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Officials with Anderson County dispatch said multiple fire departments responded to a fire at a paper facility in Anderson Sunday morning, Sept. 20.

Following a long and successful career as CFO and more than nine years as CFO and Executive Vice President at Essity, Fredrik Rystedt has informed the company of his wish to retire during 2027. The process of appointing a successor will begin immediately.

The widow of an electrician who died in the May 26 spill at the Nippon pulp and paper mill in Longview is suing the company in Cowlitz County Superior Court.

Atlanta-based Pratt Industries, one of the largest privately held paper and packaging companies in the US, will build its first Iowa facility in Bondurant to make corrugated packaging. The $97.6 million project includes more than $80 million in equipment and is expected to create 105 jobs. The board awarded $1.8 million in tax credits through the Business Incentives for Growth (BIG) program.

Finland's UPM-Kymmene and South Africa-listed Sappi are set to face an EU antitrust ​veto against their proposed €1.42 billion ($1.66 billion) paper ‌joint venture after the companies declined to offer concessions to address competition concerns, people familiar with the matter said.

The mill that's the lifeblood of Nackawic will shut down in a little over a month, throwing 228 unionized employees out of work, says a labour leader.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

The Ontario government is investing more than $2.5 million to advance major upgrades at Thunder Bay Pulp and Paper, as well as two additional projects in Northwestern Ontario that will increase the industry's use of mill by-products and underused wood known as forest biomass.

The state Department of Ecology has fined the Port Townsend Paper Corporation $734,000 for improperly operating its onsite wastewater treatment system since fall 2025 and violating other water quality requirements, resulting in increased pollution going into Port Townsend Bay.

Conifex Timber Inc., a Canadian lumber producer with a sawmill and biomass power plant in Mackenzie, British Columbia, has secured a Government of Canada loan of up to $30 million to support operations and provide additional liquidity as it works toward a recovery in the lumber market.

The EMO III oscillator test panel helps technicians quickly identify wiring and control issues and is available through Kadant Solutions field service packages or as a standalone purchase for customer maintenance departments.

Lasse von Hertzen appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of WISA Group Plc.

As a result of the decision, approximately 60 people will be made redundant.

The reported preparations follow the company's strategic review of Consumer Tissue, which was announced in May.

Kimberly-Clark could offer concessions before the EU's preliminary review ends Sept. 29. Otherwise, regulators could open an in-depth investigation lasting about four months.

Approximately 90 colleagues will be affected by the closure.

The project is expected to create and retain the equivalent of 220 permanent full-time jobs.

The North Carolina Railroad Company (NCRR) will invest up to $250,000 to support the construction of a new rail spur serving Atlantic Packaging's warehouse expansion in Tabor City. Once operational, the facility is expected to receive and distribute at least 480 rail cars annually.

A fire inside a paper-processing machine at a Quad Graphics plant in Sussex took firefighters just over an hour to extinguish Sept. 15, with no injuries reported, according to a news release from the Sussex Fire Department.

UPM and Sappi have conditionally nominated the rest of the management team for the planned graphic paper joint venture, following the conditional nominations of Gunnar Eberhardt as the CEO and Stephen Blyth as the CFO earlier this month. The nominations are conditional on receipt of all regulatory approvals and completion of the transaction.

No damage estimates are available and the mill was able to resume production after fire departments cleared. Crews were on scene for approximately two hours.

A judge has denied individual and joint motions by North American containerboard producers to dismiss a price-fixing lawsuit brought against them in July 2025. In October, numerous defendants collectively filed a motion to dismiss the case, while Pratt and Packaging Corporation of America also filed individually.

Montreal-based Kruger is moving a proposed investment of up to $700 million at its Corner Brook Pulp and Paper complex into environmental review, advancing a plan to reposition the century-old industrial site around manufacturing, renewable energy and upgraded infrastructure.

Before the accident, the state Department of Ecology had issued 54 environmental violation notices against the company since 2016 and fined them $41,500 for eight serious violations.

Gunnar Eberhardt has been nominated as Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Venture. Stephen Blyth has been nominated as Chief Financial Officer of the Joint Venture. The nominations are conditional on receipt of all regulatory approvals and completion of the transaction.