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Interfor announced that it has completed the previously announced transaction to acquire 100% of the equity interests in the entities comprising Chaleur Forest Products ("Chaleur") in New Brunswick, Canada from an affiliate of the Kilmer Group.

Closure of the transaction is still ongoing and expected to be finalised at the beginning of 2023.

Canton paper mill union members have voted against proposed contract terms for a second time, according to union president Troy Dills.

Jari Suominen, Executive Vice President (EVP), Forest division and a member of the Group Leadership Team, has decided to leave Stora Enso. After more than 25 years with the Company, Jari will now pursue career opportunities outside of Stora Enso. Per Lyrvall, currently EVP Legal, has been appointed as new EVP Forest division. Per will assume the role beginning of December and continue as a member of the Group Leadership Team (GLT).

Is the great run in containerboard over? Will there be a railroad strike in the United States? How will the great climate change steamroller affect my business in the future? What will be the price of energy next year? Where is inflation going? These are just a few of the things on each of our plates as we finish out 2022.

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Mixed results on year-end bonuses...

The PM40 closed Friday, 2 December 2022, at 5279.

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The PM40 closed 2 December 2022 up 15.6% from the 3 December 2021 level.

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

An international environment advocacy group on Wednesday asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to evaluate whether Procter & Gamble Co's claims that its wood pulp suppliers practices help keep forests intact are misleading to investors.

Western Forest Products Inc. says it will temporarily reduce its lumber production levels for the rest of the year.

Ron Van Den Heuvel, who formerly headed Green Box of De Pere, was sentenced Jan. 23, 2019, to 7½ years in prison. He was released early from federal prison because of the COVID-19 epidemic. He has been living in the Cheboygan, Michigan, area, and has been earning income, U.S. District Judge William Griesbach wrote in a five-page decision last week.

The External Business Partner Excellence Award was created by P&G to honor the contributions of those suppliers that have "gone above and beyond in delivering value" to the business.

Violations are being issued against Graphic Packaging Industrial following a spill of paper mill wastewater that made its way to the Kalamazoo River last month.

It is at least the fourth civil lawsuit to be brought against Roseburg in connection with the Mill Fire. The 3,935-acre wildfire sparked Sept. 2 near the city of Weed, destroying more than 115 structures and killing two residents.

The aim is to electrify large parts of the vehicle fleet and further reduce fossil-fuel emissions.

The New Indy paper mill in York County has agreed to a $1.1 million penalty and consent decree to resolve the lawsuit filed against the mill for causing a foul odor.

The largest cogeneration (generates electricity and heat) plant of its kind in France is under construction at the mill site of Norske Skog Golbey, France.

Rengo Co., Ltd. announces that it completed renovation work on the biomass incineration plant at Amagasaki mill in Japan.

Lecta has decided to invest in a refuse-derived fuel (RDF) boiler for its Condat paper mill in France, which will be finished by mid-2024. This is a great energy transformation project that presents multiple environmental and economic advantages, in line with the Sustainability goals that Lecta is working on.

ANDRITZ has received an order from Sappi Austria Produktions GmbH & Co KG to supply key components for a new broke handling system for its mill in Gratkorn, Austria. Start-up is scheduled for the third quarter of 2023.

Start-up is scheduled for 2024.

Compared to the old line, the new machine increases SCA's production capacity by 270,000 tons.

Valmet will supply a Valmet IQ Steam Profiler to Zhejiang Jingxing Paperboard Co., Ltd. in China. The system optimizes moisture profile and improves end-product quality.