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Aerial trucks were used to fight the fire, including on the rooftop area, that police say started in a paper machine when particles overheated and ignited. Crews worked against high winds for several hours to put it out.

The installation is one element of a €400m ($463.8m) investment program to boost capacity at the mill.

Clayton Dubilier & Rice is moving forward with a $4.5 billion leveraged loan to facilitate its acquisition of Sealed Air (SEE), as part of a $7.9 billion debt arrangement. This financing, one of the largest recent buyout deals, includes both USD and euro-denominated loans.

German paper and packaging company Palm Group has taken a 50% interest in Power Packaging, which is based in the Czech Republic.

50 jobs have been lost after the closure of Saxon Packaging in Lowestoft, which was acquired by Smurfit Kappa (now Smurfit Westrock) in 2016.

Ennis, Inc. announced that it has acquired the assets of CFC Print & Mail ("CFC"), a wholesale provider of business‑document printing, mailing and commercial print solutions based in Grand Prairie, Texas.

The €370 million investment doubles the mill's annual tissue paper capacity to 145,000 tonnes, significantly strengthening the local supply of high-quality tissues, like Lambi, Serla, and Katrin products for both consumers and professional customers across Scandinavia.

The Nova Scotia Forestry Innovation Transition Trust is investing $1.8 million to assist private landowners and forest contractors in finding new markets for underutilized wood fibre and to support sustainable forestry management.

While Woodland Pulp is scheduled to resume operations in mid-December, there's no timeline for when Canadian softwood lumber will be accepted at the mill.

The sale of a defunct Prince Albert pulp and paper mill from Domtar to the Ontario-based BMI Group has ended plans to re-open the mill and sparked a search for industrial business tenants for the site.

Stora Enso will implement changes to its Group Leadership Team and organizational structure effective 1 January 2026, preparing for the planned demerger of its Swedish forest assets.

Boise Cascade has reached an agreement to purchase Humphrey Company, Inc., a two-step distributor of building materials located in Chicopee, Massachusetts, with $145 million in revenue over the last 12 months, according to Boise Cascade.

Borg is currently the Executive Vice President, Chief People & Culture Officer at International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (NYSE: IFF), a global leader in food, beverage, health, biosciences and sensorial experiences.

Beckwitt served in various executive leadership capacities at Lennar Corporation, one of the nation's leading homebuilders, with 2024 revenues exceeding $35 billion.

A recent long-term test conducted by GeBE Elektronik und Feinwerktechnik GmbH, a leading provider of thermal printing systems, using UPM Raflatac OptiCut™ RL54 linerless label material has reached an impressive milestone: two million cuts without the need for blade cleaning.

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The industry has a more or less interesting year every year. This one has fit into the more interesting category.

The PM40 closed Friday, 28 November 2025, at 5233.


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The PM40 closed 28 November 2025 down 13.2% from the 29 November 2024 level.

In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate IT Tech Packaging and Rayonier.

Under the new setup, Stora Enso will reorganize its businesses into four segments: Consumer Packaging, Integrated Packaging, Biomaterials, and Other, which replaces its current six-segment model.

Massachusetts Governor Healey recently echoed misleading talking points by Canada and the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) that U.S. duties and tariffs against unfairly traded Canadian lumber imports cause housing pricing affordability issues. Such misleading and false statements have been repeatedly debunked by NAHB's own data and ignore the facts on the ground.

Perched atop Alabama's highest peak, the new Cheaha State Park Lodge marks a defining moment for sustainable design and regional craftsmanship.

The investment aims to increase production flexibility, improve fiber processing efficiency, and enable consistent high-quality output in fine paper grades.

The contract is for the supply of PrimeLineTM tissue production line for its mill in São Julião do Tojal.