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The acquisition of The Packaging Company (Midlands), which provides a range of packaging solutions, will allow Antalis to expand its packaging capabilities and diversify its product offerings.

Oliver Taudien, senior vice president and general manager, Europe, is leaving the company after a transition period. He has been with Sylvamo since its inception as a spinoff of International Paper in 2021.

Clearwater Paper Corporation has renewed the employment agreement with Arsen S. Kitch, who will continue in his role as President and Chief Executive Officer, according to a recent SEC filing.

PM11 has the capacity to produce up to 470,000 tonnes of corrugated base paper annually, operating at a width of 8.9 metres and a speed of 1,600 metres per minute.

Ahlstrom will create a dedicated Performance Materials cluster to sharpen its strategic focus and optimize growth opportunities.

Pregis told its 40 or so employees this past week about the facility's closure.

Pixelle Specialty Solutions has owned the mill since 2020. Previously, it was the Verso Paper Mill.

There was a massive fire department presence at the facility.

Combined company offers greater choice, innovation and sustainability through strengthened product offering, manufacturing expertise, and R&D capabilities.

Mondi said the Schumacher Packaging transaction expands its footprint, noting that it complements its existing network of corrugated solutions plants across Central and Eastern Europe.

Efforts are under way to revitalize the former International Paper mill site in Georgetown County, which closed at the end of last year, leaving more than 600 employees jobless and impacting hundreds of families and businesses.

This move is set to impact around 130 employees and is a strategic step in the company's broader plan to consolidate its recycled paperboard production.

Officials say no injuries were reported.

UFP Industries, Inc. announced its Deckorators® brand continues to expand market presence with the acquisition of a 30-acre site in Lackawanna, a suburb of Buffalo, New York.

Metsä Board Corporation's long-term CEO Mika Joukio has decided to step down from his CEO position as of 7 April 2025 in accordance with the agreement he has made with the Board of Directors of the company. The Board of Directors of Metsä Board Corporation has appointed Metsä Group's EVP, Strategy, Esa Kaikkonen (LLM, trained on the bench), as the new CEO of the company as of 7 April 2025.

Proceeds Being Used to Reduce Approximately $1.5 Billion in Debt

The acquisition will add 480,000 metric tonnes per year of capacity to ITC's paperboards and specialty papers business, the company said.

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 150 papermaking innovators and legends have been enshrined. This month, we profile the late Tad Bretting, who was president and CEO of C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Company in Ashland, Wisconsin, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1999.

The PM40 closed Friday, 11 April 2025, at 5055.

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The PM40 closed 11 April 2025 down 8.2% from the 12 April 2024 level.

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

Unifor is calling for a large-scale Team Canada approach to support the forestry sector across Canada after the U.S. Department of Commerce's recent announcement that will more than double the combined duties on Canadian softwood lumber.

Microsoft announced on Friday that it is buying 3.7 million metric tons of carbon removal credits from CO280, a project developer that works with pulp and paper mills.

Worker was struck by pole, fatally injured in 2023.

Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM) has launched a new legal challenge to Fernandina Beach's denial for its plan to build a bioethanol production plant, this time in U.S. District Court in Jacksonville.