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Hygiene and health company Essity is a founding partner of AI Innovation of Sweden, a center for research into artificial intelligence (AI) and innovation that opens today in Gothenburg.

Smurfit Kappa has opened a new plant in Mexico, strengthening its presence in the region.

Solenis announced that it has signed a long-term agreement with Brandywine Investment Group II, LLC, an affiliate of Delle Donne & Associates, Inc., to lease approximately 90,000 square feet of office space in the new Avenue North complex in Wilmington, Delaware.

A three-year contract adopted by the Machinists Union has averted the possibility of a strike at the Sappi paper mill in Skowhegan.

Arauco says it will acquire Masisa's wood panel mills in Mexico, which involves two industrial complexes located in Durango and Zitácuaro.

Georgia-Pacific announced the closing of their Georgia-Pacific Products Operations, Sterling Facility on Friday.

Following the approval of all relevant authorities, BASF and Solenis have completed the previously announced merger of BASF's wet-end Paper and Water Chemicals business with Solenis.

SCA and Latvian Forest Company have signed a letter of intent for SCA to acquire 10,000 hectares of forest land in Latvia.

A build-up of paper products caused a fire at a Kruger facility in Trenton on Friday.

Greif, Inc. announced that it has received notice that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has granted early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act regarding Greif's pending acquisition of Caraustar Industries, Inc.

The company will further consolidate production facilities to reduce fixed costs by shutting down the No. 8 paper production machine at the Kushiro Mill and the No. 6 paper production machine at the Hokkaido Mill in Yufutsu, Japan.

Western Forest Products Inc. has completed the acquisition of certain assets of Columbia Vista Corporation and related entities located in Vancouver, Washington.

UPM Energy is increasing the production capacity of its Kuusankoski hydro power plant in Finland through an extensive renovation and modernization project during 2019-2022.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö and Metsä Fibre have started safety collaboration by auditing each other's production facilities. This is a unique form of collaboration among the Pulp and Paper industry with the target of promoting the safety work within the industry.

Stora Enso said it is planning to close paper machine 6 at Imatra Mills in Finland and to start co-determination negotiations at the mill related to this plan.

The operator of a pulp and paper mill at the centre of a continuing controversy in Pictou, N.S., has asked the provincial government to allow it an extra year of dumping the mill's wastewater next to the territory of a local First Nation.

Conifex Timber Inc. announced that it is temporarily curtailing sawmill operations at its Fort St. James, British Columbia, Canada, sawmill for three weeks commencing February 4, 2019, due primarily to continued high log costs and lumber market conditions.

Fire crews were mopping up a fire that early Jan. 31 destroyed a multimillion dollar pulp mill closely associated with Columbia Pulp.

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LSC Communications, Inc. has signed a multi-year agreement with award-winning publishing company H.O. Zimman, Inc. to produce six national sports magazine titles.

For the past several years, when transportation month comes around on our editorial calendar, I have been talking about driverless trucks being right around the corner. They still are, but the corner is closer.

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The Marcal Paper Mill was mostly destroyed Wednesday night as a massive blaze tore through the historic facility on the Passaic River in Elmwood Park.

Government regulation can be a blessing or a burden. In every case, it's the result of a public process. In contrast, says Domtar CEO John D. Williams, too many of today's extra-governmental, voluntary programs -- shadow regulations -- fall short of this process.