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Ontario's Labour Ministry confirmed the incident and is now investigating.

BillerudKorsnäs announces the completion of its acquisition of Verso for a purchase price of approximately USD 825 million in cash. Verso is a leading producer of coated paper in North America, with 2021 net sales of USD 1 278 million and adjusted EBITDA of USD 223 million.

The Paperworkers' Union announced March 31 that the strike at most UPM's Finnish mills will continue until 30 April 2022, unless new collective labour agreements are reached before that.

It is anticipated that the reduced operating schedules will impact production capacity by a minimum of 100 million board feet.

In February, company employees said the mill was expected to shut down by the end of August.

The facility will be part of APRIL's operations in Riau province and have the capacity to produce 1.2 million tonnes of folding box board annually that is fully recyclable and biodegradable.

Canfor Pulp Products Inc. is announcing a minimum six-week extension of the curtailment of BCTMP production at Taylor Pulp due to the ongoing transportation shortages that have resulted in continued high finished product inventories at the pulp mill.

Stora is looking for buyers for its mills in Finland's Anjala, Germany's Maxau and Sweden's Hylte and Nymolla, while planning to keep its mill in Langerbrugge in Belgium.

This transaction brings together two organizations with highly complementary technologies, geographies and product portfolios in specialty materials. The combined company will capitalize on powerful megatrends with strong positions in large, growing categories including Filtration, Healthcare & Wellness, Protective & Adhesive Solutions, Industrial Solutions, and Packaging & Specialty Paper.

If you remember, Chatham also sent multiple letters to RR Donnelly.

Paper Excellence Group is seeking as much as US$400 million from the sale of a British Columbia pulp mill, people with knowledge of the matter said, as it works to satisfy the Canadian competition regulator's requirement for its US$3 billion acquisition of Domtar Corp.

Mondi is investing Euro 280 million in Corrugated Packaging operations across four countries. This includes around Euro 185 million across its central and eastern European Corrugated Solutions plant network and Euro 95 million at Mondi Świecie's containerboard mill in Poland. These investments together represent an important part of Mondi's announced Euro 1 billion in expansionary capital investment projects this year to accelerate growth in sustainable packaging.

A 44-year-old maintenance worker died when a machine he was working on re-engaged Friday, March 18, at Pactiv Evergreen/Evergreen Packaging in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, said officials at the Jefferson County sheriff's office.

One of these partners, Columbia Pulp -- the only North American supplier responsible for processing wheat straw into pulp to make Mohawk Renewal Straw -- announced in February 2022 that they were ceasing operations. We have exhausted every avenue in Columbia Pulp's absence, but without a supplier, we cannot continue to support this industry-disrupting product and will have to discontinue Straw from the Mohawk Renewal portfolio effective immediately.

This was the mill's second blaze in as many months, although it was not as severe as the Jan. 22 fire that wrought $500,000 in damage, according to the East Jefferson Fire Rescue report.

Amcor, a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions, issued the following message from its CEO, Ron Delia, to its global workforce on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and the company's operations in the region.

ND Paper, the US subsidiary of Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Limited, is taking critical steps to build on its growth in packaging products. At ND Paper's Biron, Wisconsin mill, the company will be converting its B26 paper machine at the end of 2022 from coated mechanical papers to lightweight, high-strength recycled packaging products.

Conciliator Leo Suomaa has submitted a proposal for a settlement in the collective labour agreement negotiations between UPM Pulp and the Paperworkers' Union. The conciliator has asked the parties to state their position on the proposal by 14 April 2022 at 10:00 EET.

Norwegian pulp-and-paper company Norske Skog ASA said that its Bruck paper mill in Austria will gradually resume production Monday, March 21, following its March 9 decision to introduce temporary downtime as unprecedented energy prices made operations unsustainable.

Stora Enso is investing in the carbon neutrality of its Skutskär Mill in Sweden. This Euro 40 million investment takes the next important step towards a climate positive contribution by reducing power consumption and water utilization as well as enabling lowering the use of bleaching chemicals. The mill is already very close to being carbon neutral as it has achieved 99% fossil-free production.

Closure will be completed by the end of May 2022.

Veritiv Corporation, a full-service provider of business-to-business products, services and solutions, announced that it has signed a definitive purchase agreement to sell its Veritiv Canada, Inc. business to Imperial Dade.

WestRock Company, a global manufacturer of differentiated paper and packaging solutions, broke ground on a 285,000 square foot expansion at its consumer packaging facility in Claremont. The $47 million investment was bolstered by a performance-based grant from the One North Carolina Fund and is expected to create 50 new jobs by the end of next year.

About 190 employees will lose their jobs, but the company said those employees will be able to apply for other jobs in the company. That includes more than 100 new jobs that will be created with a $500 million expansion of the Broadway Mill in Green Bay. That expansion is for production of premium paper towels.

A fire shortly after midnight on Wednesday, March 16, occurred at the Pixelle Speciality Solutions paper mill in Chillicothe in the area where wood chips are kept, according to officials.