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Businessman Ron Van Den Heuvel, the founder of Green Box NA Green Bay LLC who is involved in a federal bank fraud case, is being appointed a public defender.

Sun Paper successfully started up its new kraft liner paper machines with an annual capacity of 800,000 metric tons at its location in Zoucheng, China.

Doug Wall, Vice President of Sales & Marketing announced that Coldwater has had a record number of global orders in 2016 for its industry-leading FabCurl™ and Deckle Board Edge Control Systems.

If you are a new reader, a bit of explanation is in order. In the trade journal business, at least in the northern hemisphere, August is the lightest readership month of the year. So, last year we tried something different to perk up August. We labeled it "Corruption Month" and let Fos, a pulp rat, write the stories. This was a huge hit. So, Fos is back again with more tales from the dark side of the pulp and paper industry and beyond...

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Much has been written about the probable impacts of Brexit, but for the paper industry the impacts are ostensibly minimal. However, the resulting uncertainty has affected global business confidence with implications for a slowdown in global paper demand.

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Bemis said will close four plants in Latin America to improve efficiencies and reduce fixed costs. Total program charges incurred throughout 2016 and 2017 are estimated to be $28 to $30 million (at current exchange rates).

Ahlstrom and Owens Corning have terminated the agreement regarding the planned divestiture of Ahlstrom's Building & Wind business unit to Owens Corning following challenges associated with obtaining regulatory clearance in Germany for the transaction.

Packaging Corporation of America notified the state's labor agency this week that it will close its Commerce City plant on Oct. 7 and lay off 70 workers.

Tissue manufacturer Kruger Products L.P. has announced it's investing $55 million to add a paper machine at its Crabtree plant in the Lanaudiere region of central Quebec. The project will increase the facility's overall production by approximately 20,000 metric tonnes annually and will help to preserve approximately 600 jobs.

Firefighters on Saturday were still trying to put out smouldering material at a Mississauga paper mill, but have scaled back their efforts after a large blaze first began outside the plant on Friday.

Kotkamills' new 400,000 tonnes/year consumer board machine, BM2, has started production in Kotka, Finland. A range of folding boxboards will be produced under the brand name AEGLE and a range of food service boards under the brand name ISLA.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro visited the recently-seized installations of the Kimberly Clark corporation late last week, where he committed funds to ensure the operation of the facility in an effort to help make important personal hygiene goods available.

Huhtamaki has acquired 51% of Val Pack Solutions Private Limited, a privately held paper cup manufacturer based in Mumbai, India.

Pratt Industries has been named one of America's largest private companies by Forbes magazine.

A new survey commissioned by Two Sides and conducted by Toluna Inc. reveals how U.S. consumers view corporate initiatives forcing people into digital-only communication by eliminating paper-based options. The survey also provides insight into consumer opinions on the environmental impacts of digital versus paper-based communications.

One employee and two firefighters were injured during the battle to extinguish an intensely smoky fire at Palatka's Georgia-Pacific plant Wednesday evening,

What is the impact of your mill on the world as a whole? The truth is we don't know--no one knows because there are simply bits of science yet to be discovered. It is likely, however, that the impact is not as great as environmental NGOs say it is and not as little as your CEO may concede...

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Shareholders for agriculture and chemicals companies DuPont and Dow Chemical have approved their merger. After it's complete, the century-old companies plan to break up into three parts.

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Sun Paper Industry of China says the planned early 2017 construction start for a $1.3 billion superproject in Clark County, Arkansas will likely be pushed back because of ongoing pre-engineering and feasibility studies for the bio-product paper mill.

Employees of Cachar Paper Mill, a unit of the public-sector Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited, began an indefinite hunger-strike on Tuesday seeking revival of production at the mill.