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International Paper confirmed Wednesday the company will cut about 650 total positions, including around 400 in Memphis. The company said it will provide severance packages, outplacement assistance and mental health resources to all affected employees.

A lawsuit filed on behalf of recently-laid off employees at Willamette Falls Paper Company -- which was once the largest employer in the city of West Linn -- alleges that the company failed to give the employees due notice that they were losing their jobs.

UPM-Kymmene lowers its full-year 2024 forecast and now predicts that comparable operating profit will be in line with, or increase, compared to 2023.

The arbitration relates to Metsä Fibre's bioproduct mill in Kemi, Finland, which started operations in September 2023.

Tissue producer Fine Hygienic Holding worked with partners including ABB to optimize its delivery for higher productivity, and the collaboration allowed the company to achieve a Guinness World Record for the highest production rate in 24-hour period. Al Nakheel Paper Mill in Abu Dhabi can now turn out 2,222 meters of top-grade tissue paper per minute.

Solenis, a leading global producer of specialty chemicals, will implement price increases of typically 4% to 10% across all product lines in EMEA, beginning November 1, or as contracts allow.

While the Company continues to assess the financial cost of the incident, the EBITDA impact is currently expected to be in the range of $15 to $20 million, subject to any potential insurance recovery. The Company will provide further updates on its third quarter earnings call in early November.

Stora Enso confirmed that it postponed its weekly supplier payments for a one-week period in both June and September 2024.

This 30,000-square-foot facility extends service to Eastern Canadian customers and complements an existing network of three factories and two other terminals that collectively service North America-based customers.

Metsä Group's tissue paper business, Metsä Tissue, has closed the window for entering the 2025 Sustainability Awards.

Pioneering Better Planet Packaging tub for Quality Street to make its debut in Tesco this week.

Sappi Europe recently announced that it has now joined Intergraf's group of 22 national member associations and 15 associate members across 25 countries, which will further its role in promoting the European print industry.

As previously announced, upgrade increases Kraftliner production capacity by 55,000 tonnes per annum.

Ahlstrom, a leader in sustainable fiber-based specialty materials, has signed an agreement to divest its Aspa pulp mill in Sweden to Sweden Timber. The agreement includes the pulp mill and all its operations. This is a key step in Ahlstrom's growth transformation journey, reinforcing the company's strategic commitment to sustainable specialty materials.

The New York Stock Exchange will delist Enviva's stock by October 22, marking the final chapter in the company's dramatic fall from a market value of nearly $6 billion in 2022. The wood-pellet producer's financial troubles arose from a failed bet on pellet prices, pushing the firm into bankruptcy and wiping out shareholders.

On October 11, 2024, at the Alberta Court of Justice, Mercer Peace River Pulp Ltd. (Mercer Peace River) was ordered to pay a $1 million fine after pleading guilty on September 4, 2024, to one count of violating the Fisheries Act.

Metsä Wood, part of Metsä Group, plans to discontinue plywood production in Suolahti, Finland. The plan to end production at the Suolahti mill is based on its poor profitability.

Suzano, the world's leading market pulp producer, announced new applications of its sustainable bio-based materials in China at the Suzano Bioeconomy Forum in Shanghai.

Pregis® is expanding its dedication to making a positive global impact through its Inspyre product line and continued focus on social responsibility. At the heart of the Pregis Purpose is the drive to protect what matters, preserve the planet, and 'inspyre' change--a purpose that extends well beyond packaging.

International technology Group ANDRITZ has successfully started up two recycled fiber lines at Lipy Paper Mills Ltd. in Kanchpur, Bangladesh.

"The service market has developed somewhat slower in EMEA, China and Asia-Pacific than Valmet previously expected. In addition, market activity in process technologies for board and paper has been slower than previously expected and some customers have postponed their final investment decisions," the company writes in its press release.

In May, Stein filed the lawsuit against the mill's Illinois-based corporate owner, arguing Pactiv Evergreen violated the terms of the incentives grant and calling for the $12 million in state funds to be returned. The company shuttered the mill in May 2023 resulting in hundreds of layoffs.

Antalis has signed a binding agreement to acquire Plaesa in Spain, a specialist of technical packaging and conversion of made-to-measure packaging solutions.

According to EMA Director Donnie Ray, the fire spread when a digester, the main equipment for making chemical paper pulp, caught fire. As of Friday evening, there are still active flames in the digester which processes wood chips.