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Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. announced that the Company's Board of Directors will nominate and appoint two new independent directors to the Board.

Australia's richest man is in late stage talks to buy bottle maker Owens-Illinois' Australian and New Zealand business for about $1 billion.

LSC Communications reported fourth quarter 2019 earnings on March 2, with more poor results and news that they are on temporary life support with lenders for the next few months while management tries to restructure their debt and find a way to continue operations.

Domtar Corporation has named Kurt Mehlberg mill manager of Domtar's Nekoosa paper mill.

Christoph Zeiler has been appointed Metsä Group's SVP Corporate Affairs, Germany. He is responsible for corporate affairs in Germany and is Metsä Group's key contact to German decision makers in the European Union.

Tali Nelson has joined the Sales and Marketing team of Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc. as a Senior Sales Representative. She is a proven business development professional with over 20 years of experience in paper, packaging and printing.

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The PM40 closed Friday, 13 March 2020, at 2322.

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The PM40 closed 13 March 2020 down 33.1% from the 15 March 2019 level.

In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate International Paper and Sonoco.

As consumers have been panic buying toilet paper, shelves at some local supermarkets and drugstores are bare. But how does a manufacturer respond to coronavirus-sparked shortages of this inexpensive commodity?

It has been one of the enduring images of the COVID-19 pandemic: empty toilet paper shelves in stores around the world as fearful citizens stockpile staples for long home stays. But the head of Canada's largest producer of toilet tissue says that despite a jump in demand, there's no shortage of product in Canada.

Graphic Packaging International announced the launch of a new line of PaperSeal™ trays, offering brands and retailers the opportunity to replace Modified Atmosphere (MAP) and Vacuum Skin Packaging (VSP) plastic trays with a new barrier-lined paperboard alternative.

Grocery shoppers can expect to fork over a few more pennies at the checkout counter if the governor signs a bipartisan bill that bans plastic grocery bags and adds an 8-cent fee on paper bags.

A banknote printing firm has been fined £300,000 after an employee had to have his face reconstructed after his head became trapped in a machine.

Recent research undertaken by leading paper and packaging group, Mondi, sounds a warning bell for excessive packaging.

E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company has asked an Ohio federal court to declare a mistrial after a jury awarded $50 million to a testicular cancer survivor and his wife who claimed that the illness was linked to the company's contamination of their drinking water with a chemical the company used at one of its manufacturing plants despite knowing it was hazardous.

Jason Charles Hawkins, 36, of Muskogee is charged with a felony count of terrorism hoax in Muskogee County District Court after he allegedly threatened an act of terror, according to papers filed with the case.

ENOVA and the NOX-Fund have allocated a total of NOK 66 million ($6.6 million) for energy efficiency measures at Norske Skog Saugbrugs. Saugbrugs invests a total of NOK 165 million ($16.5 million) in energy-efficient measures at the plant. The measures will take the company another step towards an even lower energy consumption.

Smurfit Kappa has been recognised as a valued sustainable solutions partner at this year's Nestlé Supplier awards.

Hygiene and health company Essity has published its Annual and Sustainability Report for 2019 on www.essity.com.

Metsä Board, the leading European producer of premium fresh fibre paperboards and part of Metsä Group, is one of the founding members of the recently established European Paper Packaging Alliance (EPPA).

Under the collaboration agreement signed between Football club HJK and Kotkamills, a manufacturer of fully recyclable food service board, HJK is aiming to significantly reduce the carbon footprint of its matches in the upcoming season.

Barnes & Noble Education Inc., McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings LLC, and other leading textbook publishers and retailers were sued for a second time, now in New Jersey federal court, over their alleged scheme to drive independent college bookstores out of the market for online course materials.

Panicked Japanese consumers are stripping shelves bare of toilet paper, as unsubstantiated rumors of shortages stemming from the new coronavirus epidemic circulate on social media, sending prices soaring.