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 Charles Egan, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2017.

The PM40 closed Friday, 11 October 2024, at 6035.

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 Louisiana Pacific and Stora Enso.

The PM40 closed 11 October 2024 up 24.1% from the 13 October 2023 level.

Reported insider trading since the last issue of PaperMoney.

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

The New York Stock Exchange will delist Enviva's stock by October 22, marking the final chapter in the company's dramatic fall from a market value of nearly $6 billion in 2022. The wood-pellet producer's financial troubles arose from a failed bet on pellet prices, pushing the firm into bankruptcy and wiping out shareholders.

SPM has received a strategically important order from Swedish sawmill Södra Wood Långasjö for online systems and wireless vibration sensors for monitoring production-critical equipment.

Pregis® expands its EasyPack® on-demand paper systems portfolio with three curbside-recyclable solutions that will be featured at Pack Expo 2024. These additions strengthen the comprehensive Pregis paper systems portfolio, which supports a wide range of in-the-box applications such as block and brace, cushioning, void fill, and wrapping.

I always say never bet against aluminum cans or toilet paper.

Ingevity's president and chief executive, John Fortson, has left the maker of specialty chemicals and carbon materials.

Georgia-Pacific announced it is modifying lumber operations at two of its lumber facilities located in Camden and Prosperity, South Carolina. Over the next couple of months, these sites will be discontinuing lumber production from logs while maintaining plywood core sawing operations. The modification will not have an impact on Georgia-Pacific's plywood facilities located within the same complexes as these lumber operations.

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Incidents in 2024: 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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Antalis, a European leader in the distribution of Papers, Packaging and Visual Communication, has signed a binding agreement to acquire the assets of Xerox's EMEA paper business. Xerox distributes office paper and digital printing products in more than 40 countries in Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the Middle East, India and Africa.

The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) has cited and fined a mill operator in Camas following an investigation into the death of a worker who was crushed by a packing machine that had no guards in place to keep people out of harm's way.

Canadian owned and operated Atlantic Packaging Products, Ltd., located in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, is pleased to announce the opening of its newest manufacturing plant in Hamilton, Ontario. This state of the art facility was developed in response to customer needs, allowing the company to enhance its ability to provide sustainable, high-quality packaging solutions while expanding capacity to support customer growth.

Clearwater Paper Corporation, a premier supplier of bleached paperboard and quality consumer tissue, announced that it temporarily suspended operations at its Augusta, Georgia paperboard facility and its Shelby, North Carolina tissue facility due to the impacts from Hurricane Helene. There was no serious damage to equipment and both facilities are resuming operations.

Austrian Lenzing Group invests in Swedish fiber company TreeToTextile to accelerate development of a new renewable and resource efficient cellulose fiber for textile and nonwoven applications.

Investments in new fossil-free power production