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Beetles, tariffs and mill closures have cut into Canada's share of the U.S. lumber market, lifting prices by about a third over the past year and shifting even more logging to the U.S. Southeast.

There were no injuries in a fire at the Quad/Graphics plant in Sussex Thursday, Oct. 24, though five workers were evaluated and released.

UPM will strengthen its cost competitiveness and reduce its CO2 emissions by 5 % by investing in a Combined-Heat-Power (CHP) plant at its Nordland paper mill in Dörpen, Germany.

The Veritiv Operating Company has notified the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry that it plans to close its warehouse in Lemoyne on Dec. 31.

The Forests in Focus platform will optimize multiple public data sources to support sustainability commitments.

The restructuring agreement calls for a permanent reduction in the workforce at Spring Mill over the next several months. As part of this agreement, there will be a severance package offering for up to 50 employees based on seniority.

Norbord Inc. announced that effective mid-November, it will indefinitely curtail production on Line 1 of its two-line oriented strand board (OSB) mill in Cordele, Georgia until further notice.

Fortress Global Enterprises Inc. announces that the Toronto Stock Exchange has notified the Company that it is reviewing the eligibility of the Company's securities for continued listing on the TSX pursuant to the requirements of the TSX Company Manual.

Georgia-Pacific is idling two rural South Carolina facilities that employ 240 workers, blaming sluggish conditions in the U.S. home-building industry.

Stora Enso plans to make organizational changes in the Paper division following the Oulu Mill conversion at the end of 2020.

This initiative aims to reduce the impact of climate change by encouraging the use of paper bags, given it is a renewable and recyclable solution.

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They will be exiting the following segments of its specialty business: • Pressure Sensitive • Embedded Cards • Dimensional Items • Magnets.

Greif, Inc. announced that it is ceasing operations at its Number 1 paperboard machine at the Mobile Paperboard Mill in Mobile, Alabama.

Building on years of experience, the development journey towards a sustainable paper bottle first began in 2015 by innovation expert EcoXpac in collaboration with Carlsberg Group and BillerudKorsnäs, with support from project partners.

The company is expected to invest around $175 million (Euro 159.2 million) to build the plant.

The cause of a conveyor belt fire at the WestRock Paper Mill in West Point is under investigation.

Company blames decline in cedar supply and weak markets for byproducts.

LSC Communications announced that the company was honored with six awards in the 2019 'Golden Cylinder' Awards, an annual competition designed to identify the "Best of Gravure" in each segment of the printing industry and to distinguish technical innovations.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation is investigating a broken pipe at Finch Paper that leaked about 2 million gallons of paper waste into the Hudson River late last month.

Orora has sold its its Australian packaging business to Nippon Paper for $1.72 billion, triggering a surge in its share price of as much as 19 per cent at one point on Thursday.

By 2030, the Lenzing Group aims to reduce its specific CO2 emissions per ton of manufactured pulp and fibers by 50%. By the year 2050, the Lenzing Group will no longer generate any net CO2 emissions.

The investment made by BillerudKorsnäs in the new KM7 machine at the Gruvön mill is the company's biggest investment to date and one of the largest industrial investments in Sweden in recent years.

WIELAND, a general contracting and construction management firm, has been awarded the contract for the new Graphic Packaging mill project in Kalamazoo, MI.

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation announced that it has acquired the prefinishing assets at a Granite City, Ill., prefinish facility near St. Louis owned by BlueLinx.