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UPM said the $2.72 billion eucalyptus pulp mill located in Paso de los Toros would grow its pulp business by more than 50%.

The main asset included in the Transaction consists on a tissue production plant, located in the municipality of Mogi das Cruzes, in the State of São Paulo, with an annual production capacity of approximately 130 thousand tons.

Brazilian pulp and paper producer Klabin SA said Friday it has agreed to sell tracts of forest property for 230 million reais, the equivalent of $44 million.

Later this year, Paper Excellence had planned to shut down its papermill operations in Crofton, but maintain its pulp mill operations. But now the company says it will shut down the pulp mill as well, at least temporarily, after Public and Private Workers of Canada (PPWC) Local 2 served a 72-hour strike notice.

The Eldorado deal has been on hold for five years. It was signed in September 2017 but never concluded due to the parties' disagreement over the closing.

Stora Enso has decided to invest approximately EUR 1 billion to convert the remaining idle paper machine at the Group's Oulu site in Finland into a high-volume consumer board production line. The investment supports the Group's growth strategy in renewable packaging by providing new volume for growing packaging segments. Production on the converted machine is estimated to start in early 2025.

The paper machine is expected to start up production in 2025 and reach full capacity in 2027.

Boise Cascade's Building Materials Distribution (BMD) division announced the acquisition of 4.67 acres of land adjacent to its Albuquerque, New Mexico branch.

Rengo Co., Ltd. announces that its consolidated subsidiaries, Kato Danboru Co., Ltd.'s Noda Plant and Sanwa Danboru Co., Ltd., have decided to cease operation of their outdated corrugators and remove them at the end of September 2022.

ST Paper purchased the mill May 13, 2021, with plans to begin producing tissue paper, Wargin said. Over the last year, up to 75 union tradespeople have worked to construct the new machine within the mill, which will produce bath tissue, napkin and towel grades of paper.

Up to 50 or 60 firefighters on the scene.

G-P promises to pay employees for at least 60 days, in accordance with state law.

Global and Corporate Spokesperson Seth Kursman said the warehouse that caught fire Oct. 6 -- a space the company leases from KK Integrated Logistics where recyclable bales of paper are stored to produce bleached kraft (RBK) pulp -- and adjacent offices are a complete loss.

Fernandina Beach employees at the Westrock Paper Mill protested Monday morning as contract negotiations continued.

Conifex Timber Inc. continues working with its engineers and contractors to resume operations at its power plant in Mackenzie, British Columbia, Canada, for which necessary repairs have been faced with global supply chain issues impacting replacement parts.

What is my second favorite thing after making paper? Lavish efforts on maintenance. You should know that by now. The economy is in the tank, and nearly universally, paper has hit a soft spot. For those of you who used the excuse in the good times that "we'll do more maintenance when things slow down" that time has come.

The PM40 closed Friday, 28 October 2022, at 4880.

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 28 October 2022 up 3.4% from the 29 October 2021 level.

In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate Avery Dennison and Rayonier.

SCA and Holmen have agreed to conduct a feasibility study regarding a potential new jointly owned sawmill in Rundvik, Nordmaling municipality in Västerbotten. A new sawmill in Norrland with high production capacity would increase the value of forest assets in the long term.

Graphic Packaging International would pay a $99,270 fine and be required to make process changes at its paper factory over alleged air quality violations, under an order proposed by state of Michigan environmental regulators and announced this week.

Across different industries and value chains, mainstreaming actions on biodiversity and driving common standards is crucial to halt and reverse biodiversity loss.

Armed and hooded individuals have set fire to the Oldenburg Camp, on Arauco's forestry land in the commune of La Unión, in the Araucanía region of southern Chile.

Interfor announced plans to reduce its lumber production output in the fourth quarter of 2022 by approximately 200 million board feet, or 17% of quarterly capacity, as current economic conditions and market uncertainty have led to reduced lumber demand.

Employees at the Graphic Packaging paper mill in Cass County went under lockdown the morning of Tuesday, Oct. 18 after a man drove his vehicle through the security gate.