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Verso Corporation announced an inventory expansion of its inkjet roll papers to support the evolving needs of commercial printers and document centers with high-speed inkjet presses.

International Paper is responding to the needs of communities in Italy in the face of COVID-19. The company has been donating thousands of corrugated boxes to a number of hospitals, medical units and charitable organizations such as the Civil Protection, Blue Cross, local foodbanks and others across the communities where it operates.

Although certain toxins discharged from furnaces and kilns at pulp mills were not deemed dangerous in a list of substances the government monitors, the D.C. Circuit ruled that they should have been considered harmful.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö has developed a face mask material as part of the Resilience project, administrated by the French Government.

To mark Earth Day's 50th anniversary, Earth Day Canada and Earth Day Initiative, in collaboration with Corporate Knights, have released the 50 Top Business Moves for the Planet.

Greif, Inc. announced the release of its online 2019 Sustainability Report. The annual report details Greif's commitment to continuous improvement through an integrated approach to environmental and social responsibility. The report provides the company's 2025 sustainability goals and highlights progress and strategies underway to achieve those goals.

Valmet will supply automation technology to Stora Enso's Oulu Mill in Finland. The automation orders are related to Stora Enso's paper machine (PM 7) grade conversion project delivered by Valmet.

Valmet and Metsä Fibre, which is part of Metsä Group, have signed a preliminary agreement according to which Valmet will deliver key technology covering all main process islands and automation systems to Metsä Fibre's planned Kemi bioproduct mill in Finland.

Voith strengthens its winder product portfolio with the introduction of the new TwinDrive double unwind, another solution for significantly boosting winding capacity.

Valmet will supply a fine paper making line with stock preparation, an extensive scope of automation and a recovery boiler for Sun Paper in Beihai, China.

Valmet announced on April 21, 2020 the start of co-determination negotiations for temporary lay-offs in Finland.

For a second time, FITNIR Analyzers was selected by Södra, a leading pulp producer based in Sweden, for its online pulp liquor analyzer.

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The Graphic Packaging Management Team in Kenton was notified this past Saturday April 11, that a production employee tested positive for COVID-19.

After two employees were diagnosed with COVID-19 at its Terre Haute facility, Amcor said the situation was quickly contained.

The mill was shut down indefinitely as elation over the stunning news that that no one was harmed shifted to worries Thursday about the future of the mill that employs 500 people and is the town's largest taxpayer.

The company cites an unexpected drop in demand from customers due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The meeting will be held May 4, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time. A replay of the meeting will be available on the Company's website until May 4, 2021.

An employee from Quad/Graphics' West Allis facility passed away on April 8 from COVID-19, the Sussex-based company said in a statement.

Four employees at a paper mill in Evadale have tested positive for COVID-19 according to a spokesperson.

The International Paper Corrugated Box Plant in Houston has confirmed its second case of COVID-19.

Sonoco announced that its Board of Directors has approved an $83 million investment to strengthen its uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) mill system in the United States and Canada. The majority of the investment includes transforming its Hartsville, S.C., corrugated medium machine (No. 10 machine) into a state-of-the-art URB machine with annual production capacity of approximately 180,000 tons.

Firefighters from Oxford and at least two other fire departments put out a blaze Saturday afternoon, April 11, at the National Gypsum Company facility near Bynum.

PotlatchDeltic Corporation announced plans to temporarily halt production at its St. Maries, Idaho industrial plywood facility as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on plywood markets. Starting April 20, 2020 the St. Maries, Idaho plywood facility will halt production for two weeks and curtailments may be extended depending on market conditions. All other businesses, including lumber mills in Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, and Arkansas, continue to operate, but are closely monitoring market conditions.