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No injuries were reported in the explosion, which is still under investigation. A cause has not yet been determined.

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Sealed Air is now a privately held company and its shares have ceased trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

Adoption of the VORA AI platform from Industry Intelligence reflects Pixelle's forward‑thinking approach to strategy and innovation.

Henrik Ehrnrooth was re-elected as the Chair, and Martin á Porta was elected as the Deputy Chair of the Board of Directors of UPM-Kymmene Corporation at the Board of Directors' constitutive meeting that took place today following the Annual General Meeting.

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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 150 papermaking innovators and legends have been enshrined. This month, we profile the late Nathan H. Bergstrom, Chairman of the Board at Bergstrom Paper Company of Neenah, Wisconsin, who was posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2002.

The PM40 closed Friday, 17 April 2026, at 5400.

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 17 April 2026 up 6.4% from the 18 April 2025 level.

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

Quad/Graphics, Inc., announced it is enacting an immediate, temporary surcharge on its printing inks, UV coating and varnishes to help offset increasing costs impacting its ink manufacturing subsidiary Chemical Research/Technology (CR/T).

Georgia-Pacific will implement a price increase of 2.5% to 3.5%, effective May 18, 2026, on DensDeck®, DensDeck® Prime products and DensDeck® StormX™ Prime Roof Boards.

The packaging and tissue products company said Friday that U.S. weather disruptions and volatile swings in transportation and fuel surcharges pushed operating costs higher, while recent geopolitical tensions dampened consumer confidence and spending, leading to softer packaging volumes.

The Iran war has led to a surge in oil prices and driven up Suzano's costs of shipping, trucking, rail and chemicals.

The Trump administration moves toward lowering U.S. trade duties on most Canadian softwood lumber after a preliminary Commerce Department decision that would reduce the combined rate to 25% from about 35%.

The Annual General Meeting adopted the financial statements for 2025 and resolved on a dividend of €1.50 per share for the financial period 2025.

Sonoco S.a.r.l., a wholly owned unit of Sonoco Products Company, a global leader in high-value sustainable packaging, announced it will raise prices by 80 Euro per ton for uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) grades and 8% on all tube and core products sold by the Company in the EMEA region.

The system is scheduled to start up in the Q2 2026.

Wuzhou Specialty Paper has successfully started up PM 19 at its mill in China, with the paper machine becoming the first worldwide to operate with a DuoCentri NipcoFlex press that includes a center belt.

The second-generation bioethanol plant, based on Valmet's fiberline, is planned to start-up in March 2028.

Södra has now completed the initial inventory after storm Dave and a first compilation shows that approximately 1 million m³fub of forest has been damaged on member land in Götaland. Västra Götaland County and parts of Jönköping County are the hardest hit areas.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency reports it has fined West Fraser Forest Products $24,750 for exceeding the total amount of hazardous air pollutants allowed by the air permit for the company's Solway facility from January 2024 to January 2025.

Abdulkarim, an employee of a third-party distributor of the Kimberly-Clark paper goods warehouse in Ontario, allegedly filmed himself lighting multiple pallets of toilet paper on fire inside the 1.2 million square foot building. It was destroyed last Tuesday as a result.

The fire destroyed some $500 million in paper products and destroyed the warehouse, valued at $150 million.

Premier David Eby told the annual gathering of the B.C. Council of Forest Industries (COFI) on Friday, April 10, said that the government plans to ease industrial carbon prices for pulp mills as the province's forestry sector continues to struggle to remain competitive.