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Coldenhove is a specialty materials manufacturer based in the Netherlands, with a leading position in digital transfer media and other technical products.

UPM has concluded months of talks with Uruguay on infrastructure improvements for a new pulp mill project in the South American country.

The PR machine behind the controversial Asia Pulp and Paper has been hit by another blow as the company's group communications director Lu Ching Lau leaves after just one year.

Paper industry has sought the government's support to check flow of cheap imports, especially from Asean countries, so as to protect the domestic players.

The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced the affirmative final determinations of the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of imports of softwood lumber from Canada.

Fortress Paper Ltd. announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Landqart AG, has received notices from one of its significant international customers cancelling that portion of purchase orders which were scheduled for production and delivery by the Landqart Mill in the fourth quarter of 2017 and in fiscal 2018.

An affiliate of Georgia-Pacific LLC, which makes Brawny paper towels, has filed for U.S. Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid soaring costs of defending against claims its products caused asbestos-related diseases, according to a company statement on Thursday.

We often think innovation should occur as swiftly as possible. When we are up against stiff competition, this is true. It is also true when we have a break-through product. But in the normal course of events, it is often best for the bottom line if you pace yourself on innovation (as you might have guessed, our topic for the month is "innovation and strategy").

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USG Corp. announced it will expand and improve manufacturing capabilities at its Jacksonville plant.

American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Donna Harman issued a statement regarding the historic opportunity for comprehensive tax reform following the release of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

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At a meeting held on 1 November 2017, the Supervisory Board of Metsä Group's parent company, Metsäliitto Cooperative, elected forestry and agriculture entrepreneur Johan Björkenheim to be a new member of Metsäliitto Cooperative's Board of Directors.

Multi-Color Corporation has completed its acquisition of the Labels Division of Constantia Flexibles from Constantia Flexibles GmbH in a cash and equity transaction valued at approximately $1.3 billion (€1.15 billion).

Sun Chemical has acquired the assets and business of Transitions Digital Graphics, LLC.

The company set out a longer timeline for dividing the company into three, even as it cuts jobs and closes facilities as part of a $3 billion savings plan.

The Port Townsend Paper Mill is monitoring a wood chip pile, used to fuel the mill's boiler, for potential fire risk after mill employees called in East Jefferson Fire Rescue to help deal with a blaze last week.

Stora Enso has divested 100% of its shares in the Finnish Puumerkki Oy and the Estonian Puumerkki AS to Mimir Invest AB, a global investment firm.

CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc. has completed the acquisition of 14,923 acres of prime timberlands near the southeast coast of Georgia for $43.3 million, excluding closing costs.

Kadant Johnson LLC, a subsidiary of Kadant Inc., completed the acquisition of certain assets of Ohio-based Steam Systems, Inc., a provider of installation, repair, and technical services to the U.S. paper industry.

Clariant announced the approval by the Board of Directors to invest in a new full-scale commercial plant for the production of cellulosic ethanol from agricultural residues using its sunliquid® technology.

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Norske Skog has so far received support from a clear majority of both the secured and the unsecured noteholders for the proposed recapitalization solution.

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