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Earnings Announcements

We are in trouble?

By:

Steve Roush, Vice President, Publisher & Editor

December is Energy Month here at Paperitalo Publications, and since we spoke last time, the 24th annual U.N. climate conference kicked off in Poland.

PM40

The PM40 closed Friday, 14 December 2018, at 3264.

Get the latest PM40 updates by listening to the weekly Nips show and the PM40 Daily Show on Pulp & Paper Radio International.

RearView

The PM40 closed 14 December 2018 down 21.7% from the 15 December 2017 level.

Disconnected Comparisons

In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate Mercer International and Amcor.

Insider Trading

Reported insider trading since the last issue of PaperMoney.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö's Sustainable Fiber Material Used in Fabric for Nobel Banquet Dress

Working together to produce textiles from local raw material

ANDRITZ Successfully Starts up Turnkey Tissue Production Line at Bashundhara Paper Mills

Continuing to retain strong position as one of the global market leaders for supply of complete tissue production lines

ANDRITZ to Upgrade Thermo Ground Wood Line at Melhoramentos Florestal, Brazil

Start-up is scheduled for the third quarter of 2019

Four Toscotec-supplied AHEAD-2.0L PRODERGY Tissue Machines Began Production at Asia Pulp and Paper's OKI Mill in Indonesia

Start-ups have been completed over a total period of only 8 and a half months

Valmet Receives Second Tissue Line Order from Century Pulp and Paper in India

Continuing to provide significant energy savings and quality improvements

Valmet to Supply a Nonwovens Rewinder to Papel Aralar in Spain

To be in operation during the second quarter of 2019

Valmet to Supply a Web Monitoring System to Mayr-Melnhof Karton in Frohnleiten, Austria

To improve the overall production efficiency

Voith Installs a VariFlex™ Winder at Copamex Mill in Chihuahua, Mexico

Has increased its process capacity while making improvements to the plant's safety

Asia Pulp & Paper Signs Corrugated Container Joint Venture Agreement with Japan's Oji Holdings

Expected to come online in January 2020

Kemira has Formed a Joint Venture in China

Will start the production of chemicals in the second half of 2019

Amcor Opens New Home Care Packaging Site in India

Employment to grow from 50 to 180 by end of 2019

Green Energy for Holzindustrie Schweighofer's Sawmill in Germany

Plant will be operational by 2020

Norske Skog will Increase the Capacity of Wood Pellets in New Zealand

To be commissioned in the fourth quarter of 2019

UPM Plans to Invest EUR 2 Billion in a New Mill

To produce about 2 million tonnes of eucalyptus pulp annually

Cascades Doubles its Production of Moulded Pulp Packaging with Acquisitions in the United States

To double its production capacity of ecological packaging manufactured in moulded pulp

Kadant to Acquire Syntron Material Handling

Acquisition is expected to close in January 2019

Metsä Fibre Acquires a Biogas Plant in Äänekoski

Ownership was transferred on 10 December 2018

Smurfit Kappa Significantly Expands its Presence in France with Strategic Acquisition of Papcart

Wider choice of premium solutions are sought

Smurfit Kappa Strengthens its Presence in Western France with Caradec Box Plant Acquisition

Continuing to open up new opportunities

Solaris Paper Acquires Leading Australian Tissue Brand Asaleo Care

Greater efficiency and reliability to be continued

GP Breaks Ground at $135 Million Lumber Plant in Warrenton, Georgia

To begin operation in fourth-quarter 2019

The Final Word by Helen Roush

By:

Helen Roush, Executive Vice President of Paperitalo Publications

Energy Efficiency

Stora Enso Makes an Environmental Investment in Sweden

Work is due to start immediately

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