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The closing of LSC Communications in Warsaw, Indiana will impact over 500 workers.

The agreed price for the company is US$40 million.

Graphic Packaging will begin to close permanently its Auburn site later this summer, according to a notice filed with the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.

As a precaution, a part of the mill was evacuated.

UPM made its decision to invest in the Paso de los Toros pulp mill in 2019.

The closure will take place during the fourth quarter of 2023 and affect 89 people, of whom 50 will be made redundant.

DS Smith Cartogal packaging plant located in the town of A Pobra do Caramiñal, in Galicia, Spain, will soon see an increase in size, production and storage capacity after a milestone investment of Euro 11.35 million.

It was reported on Monday Mondi said it terminated a 95 billion rouble ($1.17 billion) deal to sell its largest plant in Russia to an investment vehicle owned by Russian billionaire Viktor Kharitonin due to a "lack of progress" in getting approvals.

UMC Print has been a leading trade-only printer and provider of commercial printing services since 1936.

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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 150 papermaking innovators and legends have been enshrined. This month, we profile Jori Eino Pesonen, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2011.

The PM40 closed Friday, 16 June 2023, at 4976.

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 16 June 2023 up 19.5% from the 17 June 2022 level.

In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate Louisiana Pacific and PotlatchDeltic.

Dan-Web is a leading supplier of a wide range of technologies for the production of airlaid nonwovens. This acquisition further extends and strengthens Andritz's product and service portfolio in the field of nonwovens.

Start-up is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2023.

Valmet has developed Valmet Brown Stock Analyzer to complement its online pulp quality analyzer family. The analyzer provides high analysis frequency for digester and brown stock washing control in kraft pulping.

Commissioning of the new system is expected in 2024.

The new system installed at Shandong Hechuang Paper is a 650 BDMT per day OCC line designed to efficiently produce high-quality containerboard.

JD Irving, Limited purchases a MiCROTEC CT Log for installation in its veneer sawmill, located in St. Leonard, New Brunswick, Canada.

Roseburg Forest Products, a wood-based panel producer, has selected Siempelkamp, a German machinery supplier, to provide equipment for its upcoming Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF) plant.

The delivery is scheduled for October 2023.

Rayonier is pleased to announce that Dan Roach, director of public affairs, recently received a 2021-2022 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Director's Honor Award for his work with the Southeast Forest Landowner Group. The group was named Private Landowner of the Year (Group) for their significant contribution to gopher tortoise conservation.

Previously, a motion by the company to dismiss a class-action suit in August 2022 was dismissed.

The City of Kalamazoo and Gov. Whitmer are among many entities and individuals listed in the suit, which demands hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation.