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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.

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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.

Mondi, leading global packaging and paper manufacturer, has partnered with Cartro, a leading provider of corrugated packaging in Mexico, to enter the fresh produce segment with a new avocado box that is sustainable by design.

Paper Excellence Canada of Richmond says it will curtail pulp and paper production for 30 days at its Crofton operation, south of Nanaimo.

UPM has signed a long-term Wind Power Purchase agreement with German wind park development company wpd.

Children's interest in recycling plays a big role in the degree to which families recycle their household waste, a new survey by Arla Finland and UPM finds.

The European paper and board production has decreased by 3% in 2019 (European Paper Industry countries covered by the data: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom), compared to the previous year, according to the Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI).

Sappi North America, Inc. was named a winner in the 2019 SEAL Business Sustainability Awards for Environmental Leadership.

It will allow Ilim to make sales on the European market in accordance with the EU regulations on wood without additional confirmation of the legality of the raw materials from which the products are made.

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.

The American Forest Foundation (AFF) announced that International Paper, one of the world's leading producers of fiber-based packaging, pulp and paper, has joined AFF and its partner, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), in supporting the newly-created Family Forest Carbon Program (FFCP) to enhance carbon sequestration in family owned forest land across the U.S.

Companies in the self-adhesive label industry have made a commitment to transform the industry towards a circular economy.

There are few corporate chiefs in Brazil more outspoken on the environment than Walter Schalka, the head of the world's largest producer of wood pulp. And he has a dire prediction for the Brazilian Amazon: Deforestation will accelerate this year.

DuPont Inc. announced that Chief Executive Marc Doyle and Chief Financial Officer Jeanmarie Desmond are leaving the company, effective immediately.

The target of Valmet's four-stage development project is to further improve production capabilities of the Stora Enso Skoghall Mill forming section.

Valmet will supply a Defibrator system to Guangxi Shangsi Hualin Forestry Industry in China.

Valmet will supply an evaporation line to Century Pulp and Paper's (CPP) pulp mill in Lalkuan, India.