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We have been conditioned to think maintenance is a cost and unscheduled maintenance is acceptable. There is no basis for this logic; it is just a rumor passed around from board room to board room. It is time for your senior management to take a long hard look at the numbers, not the traditions...

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Avery Dennison Corporation announced it has completed the acquisition of Hanita Coatings, a pressure-sensitive materials manufacturer of specialty films and laminates, from Kibbutz Hanita and Tene Investment Funds.

In its latest expression of support for the HP Indigo printer community, Mohawk, North America's largest privately-owned manufacturer of fine papers, envelopes and specialty substrates for commercial and digital printing, announces the expansion of its digital fine paper portfolio with the launch of the new Curious Collection Papers Digital with i-Tone.

A newsprint vendor is suing the Tampa Bay Times, claiming the paper owes more than $340,000 in debt from the acquisition of the Tampa Tribune last year.

Valmet will supply an evaporation line to Sappi Southern Africa Limited to be built at the company's pulp mill in Ngodwana, South Africa.

Verso Corporation, a North American producer of printing papers, specialty papers and pulp, announced an increase in the brightness and whiteness of every product in its coated sheetfed and digital paper portfolios, and introduced Brilliantly Brighter, a new printed promotion showcasing these products.

The National Environment Agency (NEA) is still investigating four Indonesian suppliers of Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), which was allegedly linked to the forest fires that caused severe haze in Singapore in 2015.

A fire at DS Smith's Birmingham paper recycling depot has been brought under control and extinguished. The company is now working with fire investigations teams to establish damage and the cause of the fire.

Klabin S.A. announced that its Executive Board will have a new organizational structure. Eduardo de Toledo takes over as CFO and Investor Relations Director, replacing Antonio Sergio Alfano, who is retiring.

Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. announced the sale of the Port Angeles Washington paper mill and cogeneration assets, which are owned and operated by Nippon Paper Industries USA Co., Ltd., to McKinley Paper Company.

A company that hopes to build a biofuel refinery on the site of a former paper mill in East Millinocket has obtained a temporary restraining order barring the owner from selling to other parties and also limiting ongoing demolition at the site.