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Reported insider trading since the last issue of PaperMoney.

The PM40 closed 27 September 2019 down 27.6% from the 28 September 2018 level.

In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate Ennis, Inc and 3M.

In addition to this important milestone, the company announced it will join the Science Based Targets, a global initiative that aims for companies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions based on climate science, to limit the planet's increase in temperature.

CelluStraw™, a new fiber based solution for drinking paper straws, has been recently launched and is specially designed to address the food industry's emerging initiatives to phase out single-use plastic straws.

SKF and Nordic Paper have signed a five-year fee- and performance-based contract. The agreement aims to improve Nordic Paper's productivity, health and safety and sustainability performance.

Indonesia has not imposed serious enough penalties on pulpwood and palm oil firms that had large fires on their land from 2015 to 2018, and more fires on some of those farms also polluted the region's air quality this year, Greenpeace said on Tuesday.

WestRock Company has provided an estimate of the impact of Hurricane Dorian on its fiscal fourth quarter financial results.

Tolko Industries is cutting back its operations at a lumber mill in Kelowna, affecting 127 jobs as the company becomes the latest in the industry to announce a shutdown in British Columbia.

Metsä Group has scheduled several planned annual maintenance shutdowns at its pulp mills for the autumn of 2019.

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.