Cascades Inc. acquired the Urban Forest Products pulp packaging factory in Newton County and two other American companies for $37.4 million. Rob Richards, general manager of the plant in Brook, said the deal would mean new ownership, a name change, more capital for improvements, and greater possibility for growth. The Newton County plant, now known as Cascades Moulded Pulp-Indiana, will remain open and continue to employ 80 workers. It makes protective pulp packaging for the quick-service restaurant industry and eggs. Indiana is one of the top egg-producing states in the nation. The new owner, Quebec, Canada-based Cascades… employs more than 11,000 workers across North America and Europe. In conjunction with the Urban Forest Products purchase, it also acquired Clarion Packaging in Iowa and a majority interest in Falcon Packaging in Iowa, Ohio, and Georgia.