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The purchase price of $72 million, comprised of $64 million for the business and $8 million related to future cash tax benefits, was financed through cash on hand

One thing this job has taught me is that no matter what I write, it's going to make somebody mad. – Mike Royko, Jan. 19, 1984

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The Multi-Wall Bag plants and the kraft mill had trailing twelve month revenue of approximately $437 million and under the terms of the agreement, the enterprise value is $105 million and the sale was an all cash transaction.

Stora Enso announced this week that it is postponing the reorganization of its Renewable Packaging Division that was announced on 21 March 2014 and was originally intended to be implemented as of 1 July 2014

Rayonier Inc. and Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. are now separate independent companies

I have never seen an attitude that has led to so much failure in so many fields as that reflected by the title of our column this week.  Life, love, career, home, you name it — an attitude of refusing to believe a sequence of events that might happen is responsible for a great deal of personal and corporate misery. A few examples may illustrate the issue.

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We hear from some givers...

Don't feel badly if you have trouble dealing with your iPhone or tablet.  Instead, surround yourself with friends who are good at it and they will help you through it.  And if you are a grandparent, tell your kids you want invitations to activities but not to get concerned if you occasionally decline.   

Performance BioFilaments will work to develop commercial applications for cellulose filaments, a new source of sustainable biomaterial made from wood fiber that can improve the strength and durability of many commercial and consumer products found on the market today

Virdia is a developer of extraction and separation technologies for conversion of cellulosic biomass into highly refined sugars and lignin

The operation will add a second advanced corrugator by mid-2015

SPG has operations in Green Bay, Wisconsin; Hattiesburg, Mississippi; and Augusta, Georgia

Virginia governor says 2,000 jobs could be created

I have decided the most important attribute to consider when evaluating employees is to divide them into “givers” and “takers.”

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Our readers who weighed in do not think it's happening next week, or next year.

Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations have been around for at least 50 years. In the past, they were seen as enemies by most managers in the industry, and generally treated with derision, but nowadays there are a number of co-operative programs where pulp and paper companies are working along with ENGOs.

A new wood-chip plant will be constructed and one of the mill’s two pulp lines will be upgraded

American Industrial Acquisition Corporation buys Netherlands facility

Rentech subsidiaries sign long-term processing agreement with Astex Ltda., a Mitsubishi Corporation subsidiary