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Smurfit Kappa has announced its strategy to expand its paper sack business in the Americas in a $36 million investment.

Klabin began production of corrugated board packaging at its new industrial unit located in Horizonte, Ceará, Brazil.

Officials say they don't yet know what sparked a fire inside the ND Paper mill in Old Town on Wednesday (Feb. 19).

Saica Group announced it plans to establish a new, purpose-built production facility located in Livingston, West Lothian within its packaging business division, Saica Pack.

Södra is making extensive investments in the sawmill at Värö, primarily in final trimming and drying, but also in other parts of the facility.

Former Weyerhaeuser CEO John "Jack" Creighton died Jan. 29 at the age of 87.

Packaging and paper group Mondi Plc. said Tuesday that Andrew King, Group Chief Financial Officer and a director of the company, will be appointed as Group Chief Executive Officer or CEO with effect from 1 April 2020.

DS Smith, the leading provider of sustainable packaging solutions, has announced the appointment of Dr Susana Aucejo as senior R&D Director to lead the company's work on plastics replacement and the development of innovative barrier solutions.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission won't oppose the proposed acquisition of Orora Fibre by Australian Paper.

Members of United Steelworkers Local 449 have voted overwhelming to ratify a new five-year contract that raises wages, improves benefits and increases the number of union jobs at the Huhtamaki paper packaging mill in Waterville.

Recently supply shortages of important raw materials arose as a result of intense transport controls in connection with the current situation surrounding the coronavirus.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will not oppose the proposed acquisition of Direct Paper by Spicers.

Trivselhus President, Mikael Olsson, has informed the Board of Directors that he is to relinquish his position for health reasons.

Veritiv Corporation announced the appointment of Shantella (Shan) E. Cooper to the company's board of directors. She is a member of the Compensation and Leadership Development, and Nominating and Governance committees.

The Supervisory Board of Lenzing AG has appointed two new members to the company's Management Board. Stephan Sielaff will serve as the new Chief Technology Officer effective March 1, 2020, succeeding Heiko Arnold, who left the Lenzing Group in November 2019.

Glatfelter announced Marie T. Gallagher, Senior Vice President and Controller of PepsiCo, Inc. ("PepsiCo"), has been elected to the Board of Directors.

Internally to a mill, maintenance is an intangible sale.

The PM40 closed Friday, 28 February 2020, at 2787.

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 28 February 2020 down 25.6% from the 1 March 2019 level.

In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate Graphic Packaging and 3M.

Reference is made to the stock exchange notice on 14 February 2020 where it was informed that the board of Sniace, Borregaard's partner in Spain, intended to apply for liquidation of the company.

Bast Fibre Technologies Inc. (BFTi) and Georgia-Pacific, through its consumer products business, announced that they have entered into a global licensing agreement for a suite of patents related to the application of intact plant-based bast fibres in a variety of nonwoven products and processes.

Södra has built the world's first plant for commercial biomethanol, a sustainable fuel from forest biomass, at Södra's pulp mill in Mönsterås.

Verso owns the mill, located in Luke, Maryland, and Beryl, with facilities spanning the Potomac River at the site. Paper products were manufactured there until Verso announced on April 30 the mill would close. It was subsequently shut down May 30, displacing hundreds of workers.

MDE intends to file suit under federal hazardous waste law to stop the discharge and require an appropriate cleanup.