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The Stevens Point Fire Department assisted with the clean-up after an incident Wednesday morning, Sept. 7, at Pixelle Specialty Solutions.

Paper Excellence says it's temporarily laying off around 95 employees at its Crofton pulp and paper mill starting Saturday to coincide with scheduled annual maintenance.

Stora Enso Oyj said it has acquired Dutch corrugated packaging producer De Jong Packaging Group in a deal worth around 1.02 billion euros ($1.02 billion).

One year after the start of activities for the first paper machine (PM) of the Puma II Project - the biggest investment in Klabin's history, which includes the construction of two paper machines with integrated pulp production -, the MP27 surpassed the mark of 330 thousand tons of Eukaliner® and Eukaliner White® produced and sold to the domestic and foreign markets, reinforcing the Company's vocation for the development of sustainable and innovative solutions in paper and paper packaging in Brazil.

Huhtamaki has sold its operations in Russia to Espetina Ltd. Espetina is a holding company owned by Alexander Govor and Iury Kushnerov. The transaction includes four manufacturing units in Russia, employing 724 people. The Siberian businessman Alexander Govor recently bought the McDonald's former restaurants in Russia.

Western Forest Products Inc. announced its wholly owned subsidiary, WFP Engineered Products LLC, has completed the acquisition of certain assets of Calvert Company, Inc. located in Washington State.

UPM Raflatac has completed the acquisition of AMC AG (Advanced Methods of Coating). The acquisition announced in May 2022 was closed on 15 September 2022 after regulatory clearances.

Corrugated Case Holdings Limited has an operating subsidiary, The Corrugated Case Company Limited, which has a factory in central England (Chesterfield) where it conducts manufacturing and sales of high-value-added corrugated boxes.

DS Smith Plc announces that Adrian Marsh has informed the Company of his intention to retire from the Board and from his role as Group Finance Director once a successor is in place.

Sonoco, a diversified global packaging leader, announced the appointment of Shawn Munday as the Vice President of Global Mergers and Acquisitions, reporting to Chief Financial Officer, Rob Dillard. Shawn will lead business development strategies, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), divestitures, and other strategic investment partnerships and activities on behalf of the Company.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation announced the appointment of Tamera Fenske to the role of Chief Supply Chain Officer, effective September 19, 2022.

Don Lewis, President Professional Hygiene and member of Essity's Executive Management Team has decided to leave Essity.

LP Building Solutions (LP), a leading manufacturer of high-performance building products, today announced that Jeff Yelle has been promoted to Vice President, Chief Information Officer and Jeff Sweet has been elevated to the role of Vice President, Engineering.

DS Smith, a sustainable packaging leader, announced that it has named Keith Tornes as managing director, paper, forestry and recycling for North America.

UFP Industries announced the appointment of Allen Peters to executive vice president of innovation, effective January 1, 2023. Allen's new duties will include leading UFP's Innovation Accelerator and Innov8 Fund teams. He will also use his unique experience as president of UFP Retail Solutions to drive the ambitious new products and technology push necessary for rapid iterative changes through the organization.

"We're honored to have Governor John Bel Edwards here with us today," said Anthony Pratt, Executive Chairman of Pratt Industries. "His economic leadership of Louisiana is characteristic of the reason that Pratt Industries has invested $250 million in the great state of Louisiana."

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart McWhorter and Georgia-Pacific officials announced the company will invest at least $425 million to construct a state-of-the-art Dixie® manufacturing facility in Jackson.

Sappi Europe will be making a significant long-term investment to further strengthen its label paper business. As of the end of 2023, production capacities for label papers will be extended at the Gratkorn mill in Austria. The double-digit million-euro investment in technological innovations, such as a new embossing calendar, will enable the modern paper mill to produce high quality wet-strength wet-glue label paper.

Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, is investing around €5 million in a new research and development (R&D) facility at Mondi Steinfeld, in Germany. This investment will support customers by helping them to develop solutions that achieve their sustainability goals.

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 the late Margaret E. Knight.

The PM40 closed Friday, 16 September 2022, at 4838.

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 September 2022 up 4.2% from the 17 September 2021 level.

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

More than 100 people are suing the Roseburg Forest Products Co. in Oregon for losses caused by the Mill Fire in Siskiyou County.

About 80 fire survivors received initial financial assistance Tuesday during the first day of Roseburg Forest Products' $50 million Community Relief Fund being distributed to residents of Weed, Lake Shastina and nearby communities directly affected by the Mill Fire.