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Weyerhaeuser received approximately $60 million USD upon the sale of the lumber facility, with the remainder of the transaction proceeds to be received in conjunction with the transfer of the timber licenses.

Veritiv Operating Company, a leader in specialty packaging distribution, facility solutions and print products and solutions, announced that it has acquired the packaging distribution business of S. Walter Packaging Corp., a provider of custom packaging solutions serving retail, hospitality, food & beverage, and fashion markets.

Over the weekend, a fire broke out inside the premises of Hylte Paper, formerly known as Stora Enso, in Hyltebruk. Shortly after 4 p.m., the emergency services announced that the fire had been extinguished, according to reports from SVT.

Progroup's corrugated sheetfeeder plant in the northern Italian city of Cessalto successfully started regular operation.

Union vice president Tim Jenkins with United Steelworkers Local 731 said the next round of layoffs will leave a skeleton crew of just 50 to 60 employees behind.

Lenzing AG, a global leader of regenerated cellulose fibers, is pleased to announce the appointment of Milena Ioveva as Vice President Corporate Communications, Sustainability, Investor Relations and Public Affairs. She will be based in Austria and report directly to CEO Rohit Aggarwal.

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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 Lothar Göttsching, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2007.

The PM40 closed Friday, 12 September 2025, at 5492.

Get the latest PM40 updates by listening to the weekly Nips show and the PM40 Daily Show on Pulp & Paper Radio International.

The PM40 closed 12 September 2025 down 4.3% from the 13 September 2024 level.

In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate International Paper and Louisiana Pacific.

Coniferous Bidco AB has acquired over 90% of Nordic Paper shares.

Lumber prices have dropped 25% since early August, as uncertainty over tariffs, oversupply, and a slowdown in U.S. homebuilding continue to weigh on demand. In response, major North American producers are scaling back output.

The rebuild will enable a production capacity of 750,000 tons of highquality coated primary fiber board annually a new record in Europe.

The delivery and start-up are scheduled for the Q2 2026.

The Navigator Company, a leading company in the international pulp and paper market from Portugal, has selected AFRY to conduct a comprehensive asset integrity assessment for its Setubal, Aveiro, and Figueira pulp mills.

The plant will produce up to 640,000 metric tons of recycled containerboard annually, thereby increasing Modern Karton's total production capacity to almost two million metric tons per year.

Green Bay Packaging has significantly improved operational reliability and detrashing throughput at its Green Bay, WI facility through the implementation of Voith's OnControl.Pulping Detrashing solution.

Valmet has received an order from Klingele Paper & Packaging for an automation solution to increase resource efficiency through digitalization at the Weener paper mill in Germany.

The scope of supply includes advanced automation and digitalization solutions for maximum use of the boiler's potential.

Valmet and Helen Oy have signed a comprehensive four-year service agreement to ensure long-term performance for the newly converted wood-pellet-fired K7 BFB-boiler in Helen's Salmisaari power plant in Helsinki, Finland.

Södra's sawmill in Värö is the first in the industry to adopt a new, enhanced scanning solution that enables strength grading of timber with even greater precision. This investment allows Södra to make better use of each tree and strengthen its competitiveness in the market.

In 2024, Södra decided to invest in an electric, heavy-duty truck to be integrated into the company's logistics chain. The vehicle is now being put into operation within the production activities, and its use will be evaluated under real conditions over two years.

The innovative solution is made from Mondi's re/cycle FunctionalBarrier Paper range and designed for recycling according to the 4evergreen 'Design for Circularity Guidelines'.

With SBTi validation of its emissions reduction targets for 2030.