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The Graphic Packaging Management Team in Kenton was notified this past Saturday April 11, that a production employee tested positive for COVID-19.

After two employees were diagnosed with COVID-19 at its Terre Haute facility, Amcor said the situation was quickly contained.

The mill was shut down indefinitely as elation over the stunning news that that no one was harmed shifted to worries Thursday about the future of the mill that employs 500 people and is the town's largest taxpayer.

The company cites an unexpected drop in demand from customers due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The meeting will be held May 4, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time. A replay of the meeting will be available on the Company's website until May 4, 2021.

An employee from Quad/Graphics' West Allis facility passed away on April 8 from COVID-19, the Sussex-based company said in a statement.

Four employees at a paper mill in Evadale have tested positive for COVID-19 according to a spokesperson.

The International Paper Corrugated Box Plant in Houston has confirmed its second case of COVID-19.

Sonoco announced that its Board of Directors has approved an $83 million investment to strengthen its uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) mill system in the United States and Canada. The majority of the investment includes transforming its Hartsville, S.C., corrugated medium machine (No. 10 machine) into a state-of-the-art URB machine with annual production capacity of approximately 180,000 tons.

Firefighters from Oxford and at least two other fire departments put out a blaze Saturday afternoon, April 11, at the National Gypsum Company facility near Bynum.

PotlatchDeltic Corporation announced plans to temporarily halt production at its St. Maries, Idaho industrial plywood facility as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on plywood markets. Starting April 20, 2020 the St. Maries, Idaho plywood facility will halt production for two weeks and curtailments may be extended depending on market conditions. All other businesses, including lumber mills in Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, and Arkansas, continue to operate, but are closely monitoring market conditions.

Two employees at the Sappi Fine Paper Mill in Westbrook have tested positive for COVID-19, both of whom appear to have been infected due to exposure outside of the mill.

LSC Communications, Inc. and most of its U.S. subsidiaries has voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. LSC's subsidiaries in Mexico and Canada are not included in the court proceedings and will continue to operate in the normal course.

Firefighters rushed to put out a fire at International Paper in Garden City on April 10.

The Graphic Packaging International mill in West Monroe was damaged in one of two Easter tornadoes that ripped through Ouachita Parish.

The Swanson Group is laying off 300 workers from its plywood mill in Glendale and cutting the pay of those still working due to a shortage of orders, as businesses grind to a halt during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Among the businesses in the Shenandoah Valley that have reported positive cases of COVID-19 is LSC Communications.

A DuPont employee has died due to COVID-19 complications and four other employees have tested positive at the facility in Chesterfield.

Sappi's board of directors and the group and regional leadership teams from Europe, North America and Southern Africa have volunteered to take a 10% reduction in salaries or fees for the three months ending June 30.

There are 650 employees working at Ortviken paper mill. Ortviken produces coated and uncoated paper for magazines, catalogues and commercial print. The production capacity is 775,000 tonnes per annum.

The mill was shut down indefinitely as elation over the stunning news that that no one was harmed shifted to worries Thursday about the future of the mill that employs 500 people and is the town's largest taxpayer.

The company confirmed a small fire at the Beech Island facility was quickly contained.

A worker at the Georgia-Pacific facility in Darlington has tested positive for COVID-19.