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Four contractors at the Verso Androscoggin Mill were taken to a hospital and employees working on paper machines left the mill at about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday after a valve was left open and chlorine dioxide gas was released.

Södra Cell Väro is investing in an additional pulp storage tower at its mill in Sweden. The investment is scheduled to be ready by the end of 2019.

Toscotec has been awarded a contract by Smurfit Kappa Cellulose du Pin in France to rebuild the entire dryer section of its 6m wire PM5 at Facture, Aquitaine, France.

UPM is taking part in the international public tendering process in the port of Montevideo organized by the National Ports Administration (ANP) of Uruguay.

APRIL Group was announced as the winner of the Best UN Sustainable Development Goals Program Award at the Sustainable Business Awards (SBAs) Indonesia.

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company announced that the U.S. Government Publishing Office awarded RRD a $114 million contract to coordinate and produce 2020 Census printing materials and mailing services.

Long Falls Paperboard (LFP) and Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation (BDCC) announced the sale of the Brattleboro paperboard facility, formerly owned and operated by Neenah Paper, Inc.

London-based DS Smith broke ground Friday in the Lebanon Business Park. Construction will begin in earnest in February, the facility should open in 2020.

The planned CEO succession takes place as Jukka Moisio steps down after a long and successful tenure and Charles Héaulmé (52) takes the lead as the new President and CEO of Huhtamaki. The transition will take place on April 26, 2019, following the Annual General Meeting.

The $184 million investment is slated to bring 60 to 100 skilled jobs to the site.

A contractor working on J.D. Irving, Ltd. land in northern New Brunswick has died after his logging truck left a road in Madawaska County.

An environmental assessment will be filed by Northern Pulp by the end of the month.

Lifco has signed an agreement to acquire Indexator Rotator Systems of Sweden. The company develops and manufactures rotators, mainly to the forest industry.

Kadant Inc. announced the completion of its acquisition of Syntron Material Handling Group, LLC and certain of its affiliates.

All members of the Metsä Tissue Management Team report to CEO Esa Kaikkonen.

Hans Djurberg who is responsible for sustainability issues in the SCA Forestry business area, will be new chairman of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) International.

Glatfelter announced that it has entered into a consent decree with the United States Government, the State of Wisconsin, and Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products, under which Glatfelter expects to fully resolve its liability for the Lower Fox River and Green Bay environmental remediation and related Superfund litigation.

I have been working on capital projects since March 1970. I didn't know that was what they were called when I showed up for my first co-op position that March, but looking back on it, I was certainly working on machinery that fit into our customer's capital project. What has changed since then?

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Resolute Forest Products Inc. announced that, on December 31, 2018, it completed the previously disclosed sale of the Catawba, South Carolina, paper and pulp mill to New-Indy Containerboard, LLC ("New-Indy"), pursuant to the terms of the asset purchase agreement dated October 2, 2018.

Klabin's Puma unit in Ortigueira, Paraná, Brazil, was awarded ISO 50001 certification, making it the first plant in Brazil's pulp and paper industry to follow the best practices required by said certification.

Construction is more than 60% under way on a Pratt Industries Recycle Paper Mill in Wapakoneta, Ohio, and not a sheet of paper can be found among the Wieland Construction team or its 60 subcontractors.

Resolute Forest Products Inc. announced that, on December 31, 2018, it completed the previously disclosed sale of the Catawba, South Carolina, paper and pulp mill to New-Indy Containerboard, LLC ("New-Indy"), pursuant to the terms of the asset purchase agreement dated October 2, 2018.

Nip Impressions 1st, Paper Money 2nd.