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Glatfelter announced today (1 Oct 2014) that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Spezialpapierfabrik Oberschmitten GmbH (SPO) from FINSPO Beteiligungs-GmbH for €8.5 million (approximately U.S.$11 million)

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Stora Enso announced this week that it has signed an agreement to divest its Corenso business operations to the Finnish packaging materials company Powerflute Oyj. The enterprise value of the transaction is approximately Euro 90 million, and the expected all cash consideration approximately Euro 75 million.

The purchase price excluding working capital is $48.7 million (USD) and the completion of the transaction is expected at the end of the first quarter of 2015

Additionally, Mercer said it has successfully amended Stendal's senior project finance credit facility

When the sale closes, GLV will change its name to Ovivo Inc.

Bates employs 320 people and a substantial element of its approximately 135,000 tonnes of containerboard requirement will be supplied by Smurfit Kappa Orange County's containerboard mill in Dallas

When you run into vile behavior at work (or anywhere else), don't be intimidated. The person hurling invectives at you is most likely more afraid of something than you should be of them...

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As of 1 January 2015, the Paper Chemicals division will be dissolved. The current headquarters of the Paper Chemicals division in Basel, Switzerland will be closed by the end of 2014.

Unfavorable market conditions, in particular the continuing drop in demand for newsprint, were cited as the reason for the decision

Headquartered in Sanford, Florida, Atlas Southeast is an integrated manufacturer of tissue paper products, capable of producing both virgin and recycled grades

A paper machine reportedly caught fire at Procter & Gamble Paper Products in Green Bay on Monday 22 Sept 2014

As you know, at the end of the day, it is what it is. I know, right? One headline, two sentences and five of the most overused clichés of our time. We're all guilty, too. I am. You are. They are.

Up to 13 workers were injured Sunday, 21 Sept 2014 when a fire broke out at the Bashundhara Paper Mill

Coroner says contractor died of sudden cardiac arrest

Cascades announces that operations have resumed partially at the Greenpac and Niagara Falls containerboard mills following the fire that occurred in the exterior old corrugated containers (OCC) stock piles on Saturday

Crews battled blaze for hours; one firefighter injured

Now, I will admit that everyone is not cut out to "be all that you can be." In the next breath, I'll express my belief that more are cut out to do this than actually do it, however. And I think we should promote this goal more than we do...

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Be it by luck or planning, the rivers of wood are again flowing as hardwood plantations in particular mature at a rapid rate and need to find a market.