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Mill Rock Capital, a growth and operations oriented private investment firm, announced today that it has created a new platform, Mill Rock Packaging Partners LLC ("Mill Rock Packaging Partners"), to invest in growth oriented companies with advanced service and product capabilities in the specialty packaging industry.

Metsä Board's Kyro mill will be 150 years old this year, 2020. The wood grinding plant along the Kyröskoski rapids was started up in 1870.

Clay Dunn, (63), President, North America business segment has decided to retire at the end of 2020 after successfully leading Huhtamaki's business in North America since 2005. Ann O'Hara, (49), MBA, BSE (Chemical Engineering), has been appointed President, North America business segment and a member of the Global Executive Team.

Clay Dunn, President, North America business segment has decided to retire at the end of 2020 after successfully leading Huhtamaki's business in North America since 2005. Ann O'Hara has been appointed President, North America business segment and a member of the Global Executive Team. Ann will join Huhtamaki on November 1, 2020 and will assume the role of President, North America on January 1, 2021 following a two-month transition period with Clay Dunn.

Marc Shore, president of WestRock's Multi Packaging Solutions (MPS) business, decided to leave WestRock, effective August 17, 2020. Patrick Kivits has assumed the role of president, MPS since Shore's departure.

DS Smith, the FTSE100 sustainable packaging leader, has announced the appointment of Johan van Baarle as Sales Director of its Paper Division. Reporting to Niels Flierman, Managing Director for Paper, Van Baarle will be responsible for the division's paper sales across Europe and North America - managing around 5 million tonnes of paper produced at DS Smith's mills annually.

Marcus Svensson has been appointed Head of Public Affairs at Södra. He will organise, coordinate and manage Södra's work within public affairs going forward.

Some of us older members of the industry are called experienced. You've probably heard the old sayings that experience people are just ones who have survived their mistakes. It is true and it is important. Mistakes are an extremely valuable teacher; far more valuable than the "tuition" they extract in the present when assessed with a longer-term view.

The PM40 closed Friday, 28 August 2020, at 3134.

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The PM40 closed 28 August 2020 up 11.9% from the 30 August 2019 level.

In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate Neenah Paper and Resolute Forest Products.

A new operator, Park Falls Development, is in the process of starting up pulp and paper production at the former Flambeau River Papers mill in Park Falls, Wisconsin, USA, which was shut down for financial reasons in September 2019.

Amcor announced it has joined the U.S. Plastics Pact, a collaborative, solutions-driven initiative to create a path forward to a circular economy for plastics in the United States by 2025.

Officials with the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy said a recent fish kill along the southern reaches of the Escanaba River at Gladstone was the result of a pipe failure at Verso Corporation's Escanaba Paper Mill.

Stora Enso will build a pilot facility for producing Cellufoam™ by Stora Enso, a lightweight, fiber-based foam material for protective packaging and cushioning.

The World Trade Organization has sided with Canada in a decades-old dispute with the U.S. over lumber imports, ruling the Trump administration incorrectly claimed in 2017 that Canada was improperly subsidizing production.

This is the second extension LSC has been granted since it received court approval in early June to explore the sale of its assets. The printer filed Chapter 11 on April 13.

This work reaches beyond International Paper's traditional supply chain in an effort to identify natural climate solutions that can be replicated anywhere around the world.

Verso Corporation introduced a new direct mail promotion, Vote for Verso Papers, to create awareness of its extensive 7 & 9 pt. sheetfed, digital, web and inkjet printing papers amongst those designing and printing direct mail for political campaigns. The promotion was printed on a sheetfed printing press on Verso's Anthem Plus® Gloss, 7 pt. cover.

GP is expanding its offerings to include paper padded mailers.

Stora Enso CLT stairs are a lighter weight, cost-efficient single component solution that is fast to install and offers a full timber alternative to concrete or steel stairs.

Cascades PRO, the professional hygiene brand of Cascades Inc., has launched a new hand hygiene campaign to promote the importance of hand drying in preventing the spread of bacteria, viruses and other infections.

Kimberly-Clark announced it has joined the U.S. Plastics Pact, a collaborative, solutions-driven initiative rooted in four ambitious goals intended to drive significant systems change by unifying diverse cross-sector approaches, setting a national strategy, and creating scalable solutions to create a path forward toward a circular economy for plastics in the United States by 2025.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö announces the launch of TrustShield™ Biological, a personal protective apparel medical fabric designed to shield against hazardous pathogens.

Industry and government are working with partners to harvest the growing number of trees killed by a spruce beetle outbreak.