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Domtar's Ashdown Mill will mark a new day in the mill and company's history on Nov. 3, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the startup of a newly converted fluff pulp machine.

The No. 10 Paper Machine (PM10) rebuild project is proceeding on time and on budget, as revealed by Kruger Inc. during a press briefing held this Thursday, November 3, 2016, at the Trois-Rivières Mill.

Smurfit Kappa's chief executive has signalled the paper packaging group's appetite for US deals would wane - in the event of Republican candidate Donald Trump winning the US presidential election.

Australia's corporate watchdog said on Thursday it had competition concerns about the planned $130 billion merger between DuPont and Dow Chemical Co and was in touch with overseas regulators on the deal.

Evoqua Water Technologies today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Environmental Treatment Systems, Inc., a leading provider of engineered solutions to the industrial wastewater market based in Acworth, GA. Terms were not disclosed.

UPM is planning to permanently reduce its graphic paper capacity in Europe by 305,000 tonnes.

A fire in the upper level of the Weyerhaeuser wood mill in Heaters, near Flatwoods in Braxton County, caused substantial damage to the building Tuesday and sent one contractor to an area hospital for minor injuries, according to a Braxton County dispatcher.

About 70 employees are expected to lose their jobs next year when the Voith facility in Wilson closes its doors, company officials said Tuesday.

Sonoco has acquired Plastic Packaging Inc. (PPI), a privately held Hickory, N.C.-based flexible packaging company.

Greif, Inc. has announced that it was awarded an A- for environmental leadership, management and best practices by the independent non-profit organization CDP.

Södra is divesting Södra Wood Grimslöv to German-based Soernsen Group. Trade union negotiations have been initiated regarding the transfer of the operation.

Tembec completed the sale of its sawmill and related forestry assets located in Senneterre, Quebec to Resolute Forest Products. The sale also included certain working capital items.

The company said Tuesday that the Androscoggin Mill will temporarily idle the No. 3 paper machine, "reducing annual coated paper production capacity by approximately 200,000 tons."

The transaction includes the printing papers mill located in Longview, Wash.

USG Corporation announced that it has completed the sale of its building products distribution business, L&W Supply Corporation, to ABC Supply Co., Inc. for a total cash consideration of $670 million.

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Executive Vice President Brad Southern to the newly created position of chief operating officer.

Sinar Mas Group's pulp and paper firm, Asia Pulp and Paper, has introduced a new smart mapping technology to improve wildfire management.

Weyerhaeuser Company has announced the appointment of Devin W. Stockfish to vice president of Western Timberlands, and Kristy T. Harlan to senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary. Both changes will be effective January 1, 2017.

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The Domtar Hawesville Mill was recognized by the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers (KAM) as the Kentucky Manufacturer of the Year in the large business category.

They were flying over forest land for timber harvesting company Rayonier.