Ladies and gentlemen, the first class of inductees to the Paper Industry International Hall of Fame in Appleton, Wisconsin was inducted more than two decades ago in 1995, and today, more than 140 papermaking innovators and legends have been enshrined. This month, we profile Douglas William Reeve, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2008.

The PM40 closed Friday, 15 January 2021, at 3704.

Get the latest PM40 updates by listening to the weekly Nips show and the PM40 Daily Show on Pulp & Paper Radio International.

The PM40 closed 15 January 2021 up 18.2% from the 17 January 2020 level.

In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate Resolute Forest Products and Louisiana Pacific.

Reported insider trading since the last issue of PaperMoney.

Two years after it was closed because of poor market conditions, the sawmill in Ignace, Ont., should be up and running in February.

Tero Huovinen, SVP Communications and Sustainability, will leave Kemira. He has worked for Kemira since 2010 first as the head of investor relations and then communications.

Amcor, a global leader in packaging, announced the 'Reducing CO2 Packaging' Label from the Carbon Trust can now be printed on Amcor packaging to demonstrate significant carbon footprint reductions. It's part of the company's lifecycle assessment service, which enables brands to measure their packaging's carbon footprint from raw materials through end-of-use.

The 160,000 square-foot facility will serve approximately 900 customers from the Building Materials Distribution's (BMD) Houston Distribution Center. 

Georgia-Pacific announced that it will expand its Dixie to Go/PerfecTouch® cup manufacturing capacity at the Lexington, Kentucky, Dixie facility. This will allow GP to scale its efforts and create a single, world-class manufacturing facility for cupmaking.

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Incidents in 2021: 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

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...

Sappi Maastricht and the Belvédère Wijkontwikkelingsmaatschappij (Neighborhood Development Company, WOM) of the Municipality of Maastricht, the Netherlands, have signed an agreement that will finalize the sale of the southwestern part of the Maastricht paper mill site to the WOM.

Fibre Excellence, owned by Paper Excellence which is headquartered in British Columbia, has been charged with "emitting polluting substances", notably heavy metals and nitrogen oxide gas.

The financing will support the conversion of a former pulp and paper mill in the Finnish city of Oulu, from production of wood-free coated printing paper, into packaging board manufacturing mainly for the food and beverage sector.

Amcor plc announced that Ms. Susan Carter has been appointed as a non-executive director and a member of the Board's audit committee with effect from January 1, 2021.

Closures, cutbacks and capital projects