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Euromoney Institutional Investor has agreed to acquire RISI, a price reporting agency for the global forest products market, for $125 million in cash.

One of Indonesia's top trade officials has questioned whether "artificial" trade barriers are preventing Australia importing more palm oil, pulp and paper and wood products as the two c

Fibria has signed a $636 million shipping deal with South Korea'sPan Ocean Co Ltd, according to a securities filing.

Huhtamaki will set up a greenfield paper cup manufacturing unit in Kiev, Ukraine.

Smurfit Kappa's former chief executive, Gary McGann, plans to step down from the paper and packaging group's board in May, as he devotes himself to restructuring and finding a new executive team at embattled baked products group Aryzta.

McKinley Paper Co., a U.S. subsidiary of Mexico-based Bio Pappel S.A.B. de C.V., signed a purchase agreement Thursday to buy Nippon Paper Industries USA's struggling Ediz Hook factory, said Herb Baez, McKinley's vice president of operations.

Amazon donated 100,000 diapers and 200,000 wipes to the Fox Cities Diaper Bank on Thursday, one day after the theft of 1,777 cases of donated diapers became public.

Christian Fischer was promoted to the post after a decade as executive vice president of the company's packaging and cellulose segment.

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A newsprint vendor is suing the Tampa Bay Times, claiming the paper owes more than $340,000 in debt from the acquisition of the Tampa Tribune last year.

Valmet will supply an evaporation line to Sappi Southern Africa Limited to be built at the company's pulp mill in Ngodwana, South Africa.

Verso Corporation, a North American producer of printing papers, specialty papers and pulp, announced an increase in the brightness and whiteness of every product in its coated sheetfed and digital paper portfolios, and introduced Brilliantly Brighter, a new printed promotion showcasing these products.

In its latest expression of support for the HP Indigo printer community, Mohawk, North America's largest privately-owned manufacturer of fine papers, envelopes and specialty substrates for commercial and digital printing, announces the expansion of its digital fine paper portfolio with the launch of the new Curious Collection Papers Digital with i-Tone.

Avery Dennison Corporation announced it has completed the acquisition of Hanita Coatings, a pressure-sensitive materials manufacturer of specialty films and laminates, from Kibbutz Hanita and Tene Investment Funds.

A fire at DS Smith's Birmingham paper recycling depot has been brought under control and extinguished. The company is now working with fire investigations teams to establish damage and the cause of the fire.

The National Environment Agency (NEA) is still investigating four Indonesian suppliers of Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), which was allegedly linked to the forest fires that caused severe haze in Singapore in 2015.

Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. announced the sale of the Port Angeles Washington paper mill and cogeneration assets, which are owned and operated by Nippon Paper Industries USA Co., Ltd., to McKinley Paper Company.

Klabin S.A. announced that its Executive Board will have a new organizational structure. Eduardo de Toledo takes over as CFO and Investor Relations Director, replacing Antonio Sergio Alfano, who is retiring.

A company that hopes to build a biofuel refinery on the site of a former paper mill in East Millinocket has obtained a temporary restraining order barring the owner from selling to other parties and also limiting ongoing demolition at the site.

Smurfit Kappa announced that it has collaborated with Sun Chemical, a producer of printing inks and coatings, to deliver the most robust and efficient, digital laser-based coding solution that supports customer packaging and labeling requirements.