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PaperWorks Industries Inc., a leading North American producer of 100% recycled paperboard and folding carton packaging, announces the acquisition of Color Craft Graphic Arts ("Color Craft"). Founded in 1929 and based in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Color Craft is a producer of packaging for food, beverage, and household goods.

Essity has entered into an agreement to acquire Edgewell Personal Care's feminine care business, including the brands Carefree, Stayfree and o.b. in North America and Playtex globally. The purchase price for the assets amounts to USD 340m (approximately SEK 3.2bn) on a cash and debt-free basis.

The estimated need for personnel reductions in the change negotiations was up to 315 employees, of which 155 were in Finland. The change negotiations in Finland have now concluded, resulting in a total reduction of 150 positions.

International Paper has announced a proposal to close five sites in Germany, affecting approximately 500 roles, as part of its strategic review to enhance efficiency and respond to challenging market conditions.

Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson and Secretary of State for Defence Procurement Stephen Fuhr met with forest sector workers in Castlegar, British Columbia, to present Budget 2025 investments supporting Canada's forest industry.

Smurfit Westrock plans to close a Georgia facility and permanently lay off 55 employees, according to a worker adjustment and retraining notification filed with the state on Nov. 10.

Mohawk Industries Chief Financial Officer James Brunk will retire on 1 April 2026, concluding a 20-year tenure during which the company became a global flooring leader. Nicholas Manthey, the company's current Vice President of Corporate Finance and Investor Relations, has been appointed as his successor.

New Senior Leadership Announced for EMEA/APAC and Americas.

Citing a drooping softwood lumber demand, compounded by higher duties and additional tariffs that have reached 45 per cent for U.S. markets, West Fraser Timber announced Thursday its plans to permanently shutter both its Augusta, Ga., and 100 Mile House lumber mills by the end of 2025.

The hiatus for Washington County's largest employer is due to a downturn in the global pulp market and comes after increases in tariffs on Canadian lumber.

Vice President Darren Pelley says significant rainfall is needed to get back to normal operations at the mill. He says this is financially quite challenging being shut down but Kruger's $700 million transformation plan for the mill, which was announced in July, has now become more urgent.

Over €40m was invested in the brand new site, which will provide packaging solutions for clinical trials and regulated pharma packaging.

LP Building Solutions (LP), a leading manufacturer of high-performance building products, announced that Chief Executive Officer Brad Southern will retire effective February 19, 2026, after leading the company since 2017.

Sonoco said net proceeds will be applied towards repaying existing borrowings.

The combined company would bring together brands like Huggies and Kleenex with the likes of Band-Aid and Tylenol. It would generate estimated 2025 annual net revenue of roughly $32 billion.

Stora Enso's mill in Bad St. Leonhard, Austria, has produced over 1 million m3 of cross-laminated timber (CLT), becoming the first site within the company to reach this volume. The mill, which began CLT production in 2008, has supplied material for approximately 15,000 projects worldwide.

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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 Morris W. Kuchenbecker, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2002.

The PM40 closed Friday, 14 November 2025, at 5063.

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The PM40 closed 14 November 2025 down 13% from the 15 November 2024 level.

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

Suzano, the world's largest pulp producer, announces its results for the third quarter of 2025 (3Q25), reporting sales of 3.6 million tonnes of pulp and paper combined, a 20% increase on the same quarter last year (3Q24). The positive result is driven by the operations of the Ribas do Rio Pardo pulp mill, inaugurated in 2024, and by the integration of paper production from assets acquired in the United States in October 2024.

Board takes action to protect long-term value for all shareowners in response to Atlas Holdings' termination of cooperation agreement.

Interfor Corporation reported a net loss of $216 million for the third quarter of 2025, compared with earnings of $11 million in the prior quarter. Adjusted EBITDA was a loss of $184 million on sales of $689 million, versus a gain of $17 million on $781 million in Q2.

Sappi Europe will raise prices for its coated mechanical reels by 5 to 7%, effective 1 January 2026. The company cites persistently high costs for energy, transport, labour, chemicals and fibre as the primary driver for the increase, noting that internal efficiency measures have been insufficient to offset the structural cost pressures.