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Firefighters responded to a fire at the Kimberly-Clark facility in Jenks, Oklahoma just before midnight Thursday.

After being closed for more than a year, Manistique's paper mill is expected to be back up and running in June.

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Sealed Air Corporation announced this week that it has entered a strategic partnership with Box on Demand and Panotec, providers of 3-dimensional equipment platforms and fanfold corrugated for on-demand, right-sized box creation.

The Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, at the University of Helsinki and UPM Biochemicals have started a joint research project with the purpose of investigating the applicability of UPM's new cellulose-based gel material for cancer research.

Rayonier Inc. officially announced that the company will be moving its corporate headquarters to a new development in Nassau County, Rayonier subsidiary Raydient Places + Properties announced Tuesday.

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the planned merger of rivals Staples Inc. and Office Depot Inc. because of antitrust concerns, prompting the office-supply companies to say they will abandon the roughly $6 billion deal.

Cascades announced this week that by the end of its 2013-2015 Sustainable Development Plan, the company gave a second life to 76 percent of the residual materials generated by its plants, exceeding its target of 71 percent. Over this three-year period, a total of 1.4 million tons of residuals were recovered.

Verso Corporation today (May 10) introduced Move the Message, a new printed promotion for its Sterling® Ultra web caliper covers.

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) on Tuesday released the 56th Annual Survey of Paper, Paperboard and Pulp Capacity, reporting that U.S. paper and paperboard capacity declined a minimal 0.3 percent in 2015, compared with a long-term trend rate of 1.3 percent per year since 2001.

Renewable materials company Stora Enso and specialty chemicals company Rennovia Inc have announced a joint development and license agreement to cooperate on bio-based chemicals development.

Employees say their main concern is about overtime policies that allow little choice but to work far in excess of full-time hours.

The department estimated three engines and about a dozen firefighters responded.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has received a petition from two Louisiana environmental advocacy groups seeking to stop an Arkansas paper mill's daily discharge of millions of gallons of wastewater, an EPA spokesman said.

Printing company Quad/Graphics has been investigating conduct by the company's operation in Peru that could violate foreign bribery laws and has disclosed its probe to the U.S., according a securities filing.

Crews used two jets, two breathing apparatus and two ladders to extinguish the fire. No one was injured in the blaze.

Fire crews extinguished a blaze that sparked Friday night at the Weyerhaeuser facility in Columbia Falls.

Evergreen Packaging's consolidated global headquarters will create 70 jobs with an average salary of $176,283 and nearly $1 million in capital investment.

Fire crews have contained the fire to one end of the log storage area outside the mill. Norbord continues to assess the damage and currently estimates that the mill should be able to resume production in two weeks.

Smurfit Kappa boss Tony Smurfit sees the U.S. as a potential hunting ground for acquisitions. He said the company could spend between €200m and €400m on acquisitions each year without overly stretching its balance sheet.

No vehicle occupants or mill employees were injured in the fire and no firefighters were injured extinguishing the fire.

After months on strike, unionized workers at a Sioux City, Iowa WestRock box plant have returned to work after an agreement was made with the company.