The modern company employee organization is an extension of military organizations going back thousands of years. There are the managers or salaried staff (officers of old) and the hourly workers (soldiers). As a society we have now often thrown in unions to represent the hourly workers. In my 54-year career, the division between the salaried and hourly staff has done nothing but grow, now leaving in many cases a vast chasm between the two.

The PM40 closed Friday, 30 August 2024, at 5811.

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In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate Graphic Packaging and Sonoco.

The PM40 closed 30 August 2024 up 11.7% from the 1 September 2023 level.

Reported insider trading since the last issue of PaperMoney.

In this special episode, we talk with Stein Larsen, CEO NOREXECO ASA.

Duties on softwood lumber from Canada have climbed to 14.54% from 8.05%.

Valmet is to deliver six wire tyers to Sappi's Saiccor dissolving pulp mill in South Africa. Valmet Wire Tyer is a fully automated tying machine that applies high-tensile steel wire around pulp bales at pre-selected positions.

Amcor, a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions, announced the publication of its Decarbonization Roadmap to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Amcor's targets are aligned with the latest climate science aiming to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius and validated by the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

I always say never bet against aluminum cans or toilet paper.

Nearly 10,000 Canadian rail workers will end their work stoppage after the Canada Industrial Relations Board sided with a federal order to resume operations at Canadian Pacific Kansas City and Canadian National Railway. The board also imposed binding arbitration to reach new collective agreements between the rail companies and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, the union representing the workers.

The facilities, which make a range of paper products, will close in 2025 and the manufacturing site of bathroom wipes at Kimberly-Clark will move to Germany.

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Incidents in 2024: We are updating this list as these happen in the pulp, paper and forest products industry

We are updating this list as these happen in the pulp, paper and forest products industry

We are updating this list as these happen in the pulp, paper and forest products industry

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The Magnera board of directors ("Magnera Board") will consist of nine directors, with five directors designated by Berry, three directors designated by Glatfelter, and the Chief Executive Officer.

Stora Enso's internal investigation into the environmental violation in Hukkajokiin Finland, which was discovered on Thursday 15 August has been completed. The investigation was conducted with the assistance of an external legal expert. The violation is also subject to a police criminal investigation and is being investigated as a serious nature conservation crime.

APRIL, a member of the RGE group of companies, announced that it has invested more than Rp100 trillion (approximately US$6.4 billion) in transforming Pangkalan Kerinci from a small village in Pelalawan regency, Riau, into a thriving industrial complex.

Crews are investigating a three-alarm structure fire at Roseburg Forest Products in Medford, Monday, Aug. 26.

Vattenfall and the newly established industrial collaboration Industrikraft, which currently consists of Alfa Laval, Boliden, SKF, Stora Enso and the Volvo Group, will work together to investigate the conditions for joint investments in new electricity production.

In a recent announcement from NOAA Research, it states that the NOAA is testing next-generation wildfire detection and warning tools.