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Södra has reached an agreement with Robert Jan de Waard and Ronald Rijswijk to acquire all shares in the Dutch company Smartt Timber BV.

The strikes at the mills are ending and work will start immediately.

The negotiations involve the entire personnel of these production facilities, a total of approximately 465 people.

Employees at the Emporia Plywood mill in Emporia, Virginia, were told that Georgia-Pacific will permanently close the plant, effective May 2. Approximately 550 jobs will be impacted. Normal operations will cease May 2 - and the site will be permanently closed on July 1.

Clearwater Paper Corporation announced that on July 1, 2025, Michael S. Gadd will step down as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and will serve as a Senior Vice President of the Company.

Torres has served as President of Kimberly-Clark's North America business since October 2024, responsible for the Company's personal care, family care and professional businesses in North America.

I solemnly swear. Have you ever had to testify on behalf of your employer in a legal matter?

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 John Frambach Stoveken, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2011.

The PM40 closed Friday, 16 May 2025, at 5241.

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 May 2025 down 9.5% from the 17 May 2024 level.

In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate Clearwater Paper and Boise Cascade.

Kimberly-Clark expects that its common stock will cease trading on the NYSE at market close on Thursday, May 29, 2025, and will commence trading on Nasdaq on Friday, May 30, 2025.

"Most of our customers that export, especially to the U.S., really don't know what the price of their goods is going to be," said Cristian Infante, who heads Copec's forestry arm Arauco, in a presentation. "So they're trying to buy as little as possible."

Operations generated $2.8bn in 2024 in three countries with eight mills and two conversion facilities.

Revenue was $546.1 million in Q1 2025 compared to $479.4 million in Q1 2024, an increase of $66.7 million or 13.9%.

Mondi PLC reported on Thursday its profitability was robust for the first quarter of 2025, crediting a rise in sales volumes and cost-control efforts.

Suzano, the world's largest pulp producer, announces its first quarter results for 2025 (1Q25) with record net revenue of R$11.6 billion, up 22% on the same quarter last year (1Q24). The result was driven by the exchange rates, increased pulp sales volumes from the new Ribas do Rio Pardo mill, higher paper volume and prices and the positive contribution from our paperboard mills recently acquired in the U.S.

Q1 2025 operating loss of $29 million; shareholder net loss of $31 million, or $0.26 per share.

Net Loss for the quarter of $32 million, a $30 million decline from prior year quarter.

Net income of $27 million ($0.65 per diluted share) vs. $81 million ($1.94 per diluted share)

Canada and the United States have been without a softwood lumber deal since 2015 and B.C. softwood lumber exporters pay duties of 14.4 per cent with those expected to jump to 34.5 per cent in the fall.

GAAP: Net sales of $824 million, Operating income of $4 million.

Sales of $484.8 million decreased 3.1% year over year, and 0.2% on an organic basis

Sales of $1,154 million (compared with $1,211 million in Q4 2024 and $1,109 million in Q1 2024)

Adjusted EBITDA of $49 million and Net Loss of $35 million