For sure, your job as CEO just got tougher, and pulling out the employee handbook from 2019 seems so, well, so 2019.

The PM40 closed Friday, 30 July 2021, at 4187.

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In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate Stora Enso and Greif.

The PM40 closed 30 July 2021 up 75.7% from the 31 July 2020 level.

Reported insider trading since the last issue of PaperMoney.

The ongoing rise of raw material costs, particularly pulp, chemicals and energy in combination with extremely high freight rates due to global logistic constraints make further price adjustments unavoidable.

Veracel Celulose S.A., one of the biggest pulp producers in Brazil and part of Europe's second largest paper producer Stora Enso, has commissioned Voith to upgrade its Quality Control System (QCS) of scanner and sensors for the company's PDM 1 in Eunapólis, Brazil. The upgrade comprises a complete rebuild of one of the biggest scanners supplied by Voith to a customer in South America.

Sustainable packaging leader DS Smith's paper mill in southeast Georgia has earned top honors as an industry leader in energy efficiency.

International Paper subsidiary Sylvamo has chosen an East Memphis headquarters after being awarded a jobs Payment-In-Lieu-Of-Taxes inventive by the Economic Development Growth Engine for Memphis and Shelby County.

BillerudKorsnäs is in a process with the aim of divesting the paper mill in Beetham, UK. The process is ongoing and no binding agreement to divest the mill has yet been entered into. Since BillerudKorsnäs' machine glazed (MG) paper business has primarily been focused in Skärblacka, the strategic importance of Beetham to the rest of the group has been reduced.

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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

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

What they want us to know...

Stockholders of Domtar Corporation today approved a proposal to adopt a business combination with Paper Excellence B.V. whereby Karta Halten B.V., an affiliate of Paper Excellence, will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Domtar common stock for $55.50 per share in cash pursuant to an agreement and plan of merger dated May 10, 2021 (the "Merger").

Attorneys for New-Indy Containerboard have asked a federal judge to dismiss the first of three lawsuits filed against the company following months of concerns about hydrogen sulfide emissions coming from the company's Catawba mill.

Pregis, a leading global manufacturer of protective packaging, is announcing a $80 million investment in a new, state-of-the-art blown film extrusion facility in Anderson, South Carolina.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö will restart one of its saturator in its Turin plant in Italy to support strong demand for high performance filtration media.

Researchers: Recycled paper could cool buildings without electricity