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Central National Gottesman Inc. (CNG), which owns a range of sales and distribution businesses in the global pulp, paper, tissue, packaging, wood products and metals industries, announced that its Lindenmeyr Munroe division has acquired the business of Wilcox Paper, an independent paper merchant based in Champlin, Minnesota.

The request comes after the Maryland Department of the Environment announced Wednesday that it intends to sue Verso Corp. in federal court over alleged seepages from the site into the North Branch Potomac River.

International Paper has named its first-ever chief sustainability officer as it prepares to advance its contributions to the circular economy. Sophie Beckham will lead the company's recently announced Vision 2030.

As an extension of our sustainable forestry principles, Domtar has joined the American Forest Foundation (AFF) as a partner in its Family Forest Carbon Program (FFCP). This new initiative, designed to enhance carbon sequestration in family-owned forestland across the United States, includes other business partners and charitable foundations, as well as the Nature Conservancy.

Whether truck, rail, air or jitney, transportation companies often have a public relations problem.

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Suzano Papel e Celulose SA has started discussions with its relationship banks over potential green or sustainability-linked loans, a move that comes as the company looks to reduce its carbon footprint and drive the development of new products from renewable sources.

The new 5-year collective agreement is effective from June 15, 2019 and expires on June 14, 2024.

DS Smith is pleased to announce that the U.S. Department of Justice has entered into a consent decree clearing the way for the completion of Olympus Partners and its affiliate Liqui-Box Holdings' pending acquisition of DS Smith's Plastics division.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö has launched its enhanced line of sustainable and safe specialty papers geared towards the confectionary market, known as Delicitera® Confectionary Papers.

Macadam is the retired Vice Chairman of EnPro Industries, Inc., a niche manufacturer and provider of precision industrial components, solutions, and services.

Interfor announced that senior vice-president and chief financial officer Martin Juravsky has advised the company of his decision to resign from Interfor effective April 30, 2020, to pursue another opportunity with a Toronto-based publicly listed company.

Suzano Papel e Celulose SA has started discussions with its relationship banks over potential green or sustainability-linked loans, a move that comes as the company looks to reduce its carbon footprint and drive the development of new products from renewable sources.

Saica Group announced it plans to establish a new, purpose-built production facility located in Livingston, West Lothian within its packaging business division, Saica Pack.

Officials say they don't yet know what sparked a fire inside the ND Paper mill in Old Town on Wednesday (Feb. 19).

Monaco has served as president and CEO and a director of Enbridge Inc., a leading North American energy infrastructure company based in Calgary, Canada, since October 2012.

Mondi Plc. said Tuesday that Andrew King, Group Chief Financial Officer and a director of the company, will be appointed as Group Chief Executive Officer or CEO with effect from 1 April 2020.

Former Weyerhaeuser CEO John "Jack" Creighton died Jan. 29 at the age of 87.

Paper Excellence Canada of Richmond says it will curtail pulp and paper production for 30 days at its Crofton operation, south of Nanaimo.

Investment will mainly be focused on trimming and drying capacity, but also to some extent on log sorting as well as sawing and green sorting.

DuPont Inc. announced that Chief Executive Marc Doyle and Chief Financial Officer Jeanmarie Desmond are leaving the company, effective immediately.

Interfor announced that Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Martin Juravsky has advised the Company of his decision to resign from Interfor effective April 30, 2020, to pursue another opportunity with a Toronto-based publicly listed company.

The new evaporation line is planned to start up during latter part of 2020.

UPM has signed a long-term Wind Power Purchase agreement with German wind park development company wpd.

As a new lightweight roll release liner option, Aspect® 2.1mil joins the Aspect® family of release liners developed for North American and International pressure sensitive converters.

Metsä Group's innovation company Metsä Spring and Valmet have initiated a joint project for the development of a novel wood-based 3D product to replace similar products made out of fossil resources, especially in consumer products like packaging.