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WestRock has acquired automated packaging machinery firm Linkx Packaging Systems for an undisclosed amount.

No one was injured in the fire, according to a mill employee. A cause for the fire has not been released.

New paper-based packaging solutions ready to make their mark in print.

Arctic Paper has inked a 15-year agreement with Adven AB on sustainable energy supply to the Group's paper mill in Munkedal.

Veritiv Corporation announced that its Canadian division, Veritiv Canada Inc., will be the exclusive Canadian distributor of coated sheets from Asia Pulp & Paper.

White Birch Paper Co., a Connecticut-based company that had restarted the mill last year after a previous shutdown in 2017, said Friday that it will cease production of newsprint at the mill effective immediately. The mill employs about 140 people.

The month of March is dedicated to the celebration of women and the remarkable contributions they make to our world.

A dozen employees of the Georgia-Pacific containerboard mill in Toledo went to the hospital after being exposed to a chemical vapor late Tuesday night.

If you are looking for goods and services in the pulp and paper industry, you need to check out the Paperitalo Directory!

On my recent trip to Singapore, Austin Davey, CEO of Build Run Repair (BRR), invited me to their offices. Build Run Repair is part of the Visy (Australia) and Pratt Industries (USA) group of companies.

The European Commission has opened an investigation to examine whether tax rulings by Luxembourg amounted to state aid for Finnish food and drink packaging company Huhtamaki, it said on Thursday.

Smurfit Kappa has strengthened its Vitop® tap manufacturing capabilities with the acquisition of an injection facility in San Antonio, Texas, US.

Twin Rivers Paper Co. filed an appeal with the state Monday in hopes of getting a more than $1.5 million tax break from the town of Madawaska.

The World Championships Biathlon will be held in Östersund, Sweden, this week and SCA is one of the national sponsors of this major skiing event.

I have been railing and writing about maintenance for decades. All of this energy has not turned the tide on the popularity of maintenance. No one likes it and to the uninitiated it is just a cost. It indeed often seems like an intangible cost, for the results of good maintenance are that everything runs just fine, there is no drama, no excitement. Hence the desire to put it off as long as possible, hopefully until the manager in charge of the budget can get promoted. At least that is the manager's position; employees close to the process always know better because bad maintenance makes their lives miserable...

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Stora Enso, one of Europe's largest paper producers, is dependent on the port of Gothenburg on Sweden's southwest coast, and is reviewing its options to avoid delays.

A new bar will soon be set on what counts as sustainable forestry, holding potential implications for the future of the woodland caribou and of the forestry industry itself.

The deal, for an enterprise value of $585 million, is expected to marginally dilute its earnings per share and result in a substantial one-off gain, the company said.

The positive results for Södra's consideration follow-ups have continued, according to the company's Green Balance Sheet report.

Saica Group has reached an agreement with the group Norm Ambalaj to acquire its plant in Sakarya, Turkey.

Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. announced the construction of a new facility for the functional cellulose product carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) at the Gotsu Mill in Japan.

Boise Cascade Company entered into an agreement with Georgia-based Southern Veneer on January 28 to sell its plywood facility in Moncure, North Carolina. The sale officially closed on February 28, 2019.

This spring, UPM will begin a transplantation project of rare and threatened wood-inhabiting fungi in co-operation with Natural Resources Institute Finland and the University of Helsinki.