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January 2025 - CCE International, the international meeting point for corrugated and carton production, returns to...

Jan. 24 - International Paper announced that the European Commission issued its Phase I clearance of...

Jan. 24 - Suzano announced that it will increase prices for its hardwood pulp sold in Asia, Europe and North America. The price increases are...

Jan. 24 - Following the recent announcement by Gov. Janet Mills and Maine's Congressional delegation that Maine's Forest Bioproducts Advanced Manufacturing Tech Hub will...

Jan. 24 - ANDRITZ has received an order from Sun Paper to supply two stock preparation systems and a complete P-RC APMP line for the mill in Nanning, China...

Jan. 23 - The Fedrigoni Group announced that Gregory Boisson has joined the organization as General Manager for Fedrigoni Special Papers North America. Boisson brings...

Jan. 23 - The Swedish Forest Agency reported that in 2024 roundwood prices on delivery timber increased for sawlogs by 30 percent and the price of pulpwood increased...

Jan. 22 - Essity announced that its President and CEO, Magnus Groth, has informed the Board of Directors that he has decided to step down as CEO and from the Board during 2025...

Jan. 22 - The Food and Beverage Carton Alliance (FBCA) is the result of the merger of ACE (The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment) and EXTR:ACT — two...

Jan. 20 - Chilean pulp and paper producer CMPC has nominated Bernardo Larraín Matte as its new Chairman, along with his renewal as a member of the Board...

Jan. 18 - The American Forest & Paper Association released its December 2024 Printing-Writing Monthly report. According to the report, total printing-writing paper...

Jan. 18 - The American Forest & Paper Association released the December 2024 Packaging Papers Monthly report. According to the report, total packaging...

Jan. 17 - Ox Industries announced that it is expanding its Aurora, Illinois converting plant. The enhanced facility will include spiral wound tube and core production and...

Jan. 16 - RDM Group announced that it will close its Castellbisbal cartonboard mill in Barcelona, Spain, due to declining demand and high...

Jan. 16 - Metsä Board announced plans to close its Tako mill in Tampere and improve the efficiency of its Kyro mill in Kyröskoski due to prolonged weak profitability. Both mills are...

Jan. 16 - Valmet will deliver a third Advantage ThruAir Drying (TAD) tissue machine to Irving Consumer Product's mill in Macon, Georgia...

Jan. 16 - Monadnock Paper Mills, the oldest continuously operating paper mill in the United States, announced its achievement of Platinum status in...

Jan. 14 - Drewsen Spezialpapiere, a German manufacturer of security papers has acquired Portals Papers, a British producer of high-security papers...

Jan. 14 - Smurfit Westrock announced that its distribution arm, Victory Packaging, is now known as Smurfit Westrock Packaging Solutions. The identity change...

Jan. 13 - Kadant Black Clawson announced the promotion of Kenny Leathers to president. In this capacity, Leathers is responsible for the company's operations in Lebanon, Ohio, which include...

Jan. 13 - SCA announced that it will increase the price on NBSK pulp (Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft) in Europe by USD 50 per tonne...

Jan. 9 - Metsä Tissue has announced an investment and capacity plan for its tissue mill in Kreuzau, Germany, to ensure long-term competitiveness and future...

Jan. 9 - Lindenmeyr Munroe has announced plans to expand operations into the Florida market with a Tampa-based distribution facility. The move into Florida will...

Jan. 8 - Huhtamaki has appointed Ralf K. Wunderlich (58) as President and CEO effective on January 15, 2025 when the company's current President and...

Jan. 6 - MM Kotkamills has appointed Marko Pekkola, M.Sc. (Eng.) as the new CEO from the beginning of 2025. Pekkola succeeds Päivi Suutari, who has served as...

Jan. 3 - Finch Paper announced the promotion of Drew Gardner as Chief Executive Officer, effective February 1, 2025. Gardner succeeds Debabrata Mukherjee, who has...

Jan. 2 - Twin Rivers Paper Company announced the promotion of Tyler Rajeski as CEO, effective February 1, 2025. He succeeds Debabrata Mukherjee, who will continue his service to Twin Rivers as Chairman of...

Jan. 2 - Duni AB has signed an agreement to acquire the UK-based paper tableware producer Poppies Europe Ltd for a fixed purchase price of approximately...

Jan. 2 - Stora Enso announced that Wilfa, a Norwegian-owned company and a leading supplier of small electrical items in the Nordic countries, will use...

Dec. 31 - Suzano formally responded to the Brazilian Securities Commission (CVM) inquiry about media reports that it was involved in talks with Clearwater Paper...

Dec. 23 - Buckman recently unveiled its new, state-of-the art chemical R&D pilot plant facility on the campus of its global headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee...

Dec. 23 - The Paper and Packaging Board (P+PB) announces five new board members appointed by USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack. Appointed for three-year terms are Steve Henry of Domtar, Brandon Bennett of Georgia-Pacific and...

Dec. 20 - Valmet has appointed David Nelson as interim Head of Valmet's North American business, succeeding Jukka Tiitinen as of January 1, 2025. He will assume this interim...

Dec. 20 - The American Forest & Paper Association released its November 2024 Printing-Writing Monthly report. According to the report, total printing-writing paper...

Dec. 20 - Billerud has appointed Jaakko Nikkilä as President, Billerud Europe and member of the Group Management Team, effective May 1, 2025. Currently...

Dec. 19 - Mayr-Melnhof Karton has agreed with Evergreen Hill Enterprise on the sale of 100% of the shares in TANN Group, headquartered in Traun, Austria, for...

Dec. 19 - Mondi announced that it has made good progress on the previously announced EUR 20 million investment program at its Neusiedler uncoated fine paper mills in...

Dec. 18 - Sonoco announced it has entered into an agreement to sell its Thermoformed and Flexibles Packaging business to TOPPAN Holdings Inc. for...

Dec. 18 - Green Bay Packaging has promoted Lucas Law to Mill Manager for the company's Arkansas Kraft Division. Law joined GBP in March of 2011 as...

Dec. 18 - The American Forest & Paper Association released the November 2024 Packaging Papers Monthly report. According to the report, total packaging...

Dec. 18 - Hood Container announced the appointment of Alan Clark as the new President and Chief Operating OfficerClark succeeds Charlie Hodges, who will...

Dec. 17 - Seaman Paper Company has acquired Julius Glatz GmbH, a pioneer in specialty papers based in Neidenfels, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Founded in...

Dec. 16 - The European Council has formally adopted a regulation on packaging and packaging waste. The new rules will significantly reduce the generation of...

Dec. 11 - Juthur Paper in Saudia Arabia has signed a contract with Andritz to manufacture, supply, and install its sixth tissue production line (TM6)...

Dec. 10 - Novolex and Pactiv Evergreen announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to combine, creating a leading manufacturer in food, beverage and specialty packaging products. The combination brings together...

Dec. 10 - Buckman announced that it has achieved a Platinum Medal rating from EcoVadis, a global leader in business sustainability assessments...

Dec. 10 - Veritiv has signed a definitive purchase agreement to sell Veritiv Containers, the company's rigid packaging business (formerly All American Containers)...

Dec. 9 - Georgia-Pacific is investing $90 million at its Crossett, Arkansas, mill to continue growing its retail consumer tissue business. Initial production from this project...

Dec. 9 - Oji Fibre Solutions on Nov. 20 announced plans to permanently shut paper machine 6 (PM6) at its Kinleith pulp and paper mill in Tokoroa, New Zealand...

Dec. 5 - Metsä Board has launched a new solution to simplify the recycling process for packaging materials customers receive as part of Metsä Board product deliveries...

Dec. 4 - Green Bay Packaging announced a substantial investment in the modernization of its Arkansas Kraft paper mill. This multi-year project significantly...

Dec. 4 - Polycoated paper packaging, cartons for your milk or juice, containers for your frozen foods and boxes for your home needs are everywhere. We want to recycle them...

Dec. 4 - Ahlstrom has launched MasterTape Cristal, a paper-based transparent tape backing to reduce plastic waste and promote a more sustainable...

Dec. 3 - Irving Paper, located in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, has once again shut down 50 per cent of its operations beginning December 2 in response to...

Dec. 3 - Sovellusmestarit Oy, a specialist in compressed air, instrumentation, and flow technology, has acquired 100% of MoveRoll Oy, a pioneer in...

Dec. 2 - Billerud's Board of Directors has decided on new long-term financial targets and on strategic investments in...

Nov. 29 - Lecta has announced the spin-off of its Self-Adhesives business unit from Torraspapel It entails the creation of the new company Lecta Self-Adhesives España...

Nov. 29 - UPM Raflatac has decided to permanently close its Kaltenkirchen production facility in northern Germany. The closure will be implemented in stages...

Nov. 29 - Kadant Black Clawson announced the acquisition of the Tornado  pulper product line from Bolton Emerson Americas. The Tornado pulper is a high-shear pulper capable of...

Nov. 26 - Metsä Group announced that the German Federal Cartel office has started an inspection on...

Nov. 26 - The project aims to increase the machine's production of containerboard by about 19 percent to 128,000 tons of saleable paper per year, improve overall machine...

Nov. 26 - Berry Global Group announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Specialty Tapes business to the private equity firm...

Nov. 25 - The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador announced that an agreement has been extended between Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and...

Nov. 22 - As Irving Tissue celebrated its fifth anniversary in Macon, Georgia, company President Robert K. Irving unveiled its latest expansion project...

Nov. 21 - Valmet announced that Jukka Tiitinen, Area President, North America, has decided to retire after a long and successful career at Valmet. Tiitinen will step down from his role on December 31...

Nov. 21 - FMW Industries will supply an OCC pulper feeding line to VPK Group's pulp and paper mill in the village of Oudegem in Belgium. The mill produces recycled...

Nov. 21 - The American Forest & Paper Association released the October 2024 Packaging Papers Monthly report. According to the report, total packaging...

Nov. 21 - The American Forest & Paper Association released its October 2024 Printing-Writing Monthly report. According to the report, total printing-writing paper...

Nov. 21 - The additional investments of $252 million over five years announced today will enable initiatives worth $540 million over the next seven years to provide...

Nov. 19 - Metsä Board will invest approximately EUR 60 million to modernize its Simpele mill in Southeast Finland. The project is focused on further enhancing...

Nov. 18 - SCA has appointed Petteri Kalela as new manager of the business areas Containerboard and Pulp and member of the group management. He succeeds Mats Nordlander, who will leave SCA at the...

Nov. 18 - Mondi recently completed an EUR 90 million investment upgrade of its Mszczonów plant near Warsaw, which doubled its capacity, making it...

Nov. 18 - Albany International's affiliate, Heimbach Switzerland AG announced that it will initiate consultations with employee representatives regarding a proposal to...

Nov. 18 - Motion Industries has promoted Eric Gonzalez to senior vice president of Mexico, Canada, industry segments and business development, effective...

Nov. 14 - Rayonier Advanced Materials has raised EUR 67 million in green capital. The financing includes EUR 37 million in secured term loans from French banks...

Nov. 14 - The American Forest & Paper Association announced that 65-69% of paper available for recovery in the United States was recycled in 2023. That amounts to...

Nov. 14 - Pizza Hut has partnered with Smurfit Westrock, one of the brand's primary pizza box suppliers, to raise awareness with customers in Louisville, Kentucky, that their...

Nov. 13 - Tailored for designers, brand owners and printers, this swatchbook provides an immersive, tactile experience that brings the qualities of Monadnock's...

Nov. 13 - FlexStudios is a new 2,300 m2 building located in Steinfeld, Germany that offers three floors of interactive, collaborative space. The experiential studios...

Nov. 12 - "We delivered strong earnings with a 20% adjusted EBITDA margin and outstanding free cash flow in the third quarter, driven by solid operational performance, good commercial execution and stable...

Nov. 12 - Valmet will supply a complete papermaking line from stock preparation to reel and winders with services and a comprehensive automation solution...

Nov. 8 - The American Forest & Paper Association announced its Better Practices, Better Planet 2030 Sustainability Award winners. The awards recognize...

Nov. 8 - Stora Enso has signed an agreement to divest its real estate of the Sunila site in Kotka, Finland, to AALTO Development Oy, a Finnish, privately-owned...

Nov. 7 - "Following a strong last quarter, I am pleased we were able to exceed our expectations for the year with Adjusted EBITDA of US$684 million for the...

Nov. 7 - Sequentially stronger results were driven by our Containerboard business, where higher average selling prices and lower production expenses offset the impact of higher raw material costs. Specialty Products results were...

Nov. 6 - Kruger has announced a $23.75 million investment in an innovative demonstration project for carbon capture and reuse at its Wayagamack pulp and paper mill in...

Nov. 5 - Iconex Paper converts thermal paper parent rolls into point-of-sale (POS) receipt rolls, serving customers in industries such as food service, retail, pharmacy...

Nov. 5 - “We delivered a strong third quarter, even as we dealt with the impact of Hurricane Helene at our Augusta, Georgia and Shelby, North Carolina facilities. We are also pleased that we closed on the sale of...

Nov. 5 - Irving Pulp & Paper and Irving Tissue Saint John have successfully completed a major shutdown accident free. During the 15-day shutdown, over $34 million was...

Nov. 4 - Hudson Pope, currently senior vice president for manufacturing at Georgia-Pacific, will assume the senior vice president of operations position with...

Nov. 4 - "This is the next big step in transforming Clearwater into a premier independent paperboard packaging supplier in North America. While it's the right business decision...

Nov. 1 - "Our third quarter earnings are above our outlook. Higher prices across the portfolio, including benefits from our packaging go-to-market strategy were supported by a moderately improving box demand environment...

Oct. 31 - International Paper announced the decision to review strategic options for its global cellulose...

Oct. 31 - Sylvamo and International Paper are mutually terminating a supply agreement for uncoated freesheet, bristols and specialty papers at the Georgetown...