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Smurfit Kappa's innovative ShelfSmart service helped Agua de Benassal, a premium bottled water company in Spain, increase sales by 10%.

Resolute Forest Products Inc. expressed praise for yesterday's filing by the Government of Canada at the World Trade Organization (WTO).

An Irving Paper employee was treated in hospital after butane gas was detected at the mill on Wednesday, the company has confirmed.

The American government's imposition of duties on exports of Canadian newsprint will only accelerate the transition from print to digital and threaten thousands of U.S. jobs, says North America's largest newsprint producer.

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) announced its top 2018 advocacy priorities that include free and fair trade, transportation efficiencies, regulatory process reforms and government policies that respect market dynamics for paper-based products.

As part of its strategy to expand into the tissue segment, Suzano Papel e Celulose, the world's second-largest eucalyptus pulp producer, commissioned Voith Paper, a global technology leader in innovation for the paper industry, to supply complete production lines for the manufacture of sanitary (tissue) paper.

Graphic Packaging International, LLC announced the appointment of Mike Farrell to Senior Vice President, Supply Chain.

American Eagle Paper Mills has introduced Eagle Inkjet 100 high-speed recycled inkjet.

Mohawk has entered into a strategic partnership with commercial printer Lawton Connect to form Mr. Scratch Off LLC.

Company says it will get rid of as many as 100 union jobs from its Lewiston tissue division, likely starting in May...

Canada has launched a wide-ranging attack against U.S. trade practices in a broad international complaint over American use of punitive duties.

Bankrupt Southworth Paper Co. is selling its Agawam facility for $1.88 million to investors from Adams. The city of Agawam has first claim on $140,000 it's owed by Southworth.

Bemis Company of Neenah, Wisconsin is closing its Shelbyville facility -- Bemis Custom Products.

Converting newsprint machines to produce linerboard has become the rage in recent times. There has also been at least one mill that has converted a portion of its directory paper business to tissue (they did replace the machines, they just used the old buildings). Then there are facilities planning to tear down old machines to build new ones in the same grades. This latter idea makes sense to me; the two former ideas, I am not so sure...

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Tolko Woodlands has officially received SFI Sustainable Forest Management and Fibre Sourcing certifications.

Butane gas was detected in the air at Saint John's Irving Paper mill on Wednesday night, leading to the evacuation and shut down of mill operations, and the neighboring Irving Wallboard facility.

Sappi says it's expanding its container board product range and with Fusion Uncoated, which offers an uncoated fresh fibre liner in the corrugated board market.

NEW YORK (News release) -- Notice is hereby given that Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP has filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, case No. :17-cv-01812, on behalf of shareholders of Deltic Timber Corp. who have been harmed by Deltic's and its board of directors' alleged violations of Sections 14(a) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") in connection with the proposed merger of the Company with a subsidiary of Potlatch Corporation.

In a victory for Norpac -- and potential blow to local newspapers -- the U.S. Department of Commerce announced Tuesday that it will start imposing preliminary antidumping and countervailing duties on Canadian paper producers.

Newsprint is the latest Canadian product to be hit with preliminary countervailing duties by the United States. The U.S. Department of Commerce slapped an overall tariff of 6.53 percent on about 25 Canadian facilities, mostly in Quebec and Ontario, following an investigation that began in August 2017.

Of the 93 companies from around the world selected for the index, six are from South America and only three are Brazilian

Flambeau River Papers in Park Falls was forced to layoff 82 off their 300 employees.

Wangqiu Song has been appointed President, Metsä Group China and Asia.