Paperboard/Cartons

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DOJ clears IP’s buy of Weyerhaeuser containerboard biz
5/13/2008
The US Dept. of Justice concludes its Hart-Scott-Rodino review of International Paper's acquisition of Weyerhaeuser's containerboard packaging and recycling business. More

Coated-paper maker NewPage Group files for proposed IPO
05/13/2008
Miamisburg, OH-based coated-paper maker NewPage Group files with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock. More
Shorewood Packaging sets up Mexican carton plant
04/29/2008
Folding-carton maker Shorewood Packaging expands into Latin America with Shorewood de Mexico, located in Aguascalientes, Mexico. More
Smurfit-Stone to buy control of Calpine Corrugated
04/29/2008
Chicago-based Smurfit-Stone Container signs a letter of intent April 17 to take controlling interest in Calpine Corrugated, an independent corrugated-container maker in Fresno, CA. More
Kapstone Paper & Packaging to buy MWV’s SC paper mill
04/15/2008
MeadWestvaco Corp. agrees April 7 to sell its kraft-paper mill in North Charleston, SC, and related assets to KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp. More
Menasha Packaging to install Fischer & Krecke CI-flexo press
04/15/2008
Along with a 44,000-sq-ft expansion of its wide-web printing facility, Menasha Packaging will install a new CI-flexo press from Fischer & Krecke. More
Green Bay Packaging installs MWU SheetRunner™
04/08/2008
Converter Green Bay Packaging of DePere, WI, installs a new SheetRunner™ sheeter from MarquipWardUnited. More
Fast, flexible, digital
By Associate Editor Linda Casey - 04/01/2008
If you need further proof digital and other short-run printing technologies will be a mainstay of package converting in the future, look no further than this recent EDSF (The Electronic Document Systems Foundation) study... More
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City of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Accepts Rigid Paperboard Cans for Recycling (Business Wire)
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