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The PM40 closed 16 May 2025 down 9.5% from the 17 May 2024 level.

In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate Clearwater Paper and Boise Cascade.

Kimberly-Clark expects that its common stock will cease trading on the NYSE at market close on Thursday, May 29, 2025, and will commence trading on Nasdaq on Friday, May 30, 2025.

"Most of our customers that export, especially to the U.S., really don't know what the price of their goods is going to be," said Cristian Infante, who heads Copec's forestry arm Arauco, in a presentation. "So they're trying to buy as little as possible."

Operations generated $2.8bn in 2024 in three countries with eight mills and two conversion facilities.

Revenue was $546.1 million in Q1 2025 compared to $479.4 million in Q1 2024, an increase of $66.7 million or 13.9%.

Mondi PLC reported on Thursday its profitability was robust for the first quarter of 2025, crediting a rise in sales volumes and cost-control efforts.

Suzano, the world's largest pulp producer, announces its first quarter results for 2025 (1Q25) with record net revenue of R$11.6 billion, up 22% on the same quarter last year (1Q24). The result was driven by the exchange rates, increased pulp sales volumes from the new Ribas do Rio Pardo mill, higher paper volume and prices and the positive contribution from our paperboard mills recently acquired in the U.S.

Q1 2025 operating loss of $29 million; shareholder net loss of $31 million, or $0.26 per share.

Net Loss for the quarter of $32 million, a $30 million decline from prior year quarter.

Net income of $27 million ($0.65 per diluted share) vs. $81 million ($1.94 per diluted share)

Canada and the United States have been without a softwood lumber deal since 2015 and B.C. softwood lumber exporters pay duties of 14.4 per cent with those expected to jump to 34.5 per cent in the fall.

GAAP: Net sales of $824 million, Operating income of $4 million.

Sales of $484.8 million decreased 3.1% year over year, and 0.2% on an organic basis

Sales of $1,154 million (compared with $1,211 million in Q4 2024 and $1,109 million in Q1 2024)

Adjusted EBITDA of $49 million and Net Loss of $35 million

Net sales for the first quarter of 2025 remained flat at $724 million.

Aikawa Fiber Technologies (AFT) is proud to announce it has been selected to supply a complete stock preparation system for a new 250 TPD production line at Papertech's mill in Bangladesh.

The new operation is scheduled to start in the Q3 2026.

The delivery is scheduled for August 2025, and the start-up for September.

ABB has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreement with Raumaster Paper to jointly explore integrated winder solutions in the US, helping paper mills enhance operational efficiency and extend the lifecycle of existing equipment.

Start-up of the new equipment is scheduled for the second half of 2027.

Questions and answers on the topic by Maflex.

This installation marks the ninth shoe press delivered to Lee & Man Paper by Andritz and the sixth PrimePress X shoe press installed in Malaysia.

Tietoevry Tech Services has signed a new three-year agreement with Metsä Group. The agreement covers all of Metsä Group's IT infrastructure services, according to a press release.