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The investment targets increased capacity and improved quality of the output cartonboard and liquid packaging board

The sale is in line with our strategic plan to focus on the dissolving pulp and security paper products segments, enhance liquidity, as well as unlocking shareholder value, CEO says

CEO: "First, our 430-acre campus in Federal Way is costly and too large for our needs. Second, moving our headquarters to Seattle will give us access to a larger talent pool to meet future recruiting needs, not just in this region, but from across the country."

Contract worker found dead at the scene following fall at Rumford, Maine facility

Burrows Paper Corporation Chairman and Chief Executive Officer R. W. "Bill" Burrows died Wednesday, 20 Aug 2014. He was 64.

Weidenhammer Packaging, headquartered in Hockenheim, Germany, has approximately 1,100 employees and operates 13 production facilities, including five in Germany, along with individual plants in Belgium, France, Greece, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States, Chile and Russia

ABB has divested five businesses with limited synergies in the past 11 months raising about $1 billion

Company: AGI In-Store is an excellent strategic fit with RockTenn Merchandising Displays

FutureMark Alsip announced that, due to increasingly challenging market conditions in the North American coated paper market, it will indefinitely idle its mill in early September. Alsip is the only facility in North America making coated publication and printing papers predominantly from recycled materials.

I predict some companies will soon be using this tool on their company-issued phones despite its being designed for use by parents and teenagers. It may be effective for companies, but it will mask underlying management problems. Let's look at it from both sides...

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It is now standard practice for paper companies and industry associations to publish annual or biannual sustainability reports, often known as "environmental" reports in the past. When we consider the history of sustainability reporting in the industry, I think we can conclude that it a necessary business expense, and that it is worth some effort to write the reports well.

Omya and Newpage start operations at the precipitated calcium carbonate plant at Escanaba paper mill site

The upgrades will include expansion of the mill's fiber storage capacity and improvements to the dryer section, coater and stock cleaning areas

Georgia-Pacific announced that it is investing in its Madison, Georgia, plywood operations, with recent and planned investments expected to total $65 million

The production facility is expected to be fully operational in East Java by late 2015

Company announces strategic optimization and expansion of its tissue activities in North Carolina

It was reported last week that the government of Argentina is ready to use an anti-terrorism law to seek criminal charges against U.S.-based RR Donnelley, which unexpectedly closed its plant on the outskirts of Buenos Aires.

The acquisition includes SPG's three manufacturing facilities in Green Bay, Wisconsin; Hattiesburg, Mississippi; and Augusta, Georgia; as well as a sales and administrative office in Dallas

After 64 years of stumbling and bumbling about, I think I am becoming a mature adult in my thinking (and yes, there will be many that disagree). And I don't think this was a gradual thing, it is something that has only hit me in the last few years. The good news is that I am having fun with it. My admonishment to you is don't wait so long...

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Company says foreign competition and high costs for wood and energy fueled decision to close