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Cascades was awarded the bronze Parity Certification by the Women in Governance organization. This certification recognizes Cascades' policies and programs aimed at encouraging women's professional growth and leadership.

In a joint project for the Swiss cardboard and paper packaging solution provider PAWI Verpackungen AG, Sun Chemical and leading color software company Esko have successfully implemented seven-color expanded color gamut (ECG) printing at PAWI's facility in Winterthur.

Sonoco announced the introduction of EnviroFlex™ PE recyclable polyethylene flexible packaging.

Metsä Fibre has filed the environmental permit application concerning the Kemi bioproduct mill with the Regional State Administrative Agency for Northern Finland.

Dow, in partnership with UPM Biofuels, a producer of advanced biofuels, announces the commercialization of a plastics offering for the packaging industry made from a bio-based renewable feedstock.

Smurfit Kappa North America has become a Planet Partner sustaining sponsor of the Earthx2020 event in Dallas, Tex. that will bring together record numbers of concerned environmental citizens, educators, businesses, non-profit organizations, and thought leaders to celebrate global sustainability.

Stora Enso targets to increase the knowledge about sustainable construction and construction materials.

Consumers and brands around the world are looking for more sustainable alternatives to plastic packaging, with easy recyclability being key. To meet these needs Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, is introducing a new plastic-free eco-barrier paperboard that can be recycled in paper or paperboard waste streams according to local recycling schemes.

Valmet invests in a new pilot facility at its Fiber Technology Center in Sundsvall to strengthen the company's research and development capabilities related to bioenergy, biofuels and biochemicals. The new pilot facility will start up in October 2020.

Closures and cutbacks adding up in 2019

Georgia-Pacific will invest up to $70 million to upgrade its plywood and lumber operations here adding advanced, innovative technology and systems, and helping sustain the more than 700 jobs at the facilities.

A man is dead after he was doing contract work at Lewiston's Clearwater Paper mill on Monday and had to be taken to the hospital.

A Sonoco employee injured Sunday in an accident at the company's Hartsville Manufacturing Complex is still undergoing treatment for burns he suffered in the incident, the company said.

A preliminary accident report reveals what happened in the moments before a plane carrying employees of a metro Atlanta-based paper and packaging company crashed and burst into flames in California last month.

WestRock Company announced Monday that it is reconfiguring its North Charleston, SC, paper mill to improve the mill's operating efficiency and long-term competitiveness.

Quad/Graphics, Inc. announced that it has sold its heavy-duty industrial wood crating business Transpak to FCA Packaging, a nationwide leader in the custom industrial packaging solutions space.

Fortress Global Enterprises Inc. announces that its wholly owned subsidiaries, Fortress Specialty Cellulose Inc. and Fortress Bioenergy Ltd. have entered into a financing agreement with their secured lenders or their affiliates, providing for a senior secured credit facility in the amount of up to $15,000,000.

Demolition work has started at a landmark paper mill in northern New Jersey that was destroyed in a massive fire that also toppled its iconic sign earlier this year.

Workers are dismantling long-dormant equipment at the McKinley Paper Co. mill to make way for $6.1 million in improvements as the company looks toward reopening the facility by Dec. 31.

Norbord Inc. announced that effective September 5th, Line 1 of its two-line oriented strand board (OSB) mill in Cordele, Georgia will operate on a reduced 10/4 schedule until further notice due to continued poor market conditions.

Interfor Corporation announced that long-time President & CEO Duncan Davies will step down on December 31, 2019 and that Ian Fillinger, currently the Company's Senior Vice President & COO, has been appointed President & CEO effective January 1, 2020.

Smurfit Kappa Group appointed Eduardo Rubio CEO for Smurfit Kappa North America (SKNA) beginning October 1.

Union chief Greg Harvey said no news of a potential sale of the former Verso Corp. paper mill has emerged so far this summer.

AstenJohnson has announced the end of the proposed transaction to merge the Heimbach and AstenJohnson PMC businesses.

Ladies and gentlemen, the first class of inductees to the Paper Industry International Hall of Fame in Appleton, Wisconsin was inducted more than two decades ago in 1995, and today, more than 139 papermaking innovators and legends have been enshrined. This month, we profile the late Frank Sensenbrenner, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1998.