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The PM40 closed Friday, 17 April 2020, at 2353.

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The PM40 closed 17 April 2020 down 35.9% from the 18 April 2019 level.

In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate Greif and Weyerhaeuser.

Northern Pulp Nova Scotia has requested Nova Scotia Environment issue a timely, well-defined, and outcome-based Environmental Assessment process for its proposed Effluent Treatment Facility (ETF) modernization.

Norske Skog ASA closely monitors the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and continuously implements adequate measures to reduce the risk for employees and ensure continuity of operations. Norske Skog adheres to the individual recommendations and measures taken by the national authorities.

Canfor Corporation is undertaking additional temporary reductions in production capacity due to the impact of COVID-19 on the price of lumber and demand.

Smurfit Kappa has launched a new 'Design for Help' portfolio of products to help alleviate some of the current challenges being experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mondi will not pay a final dividend for 2019, it said on Thursday, as it cuts costs and capital spending after seeing a deterioration in its order book in Europe and South Africa from the end of March.

The former site of the White Pigeon Paper Company -- now owned and operated by Graphic Packaging International -- has been added to the state's list of PFAS contamination sites.

IT Tech Packaging, Inc. announced that its tissue paper production lines are now running at full production capacity to fulfill orders. The average selling price of tissue paper increased 8% from USD $836 per tonne to USD $903 per tonne in the first quarter, resulting from growing demand because of Covid-19.

Mercer International Inc. reports that its joint venture Cariboo pulp mill in British Columbia, Canada will be taking approximately 4 weeks of downtime starting on or about April 20, 2020, resulting in an approximate reduction of NBSK production of 30,000 tonnes of which Mercer's share is 15,000 tonnes.

The company is planning reductions in plywood production of 25-35% and in EWP volumes of 20-40% depending on location, in comparison to 1Q levels. The reductions in production are expected to be implemented through a combination of periodic curtailments and reductions in operating schedules at specific facilities.

West Fraser says it will further reduce its SPF production by 30M to 40M board feet of production per week which represents between 45 and 60% of SPF production.

Since 1924, Fulton Systems, Inc. is a strategic manufacturer and supplier to the pulp and paper industry.

The #RollingItForward initiative came out of a shared desire to give back to the people who are working so tirelessly to help Canadians who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. It will begin in Montreal, before expanding to Toronto and Vancouver.

Valmet will supply a complete mill-wide Valmet DNA Distributed Control System (DCS) to JK Paper Limited for their upcoming board project at Fort Songadh Mill in India.

Valmet will supply the 300th Valmet Paper Lab automated board and paper testing laboratory to Papierfabrik Palm's (Palm) Aalen-Neukochen mill.

Kadant Solutions, a division of Kadant Inc., reached a milestone in nanotechnology-enhanced composite doctor blades sales. Since the launch a few years ago nanotechnology-enhanced blades represent Kadant's largest volume composite doctor blade type.

Sonoco announced it is increasing prices for all paperboard tubes and cores sold in the United States and Canada by a minimum of 8 percent, effective with shipments on and after Wednesday, May 13, 2020.

The new price on bleached softwood kraft pulp, $880 per tonne, is valid from May 1, 2020.

Greif, Inc. announced that it is implementing a $50 per ton price increase for all grades of uncoated recycled paperboard (URB), effective with shipments beginning May 18, 2020.

Huhtamaki has announced a donation of EUR 0.5 million in support of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies' (IFRC) COVID-19 appeal. The funds will be channeled via Finnish Red Cross to go towards boosting emergency relief efforts in Asia and Europe and improving the lives of the world's most vulnerable.

Smurfit Kappa Group PLC said that it is no longer recommending a final dividend for 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Specifically, the Spanish business announced that it would manufacture and donate individual bedside tables for patients at IFEMA field hospital, to be handed over to the Regional Government.

Brazilian pulp and paper company Suzano SA is likely to conclude talks on a pulp price hike in China in the second half of April, its chief executive told journalists in a call on Tuesday.