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PAPER2019
CONVENTION DAILY

Sunday, March 24, 2019

Monday, March 25, 2019

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

The Paper2020 Convention Daily is published by O'Brien Publications, Inc., the publisher of PaperAge.

PAPER INDUSTRY NEWS

• European Paper and Board Production in 2019 Follows EU Economy Downward Trend, But Market Pulp Up (2/21)
• Sappi Europe Announces Price Increases for Woodfree Coated and Woodfree Uncoated Paper Grades (2/21)
• Smurfit Kappa to Invest $36 Million in Expansion of Paper Sack Production in South America (2/20)
• International Paper Names Sophie Beckham as Its First Chief Sustainability Officer (2/19)
• Catalyst Paper to Temporarily Curtail Crofton, BC Paper Operations Due to Lack of Fibre (2/18)
• Atlantic Packaging Acquires Coastal Corrugated Custom Packaging Solutions in Charleston, SC (2/18)
• Mckinley Paper Mill in Washington State Getting Ready to Go with New Hires and Veteran Papermakers (2/17)
• Södra's CFO Peter Karlsson to Take Over as Interim President (2/17)
• Valmet to Supply New Evaporation Line to Century Pulp and Paper in India (2/17)
• Pulp & Paper Safety Association Opens Nominations for Safety Performance Awards (2/16)
• Domtar Agrees To Purchase Appvion Point Of Sale Business (2/14)
• Metsä Spring and Valmet to Collaborate in Development of New Wood Fiber-based Product (2/14)
• Sonoco's Alloyd Division Introduces All-Paper Retail Blister Package (2/13)
• Port Hawkesbury Paper Seeks Revised Electricity Rate From Nova Scotia Regulators (2/13)
• Denmark's Hartmann to Acquire Moulded Fibre Egg and Fruit Packaging Producer Mohan Fibre in India (2/13)
• UPM Signs Long Term Wind Power Purchase Agreement with German Wind Park Development Company wpd (2/12)
• Valmet to Deliver Defibrator System to Qinzhou Lvyuan Wood in China (2/12)
• Performance BioFilaments Reaches New Milestone in Nanofibrillated Cellulose Commercial Production (2/12)
• Koehler Paper Group Acquires U.S. Based Beaver Paper & Graphic Media (2/11)
• Finnish Paper Workers' Union and Finnish Forest Industries Reach Agreement, End Strike (2/11)
• Sappi Begins Consultation Process Related to the Closure of Paper Machine 2 at Its Stockstadt Mill in Germany (2/11)
• Neenah Announces John O'Donnell To Retire As CEO; Julie Schertell Named As Successor (2/11)
• Sappi Europe Announces Price Increases for Woodfree Coated and Woodfree Uncoated Paper Grades (2/11)
• ANDRITZ to Supply Pulping Equipment and Technology for UPM's New Eucalyptus Pulp Mill in Uruguay (2/11)
• Verso Completes Sale of Androscoggin and Stevens Point Mills to Pixelle Specialty Solutions (2/10)
• Metsä Tissue Selects BHM Ingenieure as Its Technical Pre-engineering Partner for Capacity Increase Project at Mariestad Mill in Sweden (2/7)
• Domtar Reports Preliminary Fourth Quarter And Fiscal Year 2019 Financial Results (2/7)
• Paper2020 Leadership Session, Sustainability 2.0: Meeting the Challenges of Climate Change and the Circular Economy (2/6)
• DS Smith Sees Sales of Paper for Shopping Bags Jump 400% in Three Years (2/6)
• Huhtamaki Says Nearly 70% of Its Product Portfolio Now Made of Fiber-based Products (2/6)
• Pratt Industries Executive Chairman Says Company Will Build Two Recycled Containerboard Mills in the U.S. (2/5)
• Cepi Welcomes Launch of Forest Information System For Europe (2/5)
• Sappi Announces Financial Results for First Fiscal Quarter 2020 (2/5)
• Sonoco Elects Howard Coker as President and CEO, Succeeds Rob Tiede (2/4)
• Ahlstrom-Munksjö Develops Certified Release Base Papers (2/4)
• Satia Industries Receives Environmental Clearance to Double Paper Production Capacity in India (2/3)
• Verso Announces Preliminary Results of 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (2/3)
• Paper Receipts Remain Essential Choice for Shoppers Following the EU BPA Ban (2/3)
• Resolute Completes Acquisition of Three U.S. Sawmills for $163 Million (2/3)
• Marcal Paper Is Officially Back in Business, Papermaking Operations Restarted (2/1)
• Cascades' New 100% Recycled and Recyclable Cardboard Tray Wins a Grand Prix Award from DUX (1/31)
• Verso, Atlas and Blue Wolf Announce Agreement to End Proxy Contest (1/31)
• Georgia-Pacific to Invest $145 Million in Expansion of Darlington, SC, Dixie Plate and Bowl Operations (1/31)
• Boise Paper Announces Sponsorship of Nation-Wide Literacy Organization 'Reach Out and Read' (1/31)
• Resolute Forest products Reports Preliminary Fourth Quarter and 2019 Results (1/30)
• Södra's President and CEO, Lars Idermark, to Leave Company (1/30)
• International Paper Reports Full-Year and Fourth Quarter 2019 Results (1/30)
• Packaging Corporation of America Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2019 Results (1/30)
• Clearwater Paper CEO Linda Massman to Retire, Arsen Kitch to Succeed Her (1/29)
• Clyde Industries to Supply Boiler Efficiency Equipment for Bracell's Pulp Mill Expansion Project in Brazil (1/29)
• Cepi Names Ignazio Capuano of Burgo Group as Its New Chairman (1/29)
• Lecta Increases Prices of Thermal Papers for New Orders by 8 to 10 Percent (1/29)
• Graphic Packaging to Acquire Folding Carton Facility in Nebraska from Quad/Graphics for $40 Million (1/28)
• SCA Announces $40 Price Hike for NBSK Pulp in Europe (1/28)
• Graphic Packaging Announces Initial $250 Million Acquisition of International Paper's Minority Ownership Interest in Partnership (1/28)
• Graphic Packaging Holding Company Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2019 Results (1/28)
• UPM Says No Buyer Yet for Chapelle Newsprint Mill in France, Closure Imminent (1/28)
• ABB Wins Drives Order for Two Different Sun Paper Projects in China and Laos (1/28)
• Heinzel Group to Expand Pulp Production Capacity at Zellstoff Pöls in Austria (1/27)
• Paper Mill Workers in Finland Begin Widespread Strikes, Mediation to Continue Tuesday (1/27)
• Stora Enso's Maxau Paper Mill to Provide Renewable District Heating in Germany (1/27)
• UPM Commits to UN Business Ambition for 1.5°C to Mitigate Climate Change (1/27)
• DS Smith Opens New Box Manufacturing Plant in Lebanon, Indiana (1/24)
• Unifor Supports Request for Northern Pulp Decision Supreme Court Review (1/24)
• Pratt Industries' Anthony Pratt Named PaperAge's 33rd Executive Papermaker of the Year (1/23)
• Wood Raw Material Costs for World Pulp Producers Fell in 2019, Biggest Decreases Occurred in Europe (1/23)
• Valmet to Deliver Pulp Mill Technology and Automation for Lenzing's and Duratex's Joint Pulp Mill Project in Brazil (1/23)
• European Paper Recycling Council Announces 7th Edition Recycling Award Winners (1/23)
• Papierfabrik Palm Recycled Containerboard Machine Project on Track in Aalen, Germany (1/22)
• WestRock Named to FORTUNE's List of World's Most Admired Companies (1/22)
• Threat of Damaging Strikes Looms Large over Finnish Forest Industries (1/21)
• Valmet Plans to Move Production of Dryer Fabric and Wide Filter Fabric from Finland to Portugal (1/21)
• International Paper Named to FORTUNE's List of World's Most Admired Companies (1/21)
• Metsä Board Named on CDP 'A List' for Leading Effort Against Climate Change (1/21)
• Finnish Forest Industries Federation Says Potential 14-Day Labor Strike Could Cost Pulp and Paper Mills Nearly EUR 640 Million (1/20)
• Verso Receives All Necessary Regulatory Approvals to Complete the Pixelle Transaction (1/20)

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