PAPER INDUSTRY NEWS

Dec. 1 - "We are very pleased with the completion of the sale of Engineered Papers. For Mativ, this is an important part of unlocking our strategy to become...

Dec. 1 - "The Board has conducted a thorough recruitment process and has evaluated both internal and external candidates. We are very pleased that Ivar is...

Nov. 30 - "The completion of this transaction represents an important milestone in our company's journey. CD&R's significant investment in Veritiv is a testament to our company's strong positioning as a...

Nov. 29 - One of Australia's biggest paper recycling facilities will be built in South East Queensland with plans to turn 220,000 tonnes of waste paper and cardboard from...

Nov. 29 - Paper Excellence Canada announced that it is extending the curtailment of paper operations at its pulp and paper mill to the end of...

Nov. 28 - Despite what some anti-receipt advocates say, consumers overwhelmingly prefer to receive printed receipts with their purchases instead of digital receipts. There are a number of benefits to having printed receipts, especially...

Nov. 27 - Essity announced that it has joined the European research project Sustronics, an EU funded project with the goal of moving the European electronics industry towards...

Nov. 22 - UPM Pulp, UPM Timber, UPM Communication Papers and UPM Biofuels will start change negotiations on possible temporary layoffs. The negotiations are...

Nov. 22 - In an effort to address ongoing cost inflation, Sappi Europe will increase prices for its Fine Paper grades by 7-10% from January 2024...

Nov. 21 - With the modernization of the board machine 1 (BM1), the annual production capacity of folding boxboard (FBB) will be increased by 200,000 tons to reach...

Nov. 20 - MM Group has decided to significantly reduce the planned multi-year strategic investment project at its pulp and paper mill in Poland, MM Kwidzyn. The project will...

Nov. 20 - Proposals to impose mandatory reuse rules for transport packaging are concerning. A regulation intended to prevent waste could end up including a loophole that causes a mountain of it...

Nov. 20 - DS Smith announced a major investment for its Rouen paper mill in Normandy, France, that includes replacing the coal-fired boiler with a new biomass boiler that will reduce...

Nov. 17 - The American Forest & Paper Association released the October 2023 Packaging Papers Monthly report. According to the report, total packaging...

Nov. 17 - The American Forest & Paper Association has released its October 2023 Printing-Writing Monthly report. According to the report, total printing-writing paper...

Nov. 16 - The team at Georgia-Pacific's Broadway facility in Green Bay recently signed and raised the last major structural beam for the $550 million Brawny project. Construction...

Nov. 15 - Voith announced the successful start-up of Asia Symbol's BM 13 at Rugao. BM 13 is 8.16 meters wide with a design speed of 1,400 m/min and an annual capacity of...

Nov. 15 (External: CBC News) - The Corner Brook Pulp and Paper mill is shutting down operations for seven days starting on Nov. 20. The company cited...

Nov. 15 - ABB has undertaken a major expansion of the center that will offer a broader geographical scope to increase operational efficiency. The portfolio scope expansion will...

Nov. 14 - "The Golbey conversion project has a massive scope and has been carried out during a period of very high inflation and challenging global supply chains. Delayed...

Nov. 14 - "Our sustainability awards are outstanding examples of our goals in action. We received our highest number of sustainability awards applications to date. We are...

Nov. 14 - WestRock announced it has entered into two virtual power purchase agreements (VPPAs) with ENGIE North America. The VPPAs are designed to add...

Nov. 13 - Consumption of specialty papers is forecast to increase at a +2.1% compound annual growth rate across 2023-2028, adding an extra 2.97 million tons of...

Nov. 10 - Cascades deeply regrets and is saddened to announce the death of one of its cofounders, Bernard Lemaire, at the age of 87. Mr. Lemaire was born in...

Nov. 10 - "Third quarter earnings were higher than our outlook. We took measures to maximize free cash flow, including selling and administrative cost reductions, shrinking...

Nov. 9 - "The WestRock team delivered another strong quarter, demonstrating the power and resilience of our diversified portfolio, innovative solutions and scale...

Nov. 9 - Beyond being a strong cultural fit, the combined businesses will be able to provide virtually all types of corrugated packaging from standard brown box to...

Nov. 9 - "We are pleased with our solid third quarter results. Sequential sales growth of 2.6% reflects stronger Containerboard volume and more favourable...

Nov. 9 - Some 58% prefer products ordered online to be delivered in paper packaging while 56% are actively taking steps to increase their use of paper packaging...

Nov. 8 - Voith announced that Sun Paper's two packaging paper machines — PM 2 and PM 3 — were successfully commissioned at the Nanning, China site within one month...

Nov. 8 - Association TRENDS has named Heidi Brock, President and CEO of the American Forest and Paper Association (AF&PA), as the 2024 Association Executive of the Year. Brock joined AF&PA in 2019, establishing...

Nov. 8 - In a pilot-scale study to find alternative raw materials for rigid plastic packages, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has obtained unprecedented...

Nov. 7 - "After the record year 2022, the MM Group has been operating for several quarters in a market environment with significantly reduced demand in the...

Nov. 6 - ProGroup announced that an agreement has been signed with Sappi whereby ProGroup will take over Sappi's Stockstadt pulp and paper mill in Germany...

Nov. 6 - "Clearly, this was a difficult quarter for our pulp business as global pulp market conditions continued to be...

Nov. 6 - The renewed system and improved availability will make it possible to increase the annual production of the line. Machine operators can take advantage of the...

Nov. 3 - The new Tissue Converting business will operate as a business unit integrated in Valmet's Paper business line. It focuses on delivering and serving converting...

Nov. 2 - "Lowering the current standard so dramatically would create a perverse disincentive for American investment. EPA's proposal could force investment in new facilities to foreign...

Nov. 2 - Ilim Group's Board of Directors has appointed Aleksei Lomko as Chief Executive Officer effective from October 30, 2023. Lomko joined Ilim Group in 2005 as Deputy Director...

Nov. 1 - Valmet and Metsä Group are jointly developing a comprehensive operating model to ensure sustainability in technology and maintenance...

Oct. 31 - "We made further progress toward achieving Vision 2025 goals in the quarter, operating the business at sustained, higher margin levels supported by our...

Oct. 31 - Sappi has completed the Higg Facility Environmental Management (FEM) verification audit at its Cloquet mill in Northern Minnesota. The mill is one of...

Oct. 31 - Mitsubishi HiTec Paper announced that it is increasing the price for its Giroform carbonless papers for orders received from 1 November 2023....

Oct. 30 - "We had an outstanding third quarter which came in at the higher end of our expectations, driven by good operational performance in both businesses and continued...

Oct. 30 - The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) released its Q3 2023 Containerboard Quarterly report. According to the report, total containerboard production...

Oct. 30 - The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) released its Q3 2023 Boxboard Quarterly report. According to the report, total boxboard production...

Oct. 30 - Given the ubiquitous nature of digital devices and digital service promotion, some businesses may be tempted to transition to paperless record keeping systems based on preconceived notions that going digital is...

Oct. 28 - The first project involves the construction of a tissue paper mill with the capacity to produce 60,000 tons per year. The site will also have converting operations for...

Oct. 28 - Metsä Board will initiate change negotiations on possible temporary layoffs for its paperboard and BCTMP mills in Finland. The negotiations involve...

Oct. 27 - Suzano announced it will invest R$490 million in a new fluff pulp line. This investment will support the conversion of a BHKP pulp line at Suzano's Limeira mill in...

Oct. 26 - "Our third quarter results came in as expected, and we are encouraged by continuing demand recovery across our portfolio. We exceeded our full-year target for Building a Better IP through commercial and process...

Oct. 25 - Third quarter sales of $5.1 billion increased 2 percent, with organic sales up 5 percent, driven by a 5 percent increase in price from ongoing revenue growth management programs and a 1 percent favorable...

Oct. 24 - UPM has appointed Massimo Reynaudo as President and CEO of UPM-Kymmene Corporation as of January 1, 2024. He will succeed Jussi Pesonen, who will...

Oct. 24 - "In line with the previous quarter's prediction, Stora Enso had an unsatisfactory financial performance in the third quarter. We faced deteriorating market conditions and price pressure for all segments, including our...

Oct. 24 - Packaging Corporation of America reported third quarter 2023 net income of $183 million and...

Oct. 24 - Stora Enso has appointed Ad Smit as Executive Vice President of the Packaging Solutions division and a member of the Group Leadership Team, effective December 1. He will replace...

Oct. 23 - One Equity Partners announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Walki Holding Oy to Oji Holdings Corporation, a Japanese paper products...

Oct. 23 - Voith will deliver a customized solution that includes a BlueLine stock preparation system, the rebuild of the existing machine into an XcelLine paper machine, as well as...

Oct. 21 - Paper Excellence is again extending the production downtime of paper operations at its pulp and paper mill located on Vancouver Island in Crofton...

Oct. 20 - Metsä Group is conducting a pre-study related to the construction of a first commercial mill for producing Muoto™ packaging products on its Rauma mill site in...

Oct. 20 - The participation process with the employee representatives has now been completed and the mill will cease its production by the end of...

Oct. 19 - VPK Group has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Zetacarton, an Italian corrugated cardboard company based near Como. With this new step,...

Oct. 19 - Essity has inaugurated the world's first production line for professional hygiene tissue products where the raw material consists of used food and milk...

Oct. 18 - International Paper announced a series of actions to further strengthen and optimize its manufacturing system to meet customers' needs. The company will permanently...

Oct. 18 - The American Forest & Paper Association has released its September 2023 Printing-Writing Monthly report. According to the report, total printing-writing paper...

Oct. 17 - Resolute's Claudia Roberge, superintendent, Health and Safety - Lac-Saint-Jean and Mauricie (Quebec) woodlands operations, has been recognized at the...

Oct. 16 - EPIQ Machinery recently announced the acquisition of Stymer Technologies, located in Pune, Maharashtra, India. Stymer Technologies is an engineering...

Oct. 16 - Rayonier Advanced Materials has engaged Houlihan Lokey as its financial advisor to explore the potential sale of its paperboard and high-yield pulp...

Oct. 16 - Enstra Paper has engaged Voith to rebuild its PM 6 for packaging paper in Springs, close to Johannesburg, in South Africa. Voith will supply a new...

Oct. 13 - The new presses are the longest ever produced — the longest being 42 metres with specially adapted custom configuration of a Speedmaster XL 106...

Oct. 12 - Georgia-Pacific completed a $175 million investment into its Dixie tableware facility in Darlington, South Carolina. The Darlington facility now has...

Oct. 12 - Over the last nine years, the Paper and Packaging Board has built a smart, strategic marketing program that communicates our industry's sustainability ethos and planet-smart packaging innovations. Our sustainability work is in its infancy...

Oct. 12 - Metsä Tissue said that its Kreuzau mill in Germany has stopped using lignite (soft brown coal) as an energy source, and since this past September the mill has switched to...

Oct. 11 - SCA announced that it will increase the price on NBSK pulp (Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft) in Europe. The new price will be USD 1,200, effective...

Oct. 10 - Visy announced the opening of its new corrugated box plant in Hemmant, Queensland, Australia. The new box plant has the capacity to produce 1 million boxes per day...

Oct. 10 - The persistent global economic downturn is proving to be much tougher than anticipated with depressed markets, geopolitical instability and weak economic...

Oct. 10 - Norske Skog completed a transaction for the sale of the Tasman mill industrial site and remaining mill assets to Oji Fibre Solutions for approximately...

Oct. 9 - Located near Birmingham in the UK, the R8 facility includes a 4,000m2 pilot hall, four laboratories, conditioning chambers, an ideation and design...

Oct. 6 - Rayonier Advanced Materials is announcing that in order to optimize inventory levels and address lower-than-anticipated demand, its Témiscaming Paperboard operation...

Oct. 5 - The corrugated packaging industry has achieved substantial reductions in the environmental impacts of a corrugated cardboard box according to...

Oct. 5 - Mondi has collaborated with Cotesi to replace conventional plastic mulch film with a paper solution, Advantage Kraft Mulch. Field trials currently underway are ...

Oct. 4 - Graphic Packaging announced it will permanently decommission the K3 coated recycled paperboard machine in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The K3 machine is one of...

Oct. 3 - The pulp and paper sector has already decoupled growth and CO2 emissions for several decades, but it remains energy-intensive. To go even further in its...

Oct. 2 - Valmet will supply an Advantage DCT tissue line including an extensive automation package, flow control valves and Industrial Internet solutions to Sofidel America's...

Oct. 2 - Fourstones Paper Mill announced the installation of a new tissue paper machine at their Sapphire Paper Mill site in Leslie, Scotland. The new machine...

Oct. 2 - Pactiv Evergreen and ExxonMobil are teaming up to provide certified-circular packaging...

Sept. 28 - Sappi Europe's Kirkniemi Mill in Lohja, Finland, has successfully made the switch from using fossil fuels to renewable energy. An EUR 16.5 million investment into...

Sept. 28 - The range of FluoroFree products that have achieved recyclability certification are produced in Ahlstrom's North American operations and are used in...

Sept. 27 - Paper Excellence Canada announced the resumption of kraft pulp operations at its Catalyst Crofton mill, bringing more than 300 workers back to their jobs...

Sept. 26 - Klabin's Puma II project is the largest investment in the company's history and the largest private investment ever made in the State of Paraná. With an...

Sept. 26 - Valmet will supply a high-capacity fine paper making line with automation to Yueyang Forest Paper in China. The paper machine will produce...

Sept. 25 - BTG Group announced the appointment of Xin Shun Cui as its new President and CEO. This strategic move comes as Robert Crossman, the former President and CEO took on a new role as...

Sept. 25 - Mitsubishi HiTec Paper Europe announced that it will increase the prices for its Thermoscript line of thermal papers by up to 10%, effective...

Sept. 22 - Subject to planning and environmental permits and a final investment decision, the site will occupy an area of around 200 acres and will have the capacity to produce...

Sept. 22 - Upon closing of the transaction, the Quesnel River and Slave Lake pulp mills will be operated by Millar Western Forest Products, which joined...

Sept. 21 - Valmet has been ranked as the most attractive employer among engineering professionals in Finland according to a new study by Universum. The ranking...

Sept. 20 - Georgia-Pacific on Sept. 18 informed employees at its Foley Cellulose mill in Perry, Florida, that the company plans to permanently close the facility...

Sept. 20 - The largest investment of the forest industry in Finland — the new Kemi bioproduct mill and the paperboard mill expansion — came into operation as...

Sept. 19 - The American Forest & Paper Association has released its August 2023 Printing-Writing Monthly report. According to the report, total printing-writing paper...

Sept. 19 - The American Forest & Paper Association released the August 2023 Packaging Papers Monthly report. According to the report, total packaging...

Sept. 19 - The scope of delivery includes a new debarking and chipping line with steam de-icing in the debarking drum, which ensures a high debarking degree with...

Sept. 18 - International Paper has completed the sale of its 50% interest in Ilim SA, the holding company for its Ilim joint venture (JV), to its JV partners for $484MM (USD) in cash....

Sept. 18 - The Board of Directors of Stora Enso has appointed Hans Sohlström as the new President and CEO of Stora Enso as of today. Sohlström is currently...

Sept. 17 - Mondi has entered into an agreement to sell its last remaining facility in Russia, Mondi Syktyvkar, together with two affiliated entities to Sezar Invest...

Sept. 18 - Voith will supply multiple stock preparation lines, integrated reject handling and the wastewater pre-treatment system for Graphic Packaging's mill in...

Sept. 18 - International Paper celebrated the opening of its newest state-of-the-art corrugated packaging facility in Atglen, Pennsylvania. The new $100 million facility...