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Risks, Fires and Catastrophes

By:

Jim Thompson, CEO

I know you know we are very safety minded here at Paperitalo Publications. Do you ever go over a couple of columns on this website and look at the department "Risks, Fires and Catastrophes?" Just taking a quick look at it, the mayhem this year is on pace to equal or exceed last year.

PM40

The PM40 closed Friday, 1 June 2018, at 4112.

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

RearView

The PM40 closed 1 June 2018 up 10.8% from the 2 June 2017 level.

Disconnected Comparisons

In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate UPM Kymmene and Louisiana Pacific.

Insider Trading

Reported insider trading since the last issue of PaperMoney.

ANDRITZ to Optimize Plant Operations at Zellstoff Pöls Pulp Mill

Guaranteed reliable production

ANDRITZ to Supply Bio-methanol Plant for Södra's Mönsterås Mill in Sweden

Start-up of the plant is scheduled for the third quarter of 2019

MHPS Receives Order for 97 MW Steam Turbine Power Generation System for Pulp & Paper Mill in Indonesia

Scheduled to begin operations in year-end 2019

Valmet to Supply a Tissue Machine Restart-up Package for Xiamen Sin Yang Paper Co.

Start-up is scheduled for July 2018

Kotkamills en Route Towards a Plastic Free World - One Coffee Cup at a Time

Plastic-free enables the products to be easily recyclable

Metsä Group to Build Demonstration Plant for Textile Fibers

Portfolio of wood based products expanding

Progroup Starts Construction of its New Paper Mill in Eastern Germany in Early 2019

Construction is currently scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2019

UPM Renames itself UPM Communication Papers

Continuing its global outreach

Crecia-Kasuga Completes Construction of a New Production Facility for Household Paper Products

Annual production capacity is approximately 36,000 tons

Stora Enso Accelerates Growth in Renewable Materials

To combat the global problem of plastic waste

Valmet and Georgia-Pacific Enter Agreement on eTAD(TM) Technology

Technology was developed by Georgia-Pacific

BSW Announces €40m Investment Plans for Slovenian Sawmill

Construction to begin in September 2018

Kimberly-Clark to Expand Production

14 new jobs to be added to the North Carolina nonwovens plant

Resolute to Invest Over $52 Million in its Saint-Félicien Pulp Mill in Quebec

To be completed by the end of 2019

Bain Capital to Acquire Gruppo Cordenons

Transaction remains subject to customary regulatory approvals

Catalyst Paper Enters into Agreement to Sell U.S. Mills

Purchase price to ND Paper LLC to be US$175 million

Conifex to Acquire US Sawmills from Blue Wolf Capital Partners

To be closed at or around the end of the 2Q 2018

DS Smith Plc to Acquire North American Corrugated Packaging Business

Investment includes four facilities in North America

Green Bay Packaging Inc. Announces Acquisition of Wisconsin Packaging Corp.

Acquisition was effective May 31, 2018

Huhtamaki Acquires the Majority of CupPrint in Ireland

Purchase price was approximately EUR 22 million

SKG to Acquire Reparenco for Approximately €460 Million

Expected to close transaction during the 2nd quarter

Sonoco to Acquire Conitex Sonoco Joint Venture

Expected to close in the third quarter of 2018

Nippon Paper Group Announces Reorganization

Plans to continue its employment of the 350 employees

The Final Word by Chuck Swann

By:

Chuck Swann, Senior Editor

When too much government is not enough

Boise Cascade Announces Curtailment of Lumber Operation in Elgin, Oregon

Operations to cease by mid-July

Interfor Resumes Operations at Grand Forks Sawmill

Severe flooding curtailed operations

Sixty Employees to be Laid off at Essity Mill in Ohio

Layoffs are expected to be permanent

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