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The PM40 closed Friday, 1 July 2016, at 3257.

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In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate Sonoco and WestRock.

Reported insider trading since the last issue of PaperMoney.

The fight for that last sheet of toilet paper

Kapstone is the largest kraft paper producer in the United States

Production will be discontinued in July 2016

The sale of its corrugated packaging business in China and the acquisition of the Holmen Paper Madrid Mill in Spain

Located near Porto, Portugal and employs 135 people

Purchase price of $15.36 million

Customers will continue to be served

Cost of construction of the lignin plant is expected to be $135 million

Puma Unit is the largest investment ever in the company's 117-year history

Emergence from bankruptcy expected by end of July

Will end production on July 8 and will close its doors on July 15

International Paper will convert the mill into recycled containerboard production

Approximately 100 positions will be eliminated

7,300 acres of timberland in western Washington for $31.9 million

The start-up of the new system scheduled for September 2016

To explore and optimize the extraction of biorenewable chemicals

Structural changes in its sawmill and planing operations to strengthen the company's long-term competitiveness

The capital expenditure for the expansion is estimated to be in the range of EUR 30−34 million

UPM's Schwedt mill sold to LEIPA Georg Leinfelder GmbH

VPK has invested heavily to continuously improve services for its growing customer base

The disc filter will be well prepared for future increase capacity