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Investment has created one of the most high-tech packaging plants in Europe.

Dura-Fibre acquired Greif Chicago Converting and will move its manufacturing operations to Menasha, the company announced last week.

Conifex Timber Inc. announced that Andrew McLellan has been promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer.

Unifor is concerned about the mill's wood supply, being 'carved away' when it it is sold to another operator.

Boise Cascade's Building Materials Distribution (BMD) division announced it has finalized the purchase of a five-acre site in Birmingham, AL.

Arctic Paper S.A. announces that the group's CFO Göran Eklund will retire at the end of June 2023 and will be replaced, with effect as of May 29, by Katarzyna Wojtkowiak, who is currently Chief Accountant.

Mondi, a global leader in sustainable packaging and paper, is upgrading its Dynäs pulp and paper mill in Sweden. The modernisation programme will increase efficiency and further improve the overall environmental performance of the mill, positioning it well to continue meeting customer demand for sustainable paper and paper-based packaging solutions.

Packaging Corporation of America has notified its Wallula mill employees the mill will be idled and won't resume operations until later this year.

Dozens of firefighters responded to a hazmat incident Wednesday afternoon at Inland Empire Paper Co. in Millwood as reports came in that the incident had turned into a fire.

Hood Industries, Inc. announced its plans to build a new, laminated plywood panel manufacturing facility in Beaumont, Mississippi.

International Paper's Cedar River Mill, the largest 100-percent recycled paper mill in the Americas -- broke ground Monday on its expansion project to generate an alternate steam supply and transition off coal-powered steam.

In a first-quarter earnings report released Tuesday, Graphic Packaging International said it will close its recycled paperboard mill in Tama in the second quarter of 2023. A filing with Iowa Workforce Development shows the company will lay off 85 workers, effective June 2.

Ingevity Corporation announced that operations at the company's North Charleston, South Carolina, plant will continue as normal with the announced closure of WestRock Company's North Charleston, South Carolina, paper mill.

According to the Memphis Fire Department (MFD), a second-alarm fire was reported at Kruger, or KTG Memphis on Mahannah Avenue. The facility produces toilet and other bathroom necessities.

Cascades is also announcing the permanent shutdown of paper machine number 2 at its Niagara Falls, New York mill, which had been temporarily shut down since November 2022.

A conveyor belt and chip pile caught on fire.

WestRock Company announced it will permanently cease operating its paper mill in North Charleston, South Carolina, on August 31, 2023.

Will provide Amcor with fully integrated, production-ready fresh protein packaging solution.

This acquisition represents a significant step forward on the German consumer brands market and also allows Sofidel to enter a new category, moist toilet tissue.

Sylvamo, the world's paper company, is announcing senior leadership changes effective July 1.

Tattoos are OK...

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 Hannu Viljami Paulapuro, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2012.

The PM40 closed Friday, 12 May 2023, at 4848.

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The PM40 closed 12 May 2023 up 5.4% from the 13 May 2022 level.

In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate Sappi and Ennis, Inc.