PAPER INDUSTRY NEWS

Oct. 21 - Metsä Tissue announced that its Mariestad Mill in Sweden has been forced to curtail production of recycled paper due to shortages of...

Oct. 21 - PulPac has appointed Conny Högström as Manager for the company's Tech Center in Gothenburg, Sweden. Most recently Högström held the position of Operations Manager for...

Oct. 20 - Stora Enso announced that it is investing EUR 97 million to expand the board production at the Skoghall site in Sweden. At the same time...

Oct. 19 - Valmet will supply an OptiConcept M board production line for Pratt Industries new paper mill that will be built in Henderson, Kentucky (USA). The new machine will...

Oct. 19 - The American Forest & Paper Association has announced Eric Steiner as its Vice President of Government Affairs. In his new role, Steiner will help lead the paper and wood products industry's legislative agenda and...

Oct. 19 - UPM has sold the Kaipola mill site in Jämsä, Finland, to Kaipola Green Port Oy. Kaipola Green Port is a real estate development company owned by...

Oct. 19 - According to the report, total printing-writing paper shipments decreased four percent in September compared to September 2020. U.S. purchases...

Oct. 18 - According to the report, total containerboard production in Q3 increased nine percent compared to Q3 2020. It was up seven percent when compared to...

Oct. 18, 2021 - - The American Forest & Paper Association has released its September 2021 Boxboard Quarterly report. According to the report, total boxboard production...

Oct. 18 - The American Forest & Paper Association has released its September 2021 Packaging Papers &...

Oct. 18 - UPM has signed an agreement to sell its Chapelle Darblay newsprint mill site in Grand-Couronne, France, to a consortium of two partners...

Oct. 18 - Sappi Europe said that it can no longer absorb the full extent of the unprecedented increase in energy prices and announces the intention to apply...

Oct. 14 - Based in Salisbury, North Carolina, Integro Technologies is an industry-leading vision integrator and inspection company...

Oct. 14 - Lecta today announced a price increase of 12% - 14% on all its Specialty paper grades. In addition, the company has also announced...

Oct. 13 - Valmet has launched a new performance center in Appleton, Wisconsin, that will serve board, paper and tissue markets in North America with...

Oct. 13 - Graphic Packaging Holding Company announced that all required regulatory approvals to complete the proposed acquisition of AR Packaging Group...

Oct. 13 - Suzano announced that Cristina Gil White has joined the company as Executive Officer of Sustainability. Pablo Machado, who currently serves as interim...

Oct. 12 - Ahlstrom-Munksjö has expanded its offering of sustainable tape backing solutions by launching a complete product range for pressure-sensitive...

Oct. 12 - Greif, Inc. announced today that it is implementing a $60 per ton price increase for all...

Oct. 8 - Essity announced that it is investing in enhanced efficiency in the company´s site in Kawerau, New Zealand, including the world's first...

Oct. 7 - Sonoco announced it is implementing a $60 per ton price increase for all grades of uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) in the United States and Canada...

Oct. 7 - With R$ 35.5 billion (approx. US$6.439 billion) in investments planned for the country through 2023, the forest-based sector is currently...

Oct. 7 - Softwood fiber costs were generally higher worldwide in the 2Q/2021 than in the previous quarter despite an increase in the supply of residuals from...

Oct. 5 - Ahlstrom-Munksjö recently released a mono-material oxygen barrier technology made of 100% cellulose fibers. The technology...

Oct. 4 - The plan consists of 240,000 tons of tissue paper production capacity, built in several phases during the upcoming decade. The plans are...

Oct. 4 - A long-term collaboration between Finnish startup The Paper Lid Company and Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, has led to the development of...

Oct. 4 - Voith will supply Nine Dragons, Asia's largest manufacturer of recycled containerboard, with five BlueLine OCC...

Oct. 1 - International Paper Company today announced the completion of its separation and...

Oct. 1 - UPM has permanently closed paper production at its Shotton newsprint mill site in North Wales, United Kingdom. The site and all related assets will now be transferred to...

Oct. 1 - Körber announced that James Wreath has been appointed Vice President Sales North America at Körber Business Area Tissue and will...

Sept. 30 - Essity is presenting a breakthrough in sustainable tissue production and is beginning production based on pulp from wheat straw. The plant in...

Sept. 30 - Ahlstrom-Munksjö has entered into an agreement to acquire 60% of Chinese decor paper producer Minglian and form a joint venture, comprising a...

Sept. 30 - At Kimberly-Clark's Salamanca manufacturing facility in western Spain, the recent installation of a biomass boiler will lower natural gas consumption by...

Sept. 29 - Mall City Containers was started in 1974 by a team of in vestors that bought Mead Paper Company's sheet plant in Kalamazoo. Over its history...

Sept. 29 - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that roughly one-third of all food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted globally, amounting to about 1.3 billion tonnes or over USD1 trillion a year...

Sept. 29 - Graphic Packaging Holding Company announced that Michelle M. Fitzpatrick, Ph.D., will join the company as its first Chief Sustainability Officer...

Sept. 29 - Metsä Group has appointed Jari Voutilainen as the Group's Senior Vice President, Sourcing and Logistics as of October 1, 2021. Voutilainen has worked at Metsä Group since 2013. He moves to his new role from the position of...

Sept. 28 - Recent raw material scarcity and cost inflation in the paper business have led to higher price hikes, while industry restructuring combined with...

Sept. 28 - In the last 12 months, the chemical industry has experienced dramatic increases in global prices for primary feedstocks including crude oil, propylene, ethylene, natural gas, acrylonitrile, methanol, packaging...

Sept. 27 - The target of the project is to increase the production capacity of the Guaíba pulp mill's line 2 from 1.5 million air dry tonnes per year to 1.85 million...

CORRECTED: Sept. 27 - Accounting for 25.09 million tonnes in 2021, the specialty papers market is dynamic and will present multiple lucrative diversification...

Sept. 24 - The Koehler Group announced plans to convert the power plant at its paper mill in Greiz, Germany, from pulverized lignite (a form of brown coal) to fine wood fraction fuel...

Sept. 23 - Lumi announced that the American paper manufacturer Seaman Paper has partnered with Lumi to make its innovative assortment of sustainable packaging...

Sept. 22 - "Like all sectors of the economy, papermakers are dealing with challenges created by the ongoing pandemic. These include global and domestic...

Sept. 22 - ANDRITZ has received an order from Volga Pulp and Paper Mill in Balakhna, Nizhnij Novgorod...

Sept. 21 - Thailand-based SCGP is moving ahead with an expansion plan to build a new production complex in Vinh Phuc in northern Vietnam for the production of...

Sept. 21 - Verso Corporation announced that it has entered into a Confidentiality Agreement with Atlas FRM LLC. The special committee of the...

Sept. 21 - Jabil Packaging Solutions announced a significant advancement in coffee pod sustainability with the launch of their home-compostable coffee capsule for...

Sept. 20 - SCA and St1 have entered a joint venture to produce and sell liquid biofuels. SCA will supply tall oil to the joint venture and will invest about SEK 0.6 billion in...

Sept. 20 - The International Wood Products Association (IWPA) announced that Bradley McKinney has been selected to serve as the new executive director of the organization. He assumed the role on September 13...

Sept. 17 - Valmet will supply a new container board making line to Kipas Kagit in Söke, Turkey. The new board making line (PM 3) will produce high-quality...

Sept. 16 - The American Forest & Paper Association has released its August 2021 Printing-Writing Monthly report. According to the report, total printing-writing paper shipments...

Sept. 16 - Glatfelter announced that effective immediately it will increase prices for all Composite Fibers products by 12%, or as customer contracts permit...

Sept. 16 - Increasing use of sustainable packaging will add an extra $2.1 billion to the global market for functional and barrier coatings for paper and...

Sept. 16 - Dispersible is a unique material that looks, feels, and tears like ordinary direct thermal paper but has a distinguishing feature — it disperses in cold water, hot...

Sept. 16 - In April 2021, the paper pulp cartons were launched at Wegmans stores in Massachusetts for an 8-week test. The pilot was a success, and the cartons were rolled out...

Sept. 16 - Metsä Group is planning to construct a new Kerto LVL mill on its expanding mill area in Äänekoski, Finland. The production of the new mill will...

Sept. 15 - Jamestown Container Companies on August 30 announced an agreement to acquire Cattaraugus Container, Inc., a converted paper product...

Sept. 14 - Ahlstrom-Munksjö announced to employees that it plans to temporarily idle #8 Paper Machine in December 2021, along with its #20 Supercalender and...

Sept. 14 - Saica Group recently announced it will be investing $800 million in the U.S. market, growing through strategic acquisitions or new plant...

Sept. 14 - Totaling EUR 1.6 billion, the investment in Metsä Group's Kemi bioproduct mill is the largest in the history of the Finnish forest industry. Through its direct value chain, the new bioproduct mill will...

Sept. 13 - "Mike is a strong match for what we were looking for to lead the North American business unit. He brings direct experience in the Uncoated Freesheet market as well as a solid track record of...

Sept. 10 - Pactiv Evergreen Inc. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Pactiv Evergreen Group Holdings Inc. has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Fabri-Kal, a leading manufacturer of foodservice and consumer brand packaging solutions....

Sept. 9 - The Government of Saskatchewan announced the approval of timber allocations to support the restart of the Paper Excellence pulp mill in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan...

Sept. 9 - Phoenix Paper said that it has finished a $5 million recommissioning project for the pulp dryer at the company's pulp and paper mill in Wickliffe, Kentucky...

Sept. 9 - ABB and Södra have entered a long-term, strategic partnership to co-develop a roadmap to drive new levels of efficiency, engagement and digitalization across Södra's...

Sept. 9 - Sonoco announced that it has partnered with AMP Robotics to create a new material category within AMP's neural network specific to rigid paperboard cans...

Sept. 9 - Kemira announced price increases in the Process & Functional chemistry portfolio globally. The increase will be up to 30%, and effective for...

Sept. 9 - The MM (Mayr-Melnhof) Group has appointed Päivi Suutari (58, M.Sc.) as the new Managing Director of MM Kotkamills, effective Oct. 1, 2021. Suutari succeeds MM Kotkamills CEO Markku Hämäläinen, who...

Sept. 8 - Over the past 10 years, Ilim Group spent about RUB 12 billion to implement best available technologies (BAT) and environmental initiatives at the...

Sept. 8 - E-commerce in the United States grew by 44 percent in 2020, and with that growth came a rise in package deliveries — and the use of paper packaging materials...

Sept. 7 - Kelheim Fibres will increase prices for its range of viscose fibres by EUR 0,20/kg, effective from 1 October 2021. In addition. freight cost...

Sept. 7 - AMETEK Surface Vision has appointed Vincent Roy as Regional Sales Manager for Canada. His role will be to develop relationships with customers and to achieve strong revenue growth for both...

Sept. 7 - Holmen Iggesund announced the launch of its paperboard coated with "Bio E", a barrier coating solution made from 75 percent renewable...

Sept. 3 - Segezha Group is implementing a large-scale investment project to build a new paper machine at its Sokol Pulp and Paper Mill in...

Sept. 2 - The Paper Discovery Center announced that the 2020-2021 Paper Industry International Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place at...

Sept. 2 - Voith announced price adjustments for paper machine clothing, shoe press sleeves, roll covers, mechanical roll service and doctoring solutions. In the product areas of...

Sept. 1 - A new kraftliner production line, PM 27, which was supplied by Valmet to Klabin, was successfully started up on August 30, 2021 at...

Sept. 1 - "In addition to strong operating results, we achieved record financial performance, reduced our debt and made meaningful progress towards achieving our targeted leverage ratio. While we continue to...

Sept. 1 - Lessebo Paper AB is pleased to announce the appointment of Jens Olson as the new Chief Executive Officer with effect from 1 September 2021. Olson succeeds Eric Sigurdsson, who has served as CEO since...

Sept. 1 - ANDRITZ has received an order from Astrabel d.o.o. to supply a tissue plant for the production of high-quality tissue grades to Astrabel's mill in Belisce, Croatia...

Aug. 31 - Stora Enso has completed the union negotiations regarding the closure of pulp and paper production at Kvarnsveden. A total of 340 people...

Aug. 30 - Rayonier Advanced Materials has completed its previously announced sale of its lumber and newsprint assets to GreenFirst Forest Products for...

Aug. 30 - The Navigator Company said that it will increase paper prices in Europe up to 6% as a result of continuing escalation in raw materials, logistics, energy and...

Aug. 30 - Metsä Fibre and the construction company Lehto Group have entered into an agreement to build an ecological operating office from wood for the...

Aug. 27 - Despite more people willing to recycle and invest in a sustainable lifestyle than ever before, recycling rates for paper and cardboard packaging have dropped sharply from...

Aug. 27 - Kadant Fiberline (China) Co. Ltd. was awarded an order for an OCC stock preparation system and approach flow system from Linping Paper. The new equipment will be installed on PM7 at...

Aug. 26 - Smurfit Kappa has announced it is investing $22 million to expand its corrugated plant in Culiacan, North-West Mexico. The investment will...

Aug. 26 - Paper is one of the world's most recycled materials. In Europe 74% of paper, 56 million tonnes, was collected and recycled in 2020. Paper Packaging has...

Aug. 26 - Kimberly-Clark Corporation today announced a series of executive leadership changes in support of its global business. Tristram Wilkinson, currently serving as President of Kimberly-Clark's EMEA business, has been named...

Aug. 26 - Voith has received an order from Shandong Huatai Paper to rebuild PM 11 located in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong. The project will convert...

Aug. 26 - Cascades is pleased to announce that the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has approved its greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets....

Aug. 25 - Fiskeby Board has agreed to acquire Baden Board GmbH, based in Gernsbach, Germany. Baden Board is a well-established producer of...

Aug. 25 - Valmet has received several pulp technology orders from Nine Dragons for their pulp, paper and board greenfield project in Beihai city...

Aug. 24 - Thimm has invested EUR 1.6 million in its Alzey corrugated cardboard plant located in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The investment includes...

Aug. 23 - CTI Paper USA announced a new partnership agreement with Milan-based Gruppo Cordenons to supply and serve merchants, converters and...

Aug. 23 - Neenah has added the first of its kind, environmentally forward RECYCOTAPE™ tape backing to its sustainable product offering. Consumers can...

Aug. 23 - Norske Skog announced that Per Ivar Berg (58) has been appointed the new Managing Director at Norske Skog Saugbrugs AS, effective February 1, 2022. He will replace Kjell-Arve Kure, who will leave the company...

Aug. 20 - In its climate program, Valmet is targeting to reduce CO₂ emissions from its own operations by...

Aug. 19 - Felix Schoeller Group has announced plans to invest in a manufacturing operation for release liners at the company's Pulaski, New York facility. The planned...

Aug. 19 - Stora Enso has announced the brand name for the company's paper fiber-based and fully paper-recyclable cellulose foam for protective and cushioning...

Aug. 18 - The American Forest & Paper Association has released its July 2021 Printing-Writing Monthly report. According to the report, total printing-writing paper shipments...

Aug. 18 - The American Forest & Paper Association has released its July 2021 Packaging Papers & Specialty Packaging Monthly report. According to the report...

Aug. 18 - Case Paper announced the completion of a massive solar panel installation on the roof of their converting and warehouse facility in Chicago, Illinois...

Aug. 17 - ANDRITZ has received an order from Visy Pulp & Paper for a 243,000 m3 chip handling and storage system, including a Stacker Reclaimer RST360, for...

Aug. 16 - The Paperworkers’ Union has stated that it will not negotiate with UPM's businesses but requires a single company-level collective labour agreement...

Aug. 16 - Amcor announced plans to build two new state-of-the-art innovation centers. The new facilities in Ghent, Belgium, and Jiangyin, China, will...

Aug. 12 - Klabin announced that it is investing R$40 million in dispersible barrier technology at its Monte Alegre paper mill in Paraná, Brazil, which will allow for...

Aug. 12 - Valmet will offer recovery boiler upgrade service to Lee & Man Pulp Manufacturing Limited's Chongqing mill in China. Valmet's delivery will include a new...

Aug. 11 - The Mayr-Melnhof Group (MM) has completed the acquisition of the Kwidzyn mill in Poland from International Paper after receiving approval from...

Aug. 11 - Greif, Inc. announced that it is implementing a $70 per ton price increase for all grades of...

Aug. 10 - Klabin has started construction on its new terminal on the quay of the Port of Paranaguá, following the signing of the permit in July by the Port of Paraná. In this phase...

Aug. 10 - Sonoco is implementing a $70 per ton price increase for all grades of uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) in the United States and Canada, effective with...

Aug. 9 - International Paper is proud to announce Sylvamo Corporation as the name of its global papers spinoff, with headquarters planned for Memphis, Tennessee...

Aug. 6 - Voith will supply Koehler Paper with the second modernization stage of PM 5 in Oberkirch, Germany. Voith previously completed the first rebuild stage...

Aug. 6 - "Verso delivered a strong second quarter performance driven by the ongoing execution of our operating strategy and positive macro trends. We are seeing the benefits of these actions that support...

Aug. 5 - "We delivered excellent results in the third fiscal quarter, with record revenue and North American box shipments that drove a 35% year-over-year increase in...

Aug. 5 - "We have seen a significant improvement in market conditions in the majority of our trading regions during the quarter. This contributed to a material increase in quarter-on-quarter EBITDA and an overall return to profit...

Aug. 5 - "We performed better than our initial expectations for the quarter. In paperboard, we continue to experience strong demand and robust backlogs. Tissue demand bottomed out in April as consumers de-stocked...

Aug. 5 - "We continued to see lower demand levels in tissue in the quarter, notably in US consumer retail...

Aug. 4 - The new tissue machine will have a width of 5.6 meters and a design speed of 2,200 m/min. The new line will provide high-quality facial, napkin, toilet and...

Aug. 4 - Appvion Operations, Inc. announced the promotion of Katie Sell to Product Manager of the company's flagship suite of products. She will be responsible for helping to take Appvion's innovative direct thermal solutions to...

Aug. 3 - The Mayr-Melnhof Group (MM) announced the completion of its acquisition of Kotkamills in Finland. Through the acquisition, MM strengthens its position in...

Aug. 2 - The upward trend in NBSK US-dollar pulp list prices to China from the first quarter continued in April, with prices reaching a near-record high of US$995...

Aug. 2 - Greif announced that it is expanding its CorrChoice – Concord sheet feeder operations in North Carolina. The company plans to acquire and install an...

July 29 - Pratt plans to build two facilities totaling 1.15 million square feet along Kentucky Highway 425 in Henderson County. The company's initial investment will...

July 29 - Stockholders of Domtar Corporation approved a proposal to adopt a business combination with...

July 29 - Pactiv Evergreen has made the difficult decision to exit the coated groundwood paper business. As a result, the company will permanently cease...

July 29 - "International Paper delivered solid earnings growth and strong cash generation in the second quarter. Commercially, we achieved strong revenue growth...

July 29 - BillerudKorsnäs announced that it has started the process of putting its paper mill in Beetham, UK, up for sale. The company said the process is ongoing and...

July 29 - The Ahlstrom-Munksjö Mosinee plant in Wisconsin is teaming up with Via Separations to pilot a cutting edge energy efficiency project. Together...

July 28 - The Verzuolo mill, owned by the Burgo Group, is situated close to the port of Savona in the northwest of Italy. The mill's PM9 paper machine was newly constructed in...

July 28 - Through the sale, Thiele will acquire mineral resources, as well as certain manufacturing assets, primarily supporting hydrous kaolin but also including...

July 28 - Huhtamaki and Syntegon announced a breakthrough innovation for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry, Push Tab paper, the first paper-based tablet packaging...

July 28 - CompanyBox, a Charlotte, North Carolina-based corrugated packaging company, reported a significant expansion in capacity and nationwide corrugated...

July 27 - Metsä Board is investing EUR 210 million to increase folding boxboard capacity at its Husum mill in...

July 27 - "Strong demand continued across our markets in the second quarter as consumer preferences are...

July 26 - "Demand in our Packaging segment remained very strong. Our mills and plants continued to do an outstanding job of meeting our customers’ needs while...

July 27 - Sappi Europe has announced further price increases for Paperboard, Containerboard, Sublimation...

July 26 - Today the Paper and Packaging Board's How Life Unfolds® campaign launched an integrated...

July 26 - Earnings for the second quarter of 2021 were the highest since the distribution of Essity in 2017 and represent a significant improvement compared with...

July 23 - New owners are providing some hope that the former Appvion Paper Mill in Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania, may have new life. A newly formed company, Roaring Spring Park, LLC, has just closed on the facility and...

July 23 - Graphic Packaging announced the release of OptiCycle, a new line of non-polyethylene (PE) coated, single-use foodservice packaging...

July 21 - The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) announced that Indonesia will allow the importation of recycled materials with up to 2% impurities...

July 21 - Stora Enso and Tetra Pak have joined forces to triple the recycling capacity of beverage cartons in Poland. The partnership, which follows a comprehensive...

July 21 - The Government of Canada is building a clean energy future and supporting workers in the natural resource sectors, including finding innovative ways to increase...

July 21 - Beaver Paper Group, a manufacturer of sublimation media and sewn paper products, announced a general price increase of 8-12% across its global portfolio of products. "We are taking this initiative due to...

July 20 - Rockwell Automation announced a partnership with Kezzler AS, a cloud-based product digitization and traceability platform, to help manufacturers capture...

July 20 - DS Smith announced the proposed sale of its De Hoop paper mill (Eerbeek) in the Netherlands to De Jong Packaging for a cash consideration of EUR 50 million...

July 20 - Valmet will deliver equipment and services for a rebuild of the hardwood pulp line at Holmen's Iggesund mill in Sweden. The rebuild will cut variable costs and improve...

July 20 - There is a consensus on the need for the new forest strategy to foster a European circular bioeconomy...

July 20 - Sappi Europe announced further price increases for all Coated and Uncoated Flexible Packaging and Silicone Base Papers that will be applied by 1 October....

July 19 - The American Forest & Paper Association has released its June 2021 Printing-Writing Monthly report. According to the report, total printing-writing paper shipments...

July 19 - The American Forest & Paper Association has released its June 2021 Containerboard Monthly report. According to the report, total containerboard production...

July 19 - The American Forest & Paper Association has released its June 2021 Boxboard Monthly report. According to the report, total boxboard production...

July 19 - The American Forest & Paper Association has released its June 2021 Packaging Papers & Specialty Packaging Monthly report. According to the report...

July 19 - Forestry workers who have been out of work welcome Paper Excellence's announcement to spend...

July 15 - Domtar today announced it will restart a paper machine at its Ashdown, Arkansas, mill to add the capacity necessary for the company to meet increasing...

July 15 - Paper Excellence is proposing a complete transformation of Northern Pulp, a producer of high-quality Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft pulp at...

July 15 - Contrary to what is oftentimes promoted in popular media, America’s working forests are not being destroyed, abused or “deforested” beyond repair...

July 14 - Verso Corporation confirmed that it has received an unsolicited proposal from Atlas Holdings regarding a potential transaction to acquire all outstanding...