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International Paper announced that Chairman and CEO Mark Sutton has requested that the Board of Directors move forward with the next phase of the company's CEO succession plan. This phase in the process will include a comprehensive evaluation of internal and external candidates for Sutton's successor. Sutton will continue in his role as chairman and CEO until his successor is in place.

Units from the Toledo Fire Department, as well as the Emergency Response Team (ERT) from Georgia-Pacific, responded Monday morning, Sept. 11, after reports of a fire in the dryer section of the paper building at the Georgia-Pacific containerboard mill.

Smurfit Kappa and WestRock to combine, creating Smurfit WestRock, a global leader in sustainable packaging with unparalleled scale, quality, product and geographic diversity.

The return to work will be gradual, starting September 18. Workers have been on strike since July 4. The company imposed this measure after a third production stoppage by employees.

The purchase price for this acquisition was $330 million.

New site investment will propel consumer packaging made from recycled content in support of healthier planet.

The Lenzing Group has made significant technical improvements to its Purwakarta site (PT. South Pacific Viscose) in Indonesia. Lenzing has invested more than Euro 100 million since 2021 to convert existing production capacity to specialty viscose. With the imminent completion of the investment, Lenzing is in a better position to serve the strongly growing demand for specialty fibers.

The closure is part of the company's $500 million plan to expand its Broadway mill that will add roughly 500 new jobs. The expansion is scheduled to be operational for the first half of 2024.

Pratt Industries, a private company owned by an Australian billionaire, announced Thursday that it would build the plant in Warner Robins, with plans to begin turning out boxes by late 2024.

The transaction represents the 70th acquisition for Imperial Dade under the leadership of Robert and Jason Tillis, Chairman and CEO of Imperial Dade, respectively. Financial terms of the private transaction were not disclosed.

The CT scanner and its fingerprinting technology also enables SCA to follow the logs journey through the sawmill, from sorting to finished product in the warehouse.

Domtar Corporation, a part of the Paper Excellence Group, announced it will indefinitely idle the pulp and paper operations at its Espanola, Ontario, facility for an expected period greater than one year. The decision will result in a curtailment of Domtar's annual pulp production by approximately 280,000 air-dried metric tons of northern bleached softwood kraft pulp and approximately 69,000 tons of specialty paper. The announcement will affect approximately 450 employees.

Metsä Group's Kemi mills are getting ready for a maintenance and connection shutdown to prepare for the deployment of the largest ever investment of the forest industry in Finland - the new bioproduct mill and paperboard mill expansion in Kemi.

He will be responsible for operating and developing the family company's production sites as well as supply chain management.

The corrugated packaging company will invest $500 million in Pennsylvania to create hundreds of jobs across the Commonwealth over the next ten years.

Georgia-Pacific said that approximately 525 jobs will be directly impacted by the decision to close the mill.

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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 Erling Sven Lorentzen, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2012.

The PM40 closed Friday, 15 September 2023, at 5073.

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

The PM40 closed 15 September 2023 up 4.9% from the 16 September 2022 level.

In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate Glatfelter and PCA.

Indonesian PT Riau Andalan Pulp & Paper purchased the Dynamic Drainage Analyzer 5 (DDA 5) from Swedish PulpEye.

Metsä Tissue is investing in world-leading environmental and operational performance in tissue paper production by modernizing and expanding its paper mill in Mariestad, Sweden. AFRY has been involved in the pre-project and is now a selected partner to deliver several services in the construction phase.

Valmet's delivery will enhance operational efficiency and improve the end-product quality at the customer's Jiangxi mill producing glassine paper.

The delivery is scheduled for January 2025.