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Closing is expected early in the fourth quarter of 2017

Struggles to make the facility more profitable

Years-long conflict with forestry companies heat up

Investment temporarily delayed at Steti mill

Will have production capacity of 1.95 million tons of eucalyptus pulp per year

Will establish a used-paper collection facility by year's end at a cost of nearly 100 million yen ($920,000)

To expand geographically and extend our capabilities to a broader customer base

Deliveries from the new mill to customers will begin in early September 2017

One of the largest board machines in the world

Acquisition establishes Smurfit Kappa as the leading international corrugated packaging supplier in Russia

Completion by March 2019

Birch plywood mill will create approximately 200 jobs

The new line will reach full capacity within one year

There were no injuries

No injuries reported

Investment is an important part of Södra's strategic process

Additional benefits from upgrade keeps improvements on incline

New world record for viscosity of a wood pulp was achieved

Production start-up will be Q1/2019

Transaction closed on August 14, 2017 and all employees retained

Pratt Industries USA has four 100% recycled board mills; in Conyers, Georgia; Staten Island, New York; Valparaiso, Indiana, and Shreveport, Louisiana. They stay busy cranking out medium and linerboard to feed the company's 60-plus converting and box making plants now operating in more than 25 US states and in Mexico. But in all the company's operations, there are no blue-collar employees. Instead, Chairman Anthony Pratt insists that all Pratt people have green-collar jobs. This is in keeping with the company's understanding that it is not merely a board-and-box manufacturer; it is a recycling company.

"I expect that in the future, paper mills will produce a wide range of products such as transportation fuels, adhesives, chemicals and other materials--serving society's needs without a drop of oil."

The PM40 closed Friday, 11 August 2017, at 3590.

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The PM40 closed 11 August 2017 up 6.3% from the 12 August 2016 level.

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