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A judge has denied the DuPont Co.'s request to approve an appeal to Delaware's Supreme Court of an order directing the unsealing of a complaint filed against the company by chemical manufacturer Chemours.

EcoVadis is one of the leading systems for evaluating suppliers' environmental aspects, working conditions, social responsibility, and procurement practices.

One of the new targets states that 85% percent of the company's packaging is to be manufactured from renewable or recycled material by 2025.

With two years left to hit its 2020 sustainability goals, International Paper has already exceed half of its target numbers.

Tieto and Valmet have begun a cooperation to support energy producers in utilizing new digitalisation technologies to enhance fuel supply chain management and transparency.

Closures and cutbacks

Georgia-Pacific spokesman Rick Kimble said the fire started in the raw materials storage area and quickly spread. A fire suppression system at the plant was unable to contain the fire because it was moving too fast, he said.

The shareholders of Bergvik Skog AB, a Swedish forest holding company, have finalised the previously announced restructuring of its ownership.

As previously communicated, BillerudKorsnäs has entered into an agreement with all shareholders of Bergvik Skog AB concerning a split of Bergvik Skog AB's forest assets.

On Wednesday, May 29, 2019, at 12:45 a.m., Phoenix Paper Wickliffe, LLC, successfully restarted operations of the Wickliffe, Kentucky paper mill.

Fire crews have been called to the Saica paper mill in Carrington for the second time in just two months.

According to Laurens County Deputy Coroner Nathan Stanley, an accident involving a bulldozer led to the death of 31-year-old Melissa Colson.

International Paper has entered into an agreement with West Coast Paper Mills Limited to sell its controlling interest in International Paper APPM Limited, an India-based paper business.

"We will continue our communication with Verso leadership and continue to discuss the issues raised by the workers, town, and county, so that Luke and the entire region isn't left blindsided once again. We will continue fighting for the mill workers and the residents of Luke during this difficult time."

The curtailment is expected to reduce production in the region by approximately 20 million board feet for the month of June and will be taken by way of reduced operating days at each of the three BC Interior mills.

Stora Enso will invest 350 million euros ($391 million) at its Oulu mill to boost output of kraftliner board used in packaging and reduce glossy magazine paper production, the company said.

Essity said it will build a test plant in Germany to produce pulp from wheat straw and other plant-based agricultural by-products to reduce its dependence on wood based pulp.

Construction has commenced and the project is slated for completion in the first half of 2020.

CorrVentures LLC, a private development firm specializing in strategic project development in the pulp and paper and corrugated packaging markets, announced its intention to build and operate a 300,000 ton-per-year 100 percent recycled lightweight containerboard mill located on a 102 acre site about 9 miles south of Albany, New York.

International Paper has entered into an agreement with West Coast Paper Mills Limited to sell its controlling interest in International Paper APPM Limited, an India-based paper business.

A condition of this approval is the previously announced sale of certain Amcor assets located in the US to Tekni-Plex, Inc.

Stora Enso's investment in a new production unit for cross laminated timber (CLT) at Gruvön sawmill in Sweden was inaugurated by CEO Karl-Henrik Sundström, Joakim Sveder, Mill Director, Gruvön sawmill and Leif Haraldsson, Municipal Commissioner of Grums.

UPM launches a new advanced wound care product for the European market. FibDex® is the first wound dressing created from wood-based nanofibrillar cellulose to receive regulatory approval and be awarded a CE mark.

There seems to be plenty of pundits on the national and international stages rooting for turmoil, not just in our little pulp and paper corner, but in all sectors of world commerce. It's near Biblical in its sound, "There shall be wars and rumors of wars..."

The PM40 closed Friday, 31 May 2019, at 3132.

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