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The building materials manufacturer plans to invest $1.175 billion over the life of the project and create nearly 200 jobs, according to the governor's office. The company's initial investment in the Orange facility is $650 million.

Crews say the fire inside the Smurfit Westrock facility in Claremont started when a worker accidentally dropped a battery-powered flashlight into a compactor and smashed it.

With a capacity production of 1.200 million square meters of corrugated board packaging, THIMM employs 2,500 people in Germany, Poland, Czech Republic and Romania

UPM on May 13 announces that it has reached an agreement with Avantium N.V. to acquire the intellectual property related to Avantium's Ray Technology®, a process for the production of bio-based mono-ethylene glycol (MEG) and mono-propylene glycol (MPG) from plant-based sugars.

The acquisitions deepen Veritiv's presence in Central Florida and strengthen its penetration in underrepresented Northeast markets, expanding the company's packaging capabilities and regional customer coverage.

Georgia-Pacific has started final engineering and planning for additional structured paper machines and associated converting equipment to better meet growing customer and consumer demand for premium bath tissue and paper towels.

A shareholder filed a class action lawsuit against Graphic Packaging International on May 7 alleging the company and certain C-suite executives violated federal securities laws by misleading investors. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Kruger Inc. has announced a $333 million investment marking its entry into the nonwovens sector and advancing its long-term portfolio diversification strategy. This new division will focus on manufacturing some of the industry's most sustainable materials for a broad range of wipe applications.

It took 175 firefighters to extinguish Ontario's 1.2-million-square-foot Kimberly-Clark paper goods warehouse allegedly set alight by a disgruntled employee who wanted higher pay on April 7.

The Ontario government is investing $10 million in Georgia-Pacific North Woods to advance a major $191 million upgrade to its oriented strand board (OSB) plant. The project will support the increased production of Ontario-made wood products and protect more than 220 jobs and hundreds of indirect jobs in the region.

International Paper brand DS Smith has invested more than €14m ($16.4m) into its production network in Romania.

Nearly 200 emergency responders battled what officials described as a deep-seated blaze three-alarm fire at a paper recycling facility on Victory Boulevard for more than 12 hours Thursday, officials said.

The ‌deal ⁠is also being investigated by the UK watchdog.

Kodiak Driver will haul timber from forest sites in Alberta, Canada later this year.

Marcal Paper has acquired the St. Catharines Tissue Mill in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, from BiOrigin Specialty Products. The mill, founded in 1912, produces TAD parent rolls for premium paper towel and bath tissue products alongside a range of specialty paper grades. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The 1.2-million-hectare entity is set to become Europe's largest listed forest company.

The FDNY responded Thursday morning to a fire at the Pratt Industries paper recycling facility in Travis.

Södra is taking the next step in its innovation journey with the launch of Södra blue S - a new type of paper pulp that combines softwood fibres with oat hulls from Swedish grain processing. The initiative is a concrete example of how Södra explores new solutions while using resources more efficiently to create value and contribute to a more circular future.

Twin Rivers Paper Company has acquired Potsdam Specialty Paper Inc. (PSPI), a manufacturer of specialty latex, acrylic and saturated base papers, in a move that adds 26,000 tons of annual production capacity.

Essity initiates a strategic review of the Consumer Tissue business area's global operations. The review will evaluate strategic alternatives with the aim of creating the best possible conditions for the Consumer Tissue business and the Group to develop to their full potential and maximize value creation.

The company said it is actively addressing headwinds through cost-cutting initiatives, including workforce reductions.

Suzano, ⁠the world's largest pulp maker, ⁠is set to win unconditional EU antitrust approval for its $3.4 ​billion joint venture with U.S. consumer goods giant Kimberly-Clark, two people with knowledge of ‌the matter said.

The incident was brought under control in about four hours after crews arrived "largely due to the density and composition of the materials involved," officials said.

Domtar said in a statement that it is exploring a variety of possibilities for the future of the waterfront site, and North Cowichan Mayor Rob Douglas said a number of interested parties have contacted the municipality directly looking to buy the site for a range of potential uses, including manufacturing, energy production, and other industrial purposes.

DS Smith looks set to close one of its South West sites with the loss of all 167 jobs.