Adoption of income statements and balance sheets

The AGM adopted the income statements and the balance sheets for the parent company and the Group for the financial year 2014.

Dividend

The AGM adopted the Board’s proposal of an ordinary dividend of SEK 0,20 per share and an extraordinary dividend due to the liquidity injection in connection with the sale of the Utansjö facility (Utsjöanläggningen) of SEK 0,20 per share (in total SEK 0,40) for the financial year 2014.

Discharge from liability

The AGM granted Board members as well as CEOs a discharge from liability for the financial year 2014.

Board

The AGM decided in accordance with the proposal of the Nominating Committee that the number of Board members elected shall without change be four and re-elected the Board members Roger Asserståhl, Rune Ingvarsson and Per Skoglund. Marie S. Arwidson was new-elected. Rune Ingvarsson was re-elected as Chair of the Board.

Marie S. Arwidson was born in 1951 and has a Bachelor in Business Administration from the Stockholm School of Economics. Marie is chairman of the board of Andra AP-fonden and board member of IVA, The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. She possesses long and extensive experience from the pulp & paper industry, most recently as managing director of Skogsindustrierna. Marie has additionally worked with the Swedish Pulp and Paper Association, comprising a position as Vice President International, focusing on EU matters, as well as managing director at CEPI, Confederation of European Paper Industries in Brussels, where she represented the European paper industry in relation to the European institutions.

Fees for the Board members

The AGM decided in accordance with the proposal of the Nominating Committee that the fees shall be SEK 550,000 to the Chair of the Board and SEK 275,000 to each of the other Board members. Furthermore, the AGM decided that the employee representatives shall receive a fee of SEK 27,500 per person for the time required to read materials ahead of meetings.   

Auditors

The AGM decided in accordance with the proposal of the Nominating Committee that the company shall have a chartered auditing firm as auditor and re-elected Ernst & Young Aktiebolag until the end of the 2016 AGM. The authorized public accountant, Erik Sandström, shall be the auditor in charge until further notice. Auditors’ fees shall be paid based on an invoice approved by the CEO.

The Nominating Committee ahead of the 2016 AGM

The AGM approved the Nominating Committee’s proposed procedure for appointing members of the Nominating Committee ahead of the 2016 AGM.

Guidelines for remuneration of senior executives 

The AGM approved the guidelines for the remuneration of senior executives in accordance with the Board’s proposal.

Amendment of the Articles of Association

The AGM resolved in accordance with the Board’s proposal to amend the company’s Articles of Association in such a way that the AGM of Rottneros AB no longer may be held in Gävle or Vallvik.

Complete proposals and decisions

The AGM approved all of the proposals presented by the Board and the Nominating Committee. The proposals are available in the previous published notice to attend the AGM and the decisions in the minutes of the AGM, which will be published at the company’s website.

Rottneros is an independent producer of market pulp. The Group comprises the parent company Rottneros AB, listed on NASDAQ Stockholm, and its subsidiaries Rottneros Bruk AB and Vallviks Bruk AB with operations involving the production and sale of market pulp. The Group also includes the wood procurement company Rottneros Baltic SIA in Latvia. The Group has around 250 employees and had a turnover of approximately SEK 1.5 billion in the 2014 financial year.

Metsä Board Corporation, part of Metsä Group, announced on 29 April 2015 that it has agreed to divest 100 per cent of its shares in Metsä Board Zanders GmbH including all related liabilities to mutares AG’s fully owned holding company and its partner company.
The transaction has been closed.

METSÄ BOARD CORPORATION
 
For further information, please contact:
Markus Holm, CFO, tel. +358 10 465 4913

Five-year Vision Enables Customers to Drive Digital Agenda and Strengthen Competitive Advantage with Digital First Approach

MOMENTUM at EMC WORLD, LAS VEGAS                                                 

News Summary:

• EMC® introduces Project Horizon™, multi-tenant platform to redefine content management for the digital enterprise
• Project Horizon, built upon Pivotal CF, the leading enterprise PaaS powered by Cloud Foundry, will offer choice of Cloud deployments
• Vision includes content-centric Modules or “Tiles” to create independently consumable capabilities which can be used standalone or integrated into solutions
• Bridge enables existing solutions, Documentum® Capital Projects Express and Documentum for Life Sciences Solutions Suite, to run on Project Horizon

At MOMENTUM, EMC World 2015, EMC (NYSE:EMC) announced a multi-year vision and new product offerings related to the future of content management. As part of this vision, EMCs Enterprise Content Division announced “Project Horizon” – a next-generation content platform and apps marketplace – to help CIOs and enterprises drive their digital agenda, strengthen their competitive advantage, and harness the untapped value of business content. The Project Horizon marketplace will be curated by EMC, including both EMC-built and partner-built apps and solutions. In addition, EMC announced its latest offerings of Documentum Capital Projects Express and Documentum Life Sciences Solutions Suite will also be available on Project Horizon.

Content.Next – Reimagining the Role of Content in the Digital Enterprise 

Project Horizon, built upon Pivotal CF, the leading enterprise PaaS powered by Cloud Foundry, enables all digital content flows for the digital enterprise. It brings a unique approach with a mobile-first, cloud-first mindset delivering a next-generation, multi-tenant content platform. Customers can now embrace the freedom to innovate and consume based on content-specific use cases – all while delivering new levels of agility, user experience and productivity by harnessing data and analytics to automate mundane tasks, and to provide predictive insights.

Project Horizon Highlights:

• Agile Foundation: Multi-tenant foundation offered as shared services platform for building cloud native applications.

• Bridge to Future: Allows existing current-generation Documentum, solutions based on D2 and xCP™ to be hosted on Project Horizon, enabling customers to advance their digital journey while continuing to access its UI and platform services. New solutions to be hosted on Project Horizon include Documentum Capital Projects Express and Documentum Life Sciences Solutions Suite 4.0.

• Modular Architecture & Out-of-the-Box Value: Built with a microservices-based architecture, Project Horizon is DevOps and Agile ready. The architecture supports continuous integration and deployment thereby enabling a cycle of innovation of days or weeks rather than months or even years. Each of these Modules or “Tiles” will also have an out-of-the-box app and the ability to embed that app to build solutions by assembling these modular blocks of functionalities. This enhances time to value and allows customers to use what they need and pay only for what they use.

• Co-Innovation Program – A new innovation program specifically designed to engage customers from early development cycle through rapid visual prototyping. The program’s unique approach involves partners and customers working with EMC teams to build Project Horizon Tiles.

Defining Ecosystems, Redefining Solutions

Additionally, EMC announced Documentum Life Sciences Solutions Suite 4.0, and Documentum Capital Projects Express will be hosted on Project Horizon.The company has also announced a partnership with NNIT, an international IT service provider for regulated industries, to host the Documentum Life Sciences Solutions Suite in its GxP cloud offering. NNIT will act as a consulting and Cloud services partner for EMC serving the Life Sciences industry in EMEA. 

Customer Quote:

Raj Baxi, Manager, Enterprise Content Management, Merck

“The Life Science business model is continually changing thus requiring content management technologies and solutions to evolve accordingly such that they continue to deliver business value. There’s a digital mindset enterprises need to embrace especially as Enterprise Content Management (ECM) continues to evolve.  Merck understands the commitment that EMC has in the Life Science space which provides a strong foundation and pathway to meet these current and future challenges.”

Analyst Quote:

Melissa Webster, Program Vice President, Content and Digital Media Technologies, IDC

"Component- and cloud-based architectures offer enterprises significant benefits in time to market, economies of scale and business agility. At the same time, customers need a path to the future that lets them leverage and extend their existing investments. We are seeing growing interest in cloud – in its many variations – for ECM and for cloud-based content applications that automate critical enterprise business processes."

Executive Quote:

Rohit Ghai, President, EMC Enterprise Content Division

“To understand where we’re going, we have to understand where we came from. EMC has been a leader in the ECM market for the last 25 years, helping our customers transform business by connecting information to work. We understand content, and having a complete content strategy is more critical than ever. Digital enterprises are moving away from monolithic solutions. Unlocking the way people will experience content in the future will depend upon a revolution in how content is accessed, managed and delivered. Project Horizon will help these organizations create a digital workplace, a digital value-chain and operate with a digital mindset regardless of where they are on the journey to Digitalization.”

Additional Resources:

• Learn more and join Project Horizon
• Learn more about Documentum Capital Projects Express and Documentum Life Solutions Sciences Suite
• Tune in and watch ECD President Rohit Ghai’s Keynote today at 1:30 p.m. PT
• Stay connected with Momentum on Facebook, YouTube, and LinkedIn
• Follow the @EMC_Momentum account and join the #mmtm15 conversation on Twitter

About EMC

EMC Corporation is a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service. Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing. Through innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze their most valuable asset — information — in a more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way. Additional information about EMC can be found at www.EMC.com.

Kotkamills has awarded Pöyry with the assignment for engineering consultancy, laser scanning, 3D modelling, detail engineering and site services for the folding boxboard machine project at their Kotka Mill in Finland. The assignment is a continuation of the pre-feasibility services performed by Pöyry and it covers the majority of the required engineering services related to the implementation of the project.

With a focus on environmental sustainability, this project responds to growing customer demand by introducing high-quality recyclable barrier board to the market. Unlike other generally used plastic-coated boards, the barrier board of Kotkamills can be recycled without any special measures. By converting the paper machine product to packaging boards, Kotkamills will secure its position as a globally significant manufacturer of forest industry products. Following the conversion into a board machine, Kotka Mill's capacity will be about 400,000 tonnes per year of folding boxboard.

The conversion work is planned to take place during the second quarter of 2016. The board machine is scheduled to start up by the end of June 2016.

"We are very pleased to be able to continue our productive co-operation with Pöyry, one of the few engineering companies who knows paper industry throughout and can fulfil the whole expertise portfolio needed in this kind of wide project with various innovative process parts", says Markku Hämäläinen, CEO of Kotkamills Oy. 

"This project is a continuation of the co-operation between Kotkamills and Pöyry. Developing long term partnerships is a benefit for both; client and Pöyry. We are proud to be a part of this innovative project that emphasises balanced sustainability, which is at the heart of our business. This project further strengthens Pöyry's position as the world's leading pulp and paper engineering consultancy", says Nicholas Oksanen, President, Industry Business Group.

The value of the order is not disclosed. The order will be recognised within the Industry Business Group order stock in Q2/2015.

For further information, contact:

Pekka Eskelinen 

Senior Vice President, Industry Pulp and Paper Finland

Tel: +358 10 33 23636

Nicholas Oksanen

President, Industry Business Group

Tel: +358 10 33 22294

Pöyry is an international consulting and engineering company. We serve clients globally across the energy and industrial sectors and provide local services in our core markets. We deliver management consulting and engineering services, underpinned by strong project implementation capability and expertise. Our focus sectors are power generation, transmission & distribution, forest industry, chemicals & biorefining, mining & metals, transportation and water. Pöyry has an extensive local office network employing about 6,000 experts. Pöyry's net sales in 2014 were EUR 571 million and the company's shares are quoted on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki (Pöyry PLC: POY1V).

The Purdue Integrated Process Education System (PIPES) laboratory was fully designed and implemented through collaboration of industry professionals, faculty and a group of seniors from the Purdue Manufacturing Engineering Technology program.

The Manufacturing Engineering Technology (MFET) students and faculty in the Purdue School of Engineering Technology celebrated the joint creation and development of the Purdue Integrated Process Education System (PIPES) laboratory during an open house hosted at the West Lafayette, Ind., campus on Friday, May 8th.

Through the generous support and donations from industry partners Endress+Hauser; Rockwell Automation; George E. Booth Co., Inc.; Kirby Risk Corporation and other suppliers (American Melt Blown and Filtration, Artek, Inc., BMWC Constructors, Lester Sales Company, Complete Controls, Hoffman, Samson Controls, Inc., Smith-Cooper International, StoneL, and Wilken Enterprises), Purdue University will be the new home to astate-of-the-practice process education lab for students.

Donations to Purdue University included process measurement instrumentation, a control system, control panels, servers, hardware, piping, large industrial water tanks, pumps, valves, cabling, and engineering guidance.

The fully operational system was designed and constructed during a yearlong capstone project undertaken by senior students of Purdue’s Integrated Manufacturing course sequence. Beginning in the fall of 2015, the system will be used to teach process measurement and continuous control, mostly from a technology and implementation perspective.

“Our School of Engineering Technology (SOET) faculty are already in the process of designing the first course that will be available to students in all SOET programs,” said Brad Harriger, MET Professor at Purdue University. “The system will provide a key platform for exploring fundamental concepts of process control in our laboratory,” added Grant Richards, Purdue ECET Professor. The SOET programs include Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering Technology, and Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology.

A long-term goal is for the PIPES lab to be used for summer workshops available to industry – taught by both faculty and industry representatives – where practicing engineers would visit the university for two to five days to learn about and experience process control integration.

By partnering with Purdue University, the supporting companies strive to increase student exposure to fulfilling careers in the process industries and build sustainable industry connections.  Many times students fail to recognize the diverse career choices available to them as new roles emerge through new technologies. Additionally, these academic teaching programs augment hands-on industry competencies and positively impact the problem solving abilities of students through real-world practice. In turn, graduates are more competitive in the job market and have direct connection with the industries they select for their career path.

“We at Endress+Hauser know that talented engineers and technologists have many options for careers,” said Don Cummings, Technical Talent Development Manager, Endress+Hauser.  “At the same time, we know that many students don't know about the process industries that we serve, or the industry that serves them – the process automation and control industry. This Purdue laboratory project took money, and it took products – ours and others' – but it was the collaborative project aspect of working together that exposes students to our people, the work habits that businesses expect, the culture of mutual achievement that we enjoy together, and sets an example for how creative problem solving can lead to a lifetime of workplace satisfaction.” 

“Rockwell Automation has a strong history of effective partnering with companies and schools, and the collaborative nature of this project brings additional richness to the teaching program at Purdue University,” said John Kacsur, Director of Global Accounts and executive sponsor of Purdue at Rockwell Automation. “Professors can use industry cases in the lab and ask students to develop actual applications on a control platform representative of the real world. In designing, fabricating and integrating this project with multiple industry partners, students will also experience the added complexities commonly faced throughout the industry.”

For more information on the Purdue PIPES lab, please visit: www.us.endress.com/Purdue 

About Endress+Hauser

Endress+Hauser is one of the world's leading suppliers of measuring devices, services and solutions for industrial process engineering. Endress+Hauser supplies sensors, devices, systems and services for level, flow, pressure and temperature measure­ment as well as liquid analysis and measured value recording. The company supports its customers with automa­tion, logistical and IT services and solutions.

About Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and information, makes its customers more productive and the world more sustainable. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., Rockwell Automation employs about 21,000 people serving customers in more than 80 countries.

About the Purdue School of Engineering Technology

The School of Engineering Technology was formed in December 2013 through the consolidation of the departments of Mechanical Engineering Technology and Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology and now offers nine programs, including one at the master’s level. Through these programs, students learn about and practice designing, building, testing and refining, and they use class projects to discover how to use the right materials, the right sensors and electronic parts, and the right processes to develop products and systems that work efficiently and are attractive to consumers.

Contact: Crystal Hunt

Senior Public Relations Manager
Endress+Hauser, Inc.
Phone: 317-535-1306 (office), 317-439-6426 (mobile)
Fax: 317-535-2171

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Fisher® 8590 high-performance butterfly valve features a highly optioned, single design platform that reduces engineering, installation, operational and maintenance costs

Emerson Process Management introduces the Fisher® 8590 high-performance butterfly valve that brings a selection of disk seals, actuator designs and material combinations to meet plant-wide throttling and on-off requirements.

Ben Fletcher, product manager at Emerson, explained the design intent behind the 8590 butterfly valve. “Our goal was to give application engineers the ability to combine a single valve platform with a selection of proven technologies to control a diverse range of CL600 process demands.”

“As an example, several dynamic disk seals are available in the 8590 design to meet temperature conditions that range from low-to-moderate up to 538°C (1000° F). Severe service and cryogenic applications can be met as well with the appropriate metal-polymeric or rugged stainless steel seal construction,” Fletcher added. “Since one valve design meets several needs, overall valve engineering, purchasing, installation, operation and maintenance costs are reduced.”

'Fisher 8590 high-performance butterfly valve brings a selection of disk seals, actuator designs and material combinations to meet plant-wide throttling and on-off requirements'

Utilising a lugged body design across the CL600 size range of NPS3 – NPS24, the 8590 can incorporate a splined shaft that accepts either a spring-and-diaphragm or pneumatic piston actuator. It is also available with either a square or keyed shaft that combines with handlevers, handwheels or pneumatic piston actuators.  

The pressure-assisted design of the 8590 disk seals provides tight shutoff and permits the use of smaller, less expensive actuators in meeting full ASME B16.34 shutoff capabilities.

The 8590 offers true bidirectional shutoff, which means that torque necessary to open and close the valve remains constant regardless of the differential pressure across the disk. Slam-shut conditions are not created as the disk nears its seat, which extends seal life and avoids actuator and piping damage.

Besides shutoff given by the choice of elastomer and metal disk seals, the optional ENVIRO-SEAL® packing system combines with the valve’s micro-smooth shaft surface to keep emissions below 100 parts per million (PPM). Yet another extreme 8590 capability involves sour liquids and gases, with trim and bolting materials available to comply with NACE MR0175-2002, NACE MR0175-2002-2003, MR0103, and MR0175/ISO 15156.

With a CL600 rating per ASME B16.34, the valve’s face-to-face dimensions meet EN558, API609, MSS-SP68, and ASME B16.10 standards. The valve body self-centres on the line flange bolts as a fast, accurate means of centring the valve in the pipeline.

For more information visit www.EmersonProcess.com/Fisher

About Emerson Process Management
 
Emerson Process Management (www.EmersonProcess.com), an Emerson business, is a leader in helping businesses automate their production, processing and distribution in the chemical, oil and gas, refining, pulp and paper, power, water and wastewater treatment, mining and metals, food and beverage, life sciences and other industries. The company combines superior products and technology with industry-specific engineering, consulting, project management and maintenance services. Its brands include PlantWeb™, Syncade™, DeltaV™, Fisher®, Bettis™, Micro Motion®, Rosemount®, Daniel™, Ovation™ and AMS Suite.
 
About Emerson
 
Emerson, based in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions for customers in industrial, commercial, and consumer markets around the world. The company is comprised of five business segments: Process Management, Industrial Automation, Network Power, Climate Technologies, and Commercial & Residential Solutions. Sales in fiscal 2014 were $24.5 billion. For more information, visit www.Emerson.com

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Liquiphant FTL31 and FTL33 liquid level switches are based on tuning fork technologies to handle difficult process conditions that defeat other sensors.

Endress+Hauser releases Liquiphant FTL31 and FTL33 liquid level switches based on vibrating tuning fork technology. The sensors are excellent replacements for float switches or conductive, capacitance and optical sensors. The FTL31 is designed for the chemical, oil and gas and other Industries, while the FTL33 is more suited for use in the food and beverage, and pharmaceutical industries. Both sensors also work in areas where those measuring principles are not suitable due to conductivity, build-up, foam, turbulence, flow conditions or air bubbles.

A piezoelectric drive causes the tuning fork of the Liquiphant sensor to vibrate at its resonance frequency. When the tuning fork is immersed in a liquid; its frequency changes due to the change in density of the surrounding medium. The electronics system in the switch monitors the resonance frequency, and indicates whether the tuning fork is vibrating in air or is covered by liquid.

The level switches can be installed in any vertical or horizontal position in a vessel, pipe or tank. Foam formation, changing conductivity or density does not affect their function. Both level switches have an external function test feature and an LED indicator for on-site testing.

The Liquiphant FTL31 is suitable for use in tanks, vessels and pipes. It has a 316L stainless steel housing, works in process temperatures up to 302 ºF and pressures to 580 psi, and is unaffected by changes in ambient temperature. Leading applications include overfill prevention or pump dry-run protection in cleaning and filter systems, as well as in cooling and lubrication vessels.

The Liquiphant FTL33 meets food industry requirements with 3-A and EHEDG certificates. It designed to work in applications where CIP and SIP cleaning takes place, and has a stainless steel enclosure with optional IP69K protection. It can be used in storage tanks, mixing vessels and pipes where internal and external hygiene requirements are particularly stringent.CRN, EN10204-3.1 material certificate, and marine certifications are available.

Both sensors can have either a three-wire DC-PNP output or 2 wire ac/dc output when the liquid level reaches the switching point. Each device has two operating modes:

In maximum safety (MAX) mode, the device keeps the electronic switch closed as long as the liquid level is not touching the fork, as in overfill prevention applications.

In minimum safety (MIN) mode, the device keeps the electronic switch closed as long as the fork is immersed in liquid. This is useful in applications such as dry-run protection for pumps.

By choosing the correct operating mode, a user ensures the device switches in a safety manner even if the power supply is interrupted.

For detailed technical information on the Liquiphant FTL31 and FTL33 liquid level switches, and to purchase them online, please go to www.endressdirect.us/ftl31 and www.endressdirect.us/ftl33.

About Endress+Hauser in the USA

Endress+Hauser is one of the largest instrument manufacturers in the United States’ industrial automation industry. Endress+Hauser’s USA headquarters is located in Greenwood, Indiana and is one of the Group’s largest tailor made production and sales facilities worldwide. Endress+Hauser, a Swissbased company, established a US business in 1970. Since that time, Endress+Hauser has continued to invest in its US operations investing a total of 150 million dollars in the last 5 years. Today, Endress+Hauser employs a total of 1,355 people in the United States, including its external sales and service partners.

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Senior Public Relations Manager
Endress+Hauser

Office: 317-535-1306

Mobile: 317-439-6426
Fax: 317-535-2171

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Xerium Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:XRM), a leading global provider of industrial consumable products and services, will host 14 students from the UMaine Student TAPPI/PIMA Chapter for plant tours at two of the company’s world-class European manufacturing facilities in Gloggnitz, Austria and Reutlingen, Germany. The students will also visit the R&D labs and view product demos and technical presentations while at the Xerium facilities May 15 and May 18, 2015.

UMaine is one of New England’s premier universities with the most accredited engineering disciplines serving the paper and supplier industry. The UMaine Pulp and Paper Foundation is the oldest in the country and serves as a liaison between the industry and faculty to ensure the curriculum meets industry needs.

“Xerium is pleased to host a study tour for the students of UMaine,” said Bill Butterfield, EVP and CTO of Xerium. “We strongly support the future leaders of the pulp and paper industry and view this as a great opportunity for rising juniors and seniors to get an up close look at new technologies and advancements in paper making and realize how they can soon contribute to developing new technologies.”

“UMaine TAPPI/PIMA students first traveled abroad to Finland in 2013. As evidenced by the success of the previous trip, these students will walk away with a much greater understanding of the new developments in pulp and paper as well as a reassurance that the paper industry is global and as strong as ever. This experience, combined with UMaine’s top-notch engineering education as well as their co-ops and internships, make them leading candidates for placement upon graduation. We are so grateful to sponsors like Xerium who make this travel opportunity possible,” said Carrie Enos, UMaine Pulp and Paper Foundation President.

ABOUT XERIUM

Xerium Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:XRM) is a leading global provider of industrial consumable products and services. Xerium utilizes a broad portfolio of patented and proprietary technologies to provide customers with tailored solutions and products integral to production, all designed to optimize performance and reduce operational costs. Xerium has 26 manufacturing facilities in 12 countries, two new plants under construction in 2 countries and employs approximately 3,100 employees.

Source: Xerium Technologies, Inc.

Xerium Technologies, Inc.
Steve Cole, 336-260-4672
Director – Global Marketing
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Fifty volunteers from Domtar Corporation and the Student Conservation Association (SCA) gave a springtime makeover to Greenville's River Park North on Saturday, May 16, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Domtar's Greenville employees and their families joined local SCA members to plant native shrubs, remove invasive plants, and haul away debris. The volunteers' efforts will help restore the 324-acre nature preserve and improve the health of the Tar River.

The River Park North project is the latest in a series of community collaborations between Domtar and SCA; previous efforts have improved municipal, state and provincial parks in Kingsport, TN, Lancaster, SC, Nekoosa, WI and Montreal and Windsor, QC, among other locations. Domtar also supports SCA's engagement of thousands of local youth in conservation projects in more than 20 major U.S. and Canadian cities.

"Domtar is committed to supporting Greenville and other communities in which we operate because we don't just work here, we live here," said Domtar's President and Chief Executive Officer John D. Williams. "We're also pleased to support SCA and its mission of building the next generation of conservation leaders."

"Hands-on conservation fosters lifelong links to nature and allows our young people to gain important job skills and experience," notes SCA Events Manager Lori Robertson. "SCA is thrilled to once again work with Domtar employees and their families and give back to the local community."

About Domtar
Domtar Corporation (NYSE: UFS) (TSX: UFS) designs, manufactures, markets and distributes a wide variety of fiber-based products, including communication papers, specialty and packaging papers, and absorbent hygiene products. The foundation of our business is a network of world-class wood fiber-converting assets that produce papergrade, fluff and specialty pulp. The majority of our pulp production is consumed internally to manufacture paper and consumer products. Domtar is the largest integrated marketer and manufacturer of uncoated freesheet paper in North America with recognized brands such as Cougar®, Lynx® Opaque Ultra, Husky® Opaque Offset, First Choice®, EarthChoice® and Xerox® Paper and Specialty Media. Domtar is also a marketer and producer of a broad line of absorbent hygiene products marketed primarily under the Attends®, IncoPack® and Indasec® brand names. In 2014, Domtar had sales of $5.6 billion from some 50 countries. The Company employs approximately 9,800 people. To learn more, visit www.domtar.com.

About the Student Conservation Association
The Student Conservation Association (SCA) is America's oldest and largest youth conservation organization. SCA transforms lives and lands by empowering young people of all backgrounds to plan, act, and lead, while they protect and restore our natural and cultural resources. Founded in 1957, its mission is to build the next generation of conservation leaders, and seven in 10 of SCA's 75,000 alumni worldwide are employed or studying in conservation-related fields.  Headquartered in Washington, DC, SCA also maintains regional offices in Charlestown, NH, Chicago, IL, Houston, TX, Oakland, CA and Seattle, WA. For more, visit www.thesca.org.

SOURCE Domtar Corporation

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The Board of Directors of Albany International Corp. (NYSE:AIN) has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.17 per share on the Company’s Class A and Class B Common Stock, payable on July 8, 2015, to shareholders of record on June 5, 2015. This represents an increase of $0.01 from the most recent quarterly dividend.

Albany International Corp. is a global advanced textiles and materials processing company, with two core businesses. Machine Clothing is the world's leading producer of custom-designed fabrics and belts essential to production in the paper, nonwovens, and other process industries. Albany Engineered Composites is a rapidly growing supplier of highly engineered composite parts for the aerospace industry. Albany International is headquartered in Rochester, New Hampshire, operates 19 plants in 10 countries, employs 4,000 people worldwide, and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (Symbol AIN). Additional information about the Company and its products and services can be found at www.albint.com.

Source: Albany International Corp.

Albany International Corp.
Investors
John Cozzolino, 518-445-2281
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