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Reported insider trading since the last issue of PaperMoney.

The PM40 closed 11 October 2019 down 24.2% from the 12 October 2018 level.

In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate Greif and Weyerhaeuser.

LSC Communications announced that the company was honored with six awards in the 2019 'Golden Cylinder' Awards, an annual competition designed to identify the "Best of Gravure" in each segment of the printing industry and to distinguish technical innovations.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation is investigating a broken pipe at Finch Paper that leaked about 2 million gallons of paper waste into the Hudson River late last month.

By 2030, the Lenzing Group aims to reduce its specific CO2 emissions per ton of manufactured pulp and fibers by 50%. By the year 2050, the Lenzing Group will no longer generate any net CO2 emissions.

WIELAND, a general contracting and construction management firm, has been awarded the contract for the new Graphic Packaging mill project in Kalamazoo, MI.

Fortress Global Enterprises Inc. announced that it will be taking market downtime at the Fortress Specialty Cellulose Mill (the "FSC Mill") in Thurso , Québec.

Fortress Global Enterprises Inc. announced that it will be taking market downtime at the Fortress Specialty Cellulose Mill (the "FSC Mill") in Thurso , Québec.

Domtar Corporation announced that it will permanently shut down two of its paper machines.

Quad/Graphics Inc will pay $9.9 million to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges it conducted bribery schemes in Peru and China and violated U.S. sanctions by dealing with a Cuban state-owned telecommunications company.

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. will increase prices of its high-alpha and high-viscosity Cellulose Specialties products (including acetate, ethers, micro-crystalline cellulose, nitrocellulose and other grades) by 6%, effective immediately, or as contracts allow.

DS Smith announced that it is expanding its coffee cup recycling programme to Europe through its De Hoop Mill in the Netherlands.

Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) was investigating whether Liqui-Box's $585 million takeover of the DS Smith business would reduce competition.

Smurfit Kappa has partnered with Belgian speciality brewer Kasteel Brouwerij Vanhonsebrouck to offer alternatives to its shrink film packaging.

Universal Forest Products has introduced the industry's toughest and most durable shed floor: SuperStratum™ panels made with Rhino Linings®.

The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2019, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.

In August 2019, Brazilian exports of wood-based products (except pulp and paper) fell 22% in value compared to August 2018, from $282.4 million to $219.7 million, according to ITTO.

Indonesian firm Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) rebutted an article in The Straits Times (ST) linking it to haze-causing fires, claiming that it was based on an "inaccurate" report published by Indonesian environmental news site foresthints.news.

The paperboard tube is suitable for the primary packaging of skin cream products.

The new facility will be used to repay the existing Euro 50 million term loan and to replace the undrawn Euro 150 million revolving credit facility maturing in March 2020.

A successful experiment by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), brings Sappi together with major global brands (Sainsbury's, BNP Paribas, Unilever, Barclays, Standard Chartered and Rabobank) showing how a new model of blockchain and other data sharing technologies can enhance the sustainability of global supply chains without increasing production costs.

Mark von Laer, who has been CFO of Andritz AG since March 1, 2017, will leave Andritz AG at the end of 2019. The Supervisory Board has appointed Norbert Nettesheim as his successor, effective as of December 1, 2019.

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The Graphic Packaging mill in Battle Creek will close when that machine is complete two and a half years from now, a company official said.