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Several clients and colleagues have recently remarked that, with the world coming out of Covid-19 (or a least hoping we are coming out of Covid-19), there is a new urgency and frenetic pace about work and play for that matter. This is a recipe for accidents.

The PM40 closed Thursday, 1 April 2021, at 4188.

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 1 April 2021 up 48.1% from the 3 April 2020 level.

In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate Mercer International and RELX Group.

Reported insider trading since the last issue of PaperMoney.

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 140 papermaking innovators and legends have been enshrined. This month, we profile the late Georg Jayme, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2011.

The PM40 closed Friday, 12 March 2021, at 4294.

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

In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate Avery Dennison and International Paper.

The PM40 closed 12 March 2021 up 38.8% from the 6 March 2020 level.

Reported insider trading since the last issue of PaperMoney.

The last month has seen pulp and paper mills in the United States struck by outside forces out of their control. Or were they? First, WestRock was reportedly invaded by a ransomware attack. We will not know what the damage was there until the next quarter's earnings are reported. Then, southern mills, especially in Texas but throughout the south, were crippled by a severe winter storm. What are the learnings?

The PM40 closed Thursday, 25 February 2021, at 3867.

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 25 February 2021 up 23.8% from the 28 February 2020 level.

In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate Ennis, Inc and Amcor.

Reported insider trading since the last issue of PaperMoney.

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 140 papermaking innovators and legends have been enshrined. This month, we profile the late Theodore Clifford Kennedy, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2008.

The PM40 closed Friday, 12 February 2021, at 4006.

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 12 February 2021 up 30.4% from the 14 February 2020 level.

In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate Domtar and Kimberly-Clark.

Reported insider trading since the last issue of PaperMoney.

Suppose an unfriendly force decided, through penetration of computer systems, to shut down the packaging business, from paperboard manufacturing through converting. From the glimpse we saw last week, which seemed to be a one-off incident, it appears possible.

The PM40 closed Friday, 29 January 2021, at 3545.

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 29 January 2021 up 12.6% from the 31 January 2020 level.

In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate 3M and Universal Forest Products.

Reported insider trading since the last issue of PaperMoney.