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The PM40 closed 31 May 2019 down 23.3% from the 1 June 2018 level.

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

Construction of The Arbour, a $134-million project at George Brown College's Waterfront Campus, will use an estimated 3,000 cubic metres of wood and will be a new, net-zero carbon emissions academic wood structure.

Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) has received the Singapore Environment Council's (SEC) enhanced Green Label certification, heralding the return of its products to Singapore shelves.

Britain's competition watchdog said it was investigating whether U.S.-based Liqui-Box's $585 million takeover of a DS Smith Plc business could lessen competition in the market.

Kruger Inc. is receiving a $13.8 million investment from the federal government for biomass and recycled paper projects in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Brompton, Quebec, respectively.

A Delaware judge has ordered the unsealing of a complaint filed by chemical manufacturer Chemours against the DuPont Co., which spun off Chemours in 2015, and chastised attorneys for the secrecy surrounding the dispute.

The award was recognition for a recent project in which Smurfit Kappa redesigned the cereal giant's packaging to optimise its supply chain.

The award is given to companies that best demonstrate the use of technology to redefine business processes and drive significant improvements to current operations.

The Forest Practices Board will examine the activities of the BC Timber Sales (BCTS) program and timber sale licence holders in the Clearwater Field Unit portion of the BCTS Kamloops Business Area during the week of June 3, 2019.

From January through April, Chinese log imports from New Zealand jumped 21.8% y-o-y to 5.6 million m3 with import value $787.9 million, according to China Customs data.

The organizations joined forces in early 2018 to build the plant at Resolute's Thunder Bay pulp and paper mill, focusing on developing new ways to efficiently manufacture and market innovative wood-based biochemical products.

The target for the ongoing pre-engineering project is to create conditions for building a bioproduct mill with an annual production capacity of approximately 1.5 million tonnes of softwood and hardwood pulp to Metsä Group's current mill site in Kemi.

The start-up of the clarifier is planned for the spring 2020.

Valmet will deliver a new recovery boiler and ash leaching plant to ITC`s Bhadrachalam pulp mill in India. The new boiler will replace three existing boilers. The start-up of the new recovery boiler is scheduled for late 2021.

West Fraser has announced temporary production curtailments for a duration of approximately two weeks at two British Columbia sawmills: Chasm and 100 Mile House.

PaperWorks announces the opening of the new Packaging Development (PacDev) Design + Innovation Centre.

The group Sequana, owner of the paper maker Arjowiggins of which one of the Sarthe facilities was liquidated and the other partially yielded, announced to have been placed in judicial liquidation by the commercial court of Nanterre.

Smurfit Kappa continues to extend its paper portfolio production capabilities by investing in its flagship paper mill in the Netherlands.

They are roughly the same size, with combined revenue of nearly $3.2 billion in the 12 months that ended on March 31.

Central National Gottesman Inc. (CNG), which owns a range of sales and distribution businesses in the global pulp, paper, tissue, packaging, wood products and metals industries, announced that its Spicers Paper division has acquired Premiere Packaging Industries, Inc., expanding into one of the industry's fastest-growing segments.

This $575-million investment will create 180 jobs.

The Verso Corporation paper mill in Luke, Md., has released some specifics in connection with its previously announced closing.

Flambeau River Papers (FRP) in Park Falls will lay off more workers as it shuts down another paper machine.

Imperial Dade announced the acquisition of Mid Continent Paper & Distributing Co., Inc. ("Mid Continent Paper" or "Mid Continent").