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Innovation and Strategy

By:

Jim Thompson, CEO

We designate November "Innovation and Strategy Month" here at Paperitalo Publications. You will see articles on these subjects throughout our work this month. I almost said "this subject" in the last sentence, for I believe they must be linked. Innovation without a properly vetted strategy is a disaster.

PM40

The PM40 closed Friday, 2 November 2018, at 3691.

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

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The PM40 closed 2 November 2018 down 7.2% from the 3 November 2017 level.

Disconnected Comparisons

In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate International Paper and UPM Kymmene.

Insider Trading

Reported insider trading since the last issue of PaperMoney.

ANDRITZ to Supply Major Pulp Production Technologies and Key Process Equipment for ARAUCO's MAPA Project in Chile

Start-up is scheduled for the first quarter of 2021

Cellwood to Upgrade Deinking Line at Colombiana Tissue

Delivery will take place in early 2019

Start-up of Two XcelLine Packaging Paper Machines for Sun Paper Set Record

Total of nine paper machines installed from Voith

Toscotec Enters the Japanese Market with Two Tissue Lines for the Marutomi Group

Scheduled for start-up respectively in the first and second half of 2019

Toscotec to Supply one AHEAD-1.5S Tissue Line on a Turnkey Basis to C.A.S. Paper Mill in Thailand

Start-up for the first quarter of 2020

Valmet Gets Repeat Order for a Process and Quality Vision System from BillerudKorsnäs in Skärblacka, Sweden

Start-up was in August 2018

Klabin Conducts Tests to Resume Exporting Rolls Through Breakbulk Shipments

Transported around 15,000 tons of pulp and 800 tons of paper

Pratt Celebrates 3 Years of Paper at Valparaiso, Indiana Mill

Workers were treated to a steak lunch on the anniversary

Update on Mondi's Investment in New 300,000 Tonne Kraft Top White Machine in Slovakia

Start-up expected towards the end of 2020

Tolko Announces Joint Venture in Mississippi Lumber Mill

Mill employs 150 people

DS Smith Plans $106 Million Facility in Lebanon, Indiana

Expects to hire 140 full-time employees

Holmen is Investing in Increasing Production at Braviken Sawmill

Expected to come into operation in 2020

Lee and Man Paper Expands into Malaysia

Expected to create about 1,200 jobs

Resolute Investing $40 Million in its NW Ontario Operations

Creation of 25 new jobs

Smurfit Kappa Breaks Ground for New Recovery Boiler

Part of a €134 million investment in Nettingsdorf

Visy to Open New $99M Cardboard Plant in Truganina

Will create 85 new jobs

Ahlstrom-Munksjö Completes the Acquisition of Caieiras

Purchase price of about EUR 98 million

Glatfelter Completes Sale of Specialty Papers Business

Cash proceeds were approximately $323 million

Judge OKs Carthage Specialty Paperboard Mill Sale

Employs about 70 people

ND Paper Completes Acquisition of Old Town, Maine Pulp Mill

Expects to restart in the first quarter of 2019

Smurfit Kappa to Expand its Southeast European Footprint with the Acquisition of the Largest Integrated Packaging Business in Serbia

Transaction will complete by year end

Stora Enso Acquires Swedish Cellulose Technology Company

Continuing to broaden application development

U.S. Department of Justice Clears WestRock's Acquisition of KapStone

Pending acquisition to close on November 2, 2018

UFPI Affiliate Purchases Milwaukee-based Supplier of Custom Packaging, Pak-Rite, Ltd.

Expands the company's capacity in custom packaging solutions

Downtime at Kimberly Clark Tissue Plant in France Due to Strike

Plant might be sold or closed

The Final Word by Helen Roush

By:

Helen Roush, Executive Vice President of Paperitalo Publications

Industree 4.0

Ahlstrom-Munksjö Plans to Significantly Improve the Competitiveness of its One-side Coated Business

Consultation processes are expected to be completed in January 2019

Brattleboro, Vermont Neenah Paper Facility Closure

Closure to leave 100 out of work

Canfor Temporarily Curtailing BC Operations in Q4

Expected to reduce production output by approximately 10% throughout the quarter

Interfor to Take Downtime in BC Interior

Due to a combination of declining lumber prices and escalating log costs

Mondi Closing Louisville Facility

Laying off 100 workers

Navigator's Figueira da Foz Mill Down Due to Storm Damage

The mill had no supply of water, electricity or telecom services

Norpaper's PM 6 Restarts with Slight Increase in Capacity

Production of Kraft Top White to start soon

WestRock Provides Update on Hurricane Michael's Impact

Will return to full production capacity within 30 days

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