I recently attended a seminar that presented data on privately owned versus publicly traded pulp and paper companies. The conclusion was that publicly traded companies are poorer performers, less well maintained and have more of a chance of being obsolete than privately held companies.

The PM40 closed Friday, 28 March 2025, at 5488.

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

In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate Smurfit Westrock and Universal Forest Products.

The PM40 closed 28 March 2025 down 5.4% from the 28 March 2024 level.

The Trump Administration's executive orders cut across dozens of industries. This searchable tool breaks down the orders and their impact.

In this special episode, we talk with Stein Larsen, CEO NOREXECO ASA.

Last week, Rottneros issued a profit warning due to rising raw material prices, the world market's declining demand for mechanical pulp and an increasingly weaker dollar exchange rate. The Group is now giving notice of redundancy for 47 people, most of those affected are working at Rottneros Mill in Sunne.

The replacement roll will be delivered during the second quarter of 2026.

The challenge aims to support innovative companies that provide new, innovative compostable or recyclable barrier coatings solutions for paper and other compostable substrates.

What will changing tariffs do to your business in the long term?

Stora Enso's new consumer packaging board line at the Oulu site in Finland has started production ramp-up. The first customer deliveries are expected in the second quarter of 2025.

Setra Group will make a transition from continuous production to periodic production of cross-laminated timber (CLT) and wood components at the facility in Långshyttan, Dalarna, Sweden. This adjustment, aimed at ensuring long-term financial stability, will result in layoff notices being issued to around 60 employees.

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Incidents in 2025: We are updating this list as these happen in the pulp, paper and forest products industry

We are updating this list as these happen in the pulp, paper and forest products industry

We are updating this list as these happen in the pulp, paper and forest products industry

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Pulp and Paper Manufacturers report to the US Securities and Exchange Commission

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As a result, the transaction is now expected to close on April 1, 2025.

Workers at the Kruger pulp mill in Kamloops have ratified a new four-year collective agreement that will set the pattern for negotiations across the Western Pulp and Paper Caucus.

British Columbia has committed more than $97 million to support forestry-sector manufacturers through the BC Manufacturing Jobs Fund (BCMJF), contributing to the protection of over 3,500 jobs and attracting $680 million in private investment.

An employee at an Appleton-based paper company died on Wednesday, March 12 after a workplace accident.

Japan Airlines (JAL), Airbus, Nippon Paper Industries, Sumitomo Corporation, and Green Earth Institute (GEI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the realization of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) using bioethanol derived from domestic wood.

Sappi Europe introduces Arboro, an educational board game that showcases the versatility of modern paper solutions