R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company ("RRD") announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by affiliates of Atlas Holdings LLC ("Atlas"), which operates a global family of manufacturing and distribution businesses, in an all-cash transaction with a total enterprise value of approximately $2.1 billion.

Suzano announced that its Board of Directors have authorized the investments necessary for the execution of the "Cerrado Project", which consists of the construction of a new pulp production plant in the municipality of Ribas do Rio Pardo, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

An acute shortage of paper in Ukraine has led to a sharp jump in the cost of books in Ukraine, prices for which have significantly increased in the last 12 months.

Recently, Boise Cascade announced the expansion of its Ohio Valley Building Materials Distribution (BMD) network. A new distribution center will be built on a 20-acre site in Marion, OH, which will include a 100,000 sq. ft. warehouse with 13 acres of lumber storage. The location is also rail-served.

Solenis has been acquired by Platinum Equity from Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) and BASF in a transaction worth $5.25 billion. In addition, as part of the acquisition, Solenis has merged with Sigura Water, an existing Platinum Equity portfolio company, for a total combined transaction value of approximately $6.5 billion.

WestRock Company announced results for its fiscal fourth quarter and year ended September 30, 2021.

Verso Corporation reported financial results for the third quarter of 2021 and announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend for the quarter ending December 31, 2021, in the amount of $0.10 per each outstanding share of Verso's Class A common stock. The quarterly cash dividend is payable on December 29, 2021 to Verso's stockholders of record holding shares of common stock at the close of business December 17, 2021.

Cartonboard producer Reno de Medici has announced a price increase of €120/t or £100/t on all board grades for deliveries from 1 January 2022.

Valmet and CMPC have finalized the agreement of which Valmet and CMPC signed a letter of intent in September 2021. According to the agreement, Valmet will deliver key technology and automation for CMPC’s BioCMPC project.

As the calendar year winds down, Procemex continues to charge ahead in North America; Procemex received new North American system orders from 6 customers in 5 different states and provinces including a multisystem order.

Toscotec will complete the dryer section rebuild of PM2 at Cartiere Saci’s paper mill in Verona, Italy. With this new order, Toscotec will carry through the modification of PM2 it started performing in 2015 through different steps supplying a new calender and rebuilding part of the dryer section followed by the rebuild of the entire press section.

Anhui Linping signed a supply contract that will include new headbox, suction rolls and paper rewinder for the testliner production line located in Xiao County, in the Anhui province.

Rengo Co., Ltd. in late-September announced that its joint venture in Vietnam, Vina Kraft Paper Co., Ltd., plans to build a new containerboard mill in Binh Xuyen Industrial Park, Vinh Phuc Province, Vietnam.

Schumacher Packaging, a corrugated board producer and full-range supplier of paper-based packaging solutions, has commissioned Voith to rebuild PM 2 at its Myszków site in Poland. After the rebuild, the line will double its production capacity of lightweight containerboard from 500 to 1000 tons per day.

In partnership with BillerudKorsnäs, Oatly has implemented an innovative secondary packaging solution for products produced in Oatly’s Singapore Factory, enabling a reduction in secondary packaging material by up to 35% and an estimated reduction of CO2 emissions from secondary packaging by up to 50%*, compared to conventional packaging solutions.

Buckman has announced a new suite of immersive digital technology that combines artificial, augmented, and mixed reality capabilities. Supported by Buckman's expanding Ackumen™ platform, Ackumen Connected Reality enables Buckman personnel and customers to see, collaborate and solve problems remotely, dramatically reducing response time, errors, costs, and downtime.

As part of the Industrial Internet offering, Valmet has developed winder diagnostics to help board and paper customers optimize the overall performance of their winder. Winder diagnostics is an essential part of a winder reliability agreement.

Avery Dennison has introduced 3 white, uncoated papers made from 100% recycled fibers. This expands the company’s portfolio of post-consumer recycled materials to offer premium solutions for wine, spirits, food, and beverage.

Sonoco announced it is expanding post-consumer recovery and recycling opportunities for its iconic EnviroCan™ paper containers in the U.S. to be used as raw material at 10 of its paperboard mills to produce new paperboard.

Sustana Fiber recently installed a new high-capacity shredding machine at its Breakeyville mill in Quebec, Canada, which will improve the recycling process for aseptic and gable top containers, also known as multilayer cartons, such as milk and juice cartons. The new shredder supports Sustana Fiber's commitment to realize a zero-waste future and invest in the circular economy.

Mondi, global leader in packaging and paper, commissioned a life cycle assessment (LCA) comparing its new ground-breaking paper pallet wrapping innovation, Advantage StretchWrap, with conventional plastic stretch film wrapping.

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