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The delivery is part of Domtar's USD 160 million project to re-purpose the A64 paper machine. The rebuilt machine is scheduled to begin operation in the third quarter of 2016.

Södra and Statkraft announced that they have signed a cooperation agreement to start a jointly-owned company for the future production of biofuel at the former Tofte pulp mill in Norway.

Catalyst Paper Corporation announced that Brian Baarda, Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, has decided to leave the company to advance his career in a more senior leadership role with another organization.

VPK Packaging Group announced that it has entered into an agreement for the acquisition of 100% of the shares in ICS Europaks, a corrugated board box manufacturer based on Galvone Industrial Estate in Limerick, Ireland.

Quad/Graphics Inc. announced that it has purchased Marin's International, a French company known for its patented, pop-up displays for in-store advertising

The 44,000-square-foot facility would be built on land already owned by the company and will produce specialty filter papers using a proprietary system.

Vermont Gas had proposed building a pipeline from Middlebury, Vermont to the International Paper facility in Ticonderoga, New York. The mill was to pay a significant portion of the pipeline cost, but recent construction estimates proved unacceptable to International Paper.

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Port Townsend Paper Corporation has been sold to a newly created holding company, Crown Paper Group, that has also purchased PTPC's sister mill, Crown Packaging, which has mills in Canada, for an undisclosed amount.

Chicago-based global commercial printing company R.R. Donnelley plans to shutter its Nashville plant by early May. The closure will affect 133 employees, the company said in its notice to the Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development.

UPM announced this week that it has significantly reduced work-related accidents with a three year program called "Step Change in Safety 2012-2014".

Solenis LLC announced this week that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Clearwater Specialties LLC, a privately-held specialty chemical company dedicated to the tissue and towel market. The deal includes all assets, intellectual property and business associated with Clearwater Specialties LLC and Clearwater Chemicals LLC.

Jim Thompson recently wrote about officials who make dumb statements in public because of emotional responses. I try--notice I said try--always to keep myself control and to do things on purpose. If I'm angry, I respond purposefully with a goal in mind.

Glatfelter said it plans to shrink its global workforce by 3 percent to 5 percent as weak economic growth in Europe, and political uncertainty in Russia and Ukraine, affects its business.

Courier Corp. has agreed to be acquired by R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. for $261 million, vacating a merger deal struck with Quad/Graphics Inc. several weeks earlier.