Often, mills or whole companies are lost because the management was too cheap and lacked creativity. Being cheap about your business in the long term means you do not innovate, you do not invest in your people, you do not invest in your brands. Do this long enough and you are dead

The PM40 closed Friday, 2 August 2019, at 3010.

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Reported insider trading since the last issue of PaperMoney.

The PM40 closed 2 August 2019 down 26% from the 3 August 2018 level.

In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate PCA and WestRock.

As a result of the temporary and permanent curtailments of production announced to date, West Fraser expects lumber production in 2019 to be at least 600 million board feet lower than 2018.

Start-up is scheduled in 2022.

Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), a subsidiary of diversified conglomerate Sinar Mas Group, has announced that it is stepping up efforts to fight forest and bush fires in its concession areas in anticipation of the dry season.

Sonoco announced its Board of Directors has approved the termination of the Sonoco U.S. Pension Plan for Inactive Participants effective September 30, 2019.

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Incidents in 2019: 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

Pulp and Paper Manufacturers report to the US Securities and Exchange Commission

What they want us to know...

Graphic Packaging Holding Company announced it has reach an agreement to buy Artistic Carton Company, a package manufacturing company, for an undisclosed amount.

Food and drinks suppliers could get a worse deal on their packaging if DS Smith sells part of its business to Liqui-Box, the competition watchdog has found.

UPM has today made the investment decision to construct a 2,1 million tonne greenfield eucalyptus pulp mill near Paso de los Toros in central Uruguay.

Officials have given the all clear regarding the bomb threat Monday at the Georgia Pacific facility west of Quanah and Loop 285 has been reopened.

The small community of Fort St. James, B.C., has declared a state of local financial crisis in the wake of the closure and recent sale of its largest sawmill.

The Pulp Rats are back!