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The facility, scheduled to be operational by the third quarter of 2023, will bring more than 60 new jobs to the area.

FCL is a machinery manufacturer that designs and manufactures industrial machines.

Menasha Packaging Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Menasha Corporation, announced it has finalized the acquisition of Color-Box, a business unit of Georgia-Pacific, LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Cenveo Worldwide Limited announced the successful completion of a management buyout of the business led by Chief Executive Officer, Rob Burton, Jr., President, Mike Burton, Chief Financial Officer, Mark Hiltwein, and Chief Strategy Officer, Ayman Zameli. As a result of the transaction, Cenveo is now 100% owned by its management with the Burton family being the majority shareholder.

After more than 24 hours, the July 9 warehouse fire in Combined Locks has finally been put out.

Now, as Paper Excellence plans to acquire Resolute, Domtar plans to sell their mills in both Dryden and Espanola to a third-party company due to anticipated regulatory requirements related to the deal, which is expected to close in the first half of 2023, subject to approvals.

Mativ Holdings, Inc. announced the successful completion of the merger of equals between Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. ("SWM") and Neenah, Inc. ("Neenah"), two leading global manufacturers of specialty materials, effective July 6, 2022.

Essity acquires 80% of the Canadian company Knix Wear Inc. ("Knix"), a leading provider of leakproof apparel for periods and incontinence.

Western Forest Products Inc. announced capital investments totaling approximately $29 million towards its British Columbia (B.C.) operations in Canada. These capital investments represent an increase of $13 million over and above the $16 million of capital investments discussed in the Company's 1Q 2022 Management's Discussion and Analysis.

The purchase price amounts to AUD 140m (approximately SEK 985m) on a cash and debt free basis.

Canadian forest products company Resolute Forest Products Inc. has agreed to be bought by pulp manufacturer Domtar Corp. in a deal the companies valued at some $2.7 billion, including pension liabilities.

Mercer International, provides the following update to its press release of July 1, 2022 regarding a fire which occurred in the wood chip storage area at our Stendal pulp mill.

Smurfit Kappa has completed a large-scale sustainability project at its Zülpich paper mill in Germany, which significantly reduces the plant's CO2 emissions. The Euro11.5 million investment included a major redesign of the plant's multi-fuel boiler to provide a more sustainable fuel source for the generation of steam and electricity.

IFS, the global cloud enterprise software company, announced that Sweden-based speciality paper manufacturer, Nordic Paper, has decided to upgrade its existing on-premise enterprise asset management (EAM) software to the latest IFS Cloud™ solution to drive efficiencies across its global operations. The upgrade will be implemented by IFS channel partner, Novacura, which is also based in Sweden.

The world's first electric timber truck with a capacity of 80 tonnes has now been delivered to SCA. The vehicle solution developed by Scania in close collaboration with SCA and the research institute Skogforsk, is part of the transition to sustainable transport.

Twin Rivers Paper Company, a leading producer of specialty paper products, is pleased to announce recent additions to its executive leadership team.

Charlotte Kaiser has joined the BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group (TIG) as the firm's first Head of Impact Finance.

Sanna Väisänen has been appointed as Koskisen's Director of Sustainability and Communications and a member of the Executive Board effective 1 September 2022.

Starting September 26, Emmanuelle Picard is appointed EVP of the Building Materials division at Ahlstrom-Munksjö and a member of the Executive Management Team.

CellMark Recycling will supply 300,000 tons of mixed paper and Old Corrugated Containers (OCC) annually as feedstock to the facility. All Recycled Brown Pulp produced will be sold exclusively by CellMark Pulp.

West Midlands Fire Service (WMFS) has revealed that the huge blaze which was declared a major incident in Birmingham on June 12 was started by coals from a disposable barbecue, as they warn people to use them responsibly amid the upcoming heatwave.

Private equity firm CVC Capital and wood panel manufacturer Kronospan have submitted a joint expression of interest to acquire Canadian lumber company West Fraser Timber Co, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, July 19

Conifex Timber Inc. announced a delay in the resumption of operations at its power plant in Mackenzie, British Columbia, Canada, following the previously disclosed dispatch period. In the course of annual maintenance of the power plant, damage to the plant's turbine has been discovered. The boiler, generator and other long lead-time equipment have not been impacted.

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 Arne J.A. Asplund, Founder, Research & Development, Chairman at Defibrator AB in Stockholm, Sweden, who was posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2014.

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