approval to merge on condition that the companies sell certain crop protection products and other assets, according to a court filing on Thursday.

I have spent a lot of time talking to investment bankers. Their interest is in buying into deals, looking at bankrupt companies for possible purchase and so forth. In short, they are looking for nuggets in the pulp and paper industry. Such are the fortunes of a mature industry. If you have been located in a mill or a headquarters for some period of time, you may have already seen company names and logos come and go, while you personally occupied the same space. Observing colleagues in the industry, I have noticed a number of behaviors that could use some improvement, to the benefit of the persons whose careers may be affected...

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International Paper unveiled a new flexographic printing press.

Appvion Inc said on Wednesday it hired investment bank Guggenheim Partners LLC to help address its $440 million debt load amid slumping sales after many consumers turned to electronic communications.

To further improve efficiency and strengthen the competitiveness for the Professional Hygiene business in North America, SCA has decided to close the tissue production plant in Flagstaff, Arizona, in the US.