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Packaging Corporation of America, one of the largest makers of containerboard and corrugated packaging products in the country, made its pledge at the university's annual Paper Days conference in April.

CN announced it will buy 350 centrebeam cars to serve growing demand from lumber producing customers across its North American network.

Mondi has agreed to buy a privately-owned industrial bags maker operating in Egypt for 23.7 million euros ($28.75 million) to expand deeper into the Middle East, the South African packaging group said.

Resolute Forest Products Inc. announced the renewal of the collective agreements at eight of its pulp and paper operations in Canada.

Amid a national outcry from newspaper publishers, Norpac announced Tuesday that the Longview paper mill will hire 50 new full- and part-time employees as tariffs on Canadian newsprint set in.

WestRock Co. plans to grow its operations in Lanett by expanding its building, adding new shipping docks, creating more office space and investing in new equipment. It will also build a 375,000-square-foot distribution center on a 30-acre site in Valley Industrial Park to support the Lanett facility.

USG Corp. on Tuesday said it agreed to open talks to sell itself to Germany's Gebr Knauf AG, a sale that could benefit Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., USG's largest shareholder.

No additional bids for the purchase of Appvion Inc. were submitted by Monday's deadline.

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Huhtamaki has sold its confectionary trademark portfolio to Highlander Partners, a US based investment firm.

Tetra Pak aims to launch a paper straw that is suitable for its portion-sized carton packages before the end of the year, as part of a broader programme to help address the issue of plastic straw waste.

Associated Kiln Driers Softwoods (AKD) and Carter Holt Harvey Wood products have finalised the sale of the Yarram sawmill in Victoria, Australia.

Huhtamaki has acquired the majority of Tailored Packaging, an Australian foodservice packaging distribution and wholesale group.

Resolute Forest Products Inc. announced major investments totaling $12,956,700 in its La Doré wood products facilities, located in the Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada.

The Georgia-Pacific paper mill in Augusta will be closing its doors.

A new survey released by FedEx Office, a leading provider of printing, packing and shipping services and a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., shows that consumers and small business owners find comfort and prefer tangible, printed materials, despite an increasingly digital and on-demand society.

UPM has decided to further increase the release liner base paper capacity at UPM Changshu mill in China.

UPM will rebuild paper machine 2 at its Nordland mill in Dörpen, Germany and convert it from fine paper to glassine paper production.

Just when it seemed lumber prices couldn't surge any higher, problems for Canada's railways mean the rally could continue.

If International Paper Co.'s bid for Smurfit Kappa Group Plc doesn't work out, the world's largest paper maker says it will find other ways to take advantage of surging box demand.

A former Kimberly-Clark Corp. employee accused of stealing $1.77 million from his employer in less than a year has been charged in federal court.

LSC Communications has embarked on a new strategic relationship with international academic publisher Taylor & Francis Group, a division of Informa plc, to provide print, fulfillment and distribution services.

The government's pension insurer objected on Wednesday to Cenveo Inc's lack of disclosures in its plan to exit bankruptcy, arguing in court papers that the fourth largest U.S. printing company has not told creditors what it has in mind for its pension plans.

International Paper said on Thursday it was disappointed it has not been able to engage with Smurfit Kappa since its Irish rival rejected a raised bid worth 8.9 billion euros last month.

Pia Aaltonen-Forsell, Executive Vice President and CFO, a member of Ahlstrom-Munksjö Executive Management Team, will assume the responsibility for Communications and Investor Relations in addition to her CFO role as of April 24, 2018.