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APRIL Group announced new measures to ensure deforestation is completely eliminated from its supply chain through its Sustainable Forest Management Policy (SFMP) 2.0.

Verso Corporation announced today (3 June 2015) that Robert P. Mundy, its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has decided to leave the company to take a similar position with Packaging Corporation of America.

Orient Paper, Inc. announced that it has begun commercial production of tissue paper products at its production facility in the Wei County Industrial Park in China's Hebei Province.

The lawyer representing 58 former Bucksport millworkers has asked a federal judge to consider recent layoffs at the Catalyst paper mill in Rumford as evidence the U.S. Department of Justice should have required more divestments from Verso Paper Corp. in the purchase of its larger competitor, NewPage.

Menasha Corporation has acquired Portable Packaging Systems, Inc. of Mississauga, Ontario. The family-owned business will operate as part of Menasha Packaging Canada L.P., a subsidiary of Menasha Corporation; terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation announced that it has completed the purchase of Victory Packaging/Golden State Container. Victory, headquartered in Houston, TX, is a large, national distributor of all types of packaging specializing in providing unique solutions. Victory employs about 1,500 people.

Huhtamaki executives met on Monday in Helsinki with employee representatives from nine countries. The employees singled out India, Mexico and the United States as countries where organized labor had problems with Huhtamaki.

Amcor Flexibles Asia Pacific announced on 1 June 2015, that it has completed its acquisition of Zhongshan Tiancai Packaging Company, expanding Amcor's footprint in China to a total of ten manufacturing plants.

Resolute Forest Products on 1 June 2015 announced a major decision to build a state-of-the-art facility to manufacture at-home, premium private label tissue paper, including bath and towel.

Borregaard and Rayonier Advanced Materials announced on 1 June 2015 that they have entered into a non-binding letter of intent regarding the establishment of a new lignin operation adjacent to Rayonier Advanced Materials' Fernandina Beach pulp mill in Florida.

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Stora Enso and NXP Semiconductors announced that they have entered into joint development of intelligent packaging solutions. The development will focus on integrating RFID (Radio frequency identification) into packages for consumer engagement and supply chain purposes. The collaboration would also focus on brand protection and the development of tamper evidence applications.

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If you are looking for a foundation upon which to build your employment principles, integrity is the place to start. How many actions have you seen in your place of work, mill, supplier or elsewhere, where if people had acted with integrity all would be well? How many disciplinary issues have you seen, which, again, if people had acted with integrity, would not have even been necessary?

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The Nova Scotia government says operations at Northern Pulp will be suspended on Saturday as the mill works to bring down emission levels.

Huhtamaki said the new molded fiber plates, made from 100 percent pre-consumer paper scraps, will be produced at its Waterville, Maine location.

Fire officials contained a small fire at Sonoco in Hartsville Saturday, officials say.