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Amcor announces its membership of the Digital Watermarks Initiative "HolyGrail 2.0", which brings together over 85 companies and organisations across the packaging value chain, including key customers and industry peers.

As part of its continued focus on global sustainability leadership and from Plastic to Purpose' campaign, Ahlstrom-Munksjö has released its innovative process aid for Printed Circuit Board (PCB) and Copper Clad Laminates (CCL) laminating systems.

The Arctic Blue Gin package, featuring images of Northern Lights, has won a ScanStar 2020 award. The Nordic competition was organised by the Finnish Packaging Association.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö is one of the founding members of the #GreenSource initiative to promote the role of forest-fiber industries in the effort to achieve the EU's climate neutrality target by 2050. #GreenSource brings together members of the European Pulp Industry Sector Association (EPIS) and the Confederation of European Paper Industries (Cepi).

In both the Pulp & Paper and Personal Care divisions, we have made progress on the sustainability goals outlined in 2019.

Sonoco ThermoSafe, a unit of Sonoco, and ACL Airshop announced a global agreement for the handling and repair of Sonoco ThermoSafe's Pegasus ULD bulk temperature controlled containers.

The Finnish government's investment firm Solidium backs Valmet's decision to not sell its holding in newly-formed valves maker Neles to Swedish engineer Alfa Laval, Solidium's chief executive said.

Valmet and Viridor have signed a three-year service agreement for six waste-to-energy plants in the United Kingdom.

ABB has supplied and commissioned a full electrical solution for major packaging paper producer Grupo Gondi at its greenfield site in Monterrey, Mexico.

With the construction of a 80-meter-long CPS+, Dieffenbacher will set a world record for the longest continuous press used to produce wood-based panels. The press is the core component of an MDF plant ordered from Dieffenbacher by Chinese wood-based panels manufacturer Guangxi Lelin Forestry Development Co, Ltd.

Reported insider trading since the last issue of PaperMoney.

Acorn Pulp Group has agreed to purchase a new state of the art molded fiber manufacturing machine from Southern Moulded Pulp and Moulded Fibre Technologies.

The St. Charles Fire Department was able to extinguish a fire in a paper compactor at R.R. Donnelley on Monday night, Aug. 24.

SCA intends to invest SEK 1,45bn in the production of chemically pre-treated thermo-mechanical pulp (CTMP) at the Ortviken paper mill in Sundsvall. In parallel, SCA is initiating consultations with trade unions and employee representatives to discontinue the production of publication paper at the mill.

To ensure future competitiveness of UPM Communication Papers, UPM announces plans for permanent closing of UPM Kaipola paper mill in Finland, sale of UPM Shotton paper mill in Wales and streamlining Communication Papers business function teams. In addition, UPM Biorefining and UPM Specialty Papers announce plans for reorganising and streamlining activities in Finnish pulp mills, UPM Forest and UPM Tervasaari mill in Finland.

Surinder Ghog, the CEO of AP Group, blamed "disproportionately high property taxes" for the closure, which affects 70 employees. In 2019, the mill's tax bill went up by half a million dollars -- from $1.6 million in 2018 to $2.4 million.

The Austrian binderholz Group purchased all assets of Klausner Lumber One LLC, based in Live Oak, Suwannee County, Florida, in the auction held on Friday, August 21, 2020. At the auction binderholz was able to prevail over Mercer Inc. and Mayr Melnhof Holz and was awarded the contract at $61 million. The transaction is expected to close at the beginning of October 2020.

Terry Paul Greenwood served our country as a member of the United States Army. He tragically died Thursday, Aug. 20, while on contract at Georgia-Pacific. Saturday, The Widows Sons held a memorial ride to honor his legacy just to say thank you.

Firefighters brought a weekend fire quickly under control at International Paper while limiting damage to equipment in the wood room and an area of a chip pile.

PaperWorks is increasing its production capacity and capabilities, investing in new technology innovation and platforms in the Greensboro, North Carolina facility. The state-of-the-art equipment and new technology platforms will integrate well with PaperWorks' highly-efficient business model by offering the most sophisticated automation geared towards in-line innovation and full-quality control.

The Kalispel Tribe of Indians has officially submitted a bid to purchase the shuttered Ponderay Newsprint Co. in Usk, which ceased operations in June and eliminated about 130 jobs.

Weyerhaeuser Company has announced leadership and organizational changes that position the company to further enhance the long-term value of its timberlands portfolio.

Green Bay Packaging (GBP) is set to begin construction Sept. 1 on the "super plant," which is scheduled to begin operation in October 2021.

308 workers will be affected by the repurposing of the Domtar Kingsport mill, according to the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

International Paper has announced an upcoming annual outage of its mill in Ticonderoga to perform necessary inspections and maintenance, according to a press release.