PAPER INDUSTRY NEWS

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

June 18 - Stora Enso has completed the installation of dispersion barrier technology at its Forshaga site in Sweden and production has now started. Completion of the installation...

June 17 - Stora Enso has completed the co-determination negotiations concerning closing down the pulp and paper production at its Veitsiluoto site in Finland. The...

June 17 - ABB has been contracted by Arctic Paper Grycksbo to install a new drive and automation system for its Winder 10 at its mill in Grycksbo, Sweden, to improve the plant's...

June 17 - WestRock EverGrow packaging is curbside recyclable when emptied and flattened, supporting the company's ambition to reduce waste and build a 100 percent...

June 17 - Sappi North America announced that it will sell its hydroelectric assets on the Presumpscot River in Maine to Dichotomy Power LLC, pending...

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

June 16 - The global market for folding cartons will be $136.7 billion in 2021, and as the market recovers from COVID-19 disruption global demand will reach...

June 16 - Sappi Europe announces a price increase for Transjet, Basejet and Inkjet grades by 8-15 % valid for deliveries from 1 July 2021...

June 15 - The American Forest & Paper Association today announced Better Practices, Better Planet 2030: Sustainable Products for a Sustainable Future, a new...

June 15 - Valmet will supply a large pulp and paper technology delivery to Klabin in Brazil. The order consists of...

June 15 - Reno De Medici has signed an irrevocable commitment to acquire 100% of the share capital of Fineska B.V., the Dutch holding company of "Eska" Group...

June 15 - Lecta today announced a price increase of up to 15% for new orders of thermal and carbonless papers. The price increase is effective immediately....

June 14 - Paper Excellence announced that several key roles have been filled as work to restart the Prince Albert pulp mill ramps up...

June 11 - Resoltue Forest Products announced capital investments of $50 million in its wood products...

June 10 - Norske Skog announced the closure of the Tasman mill and a sales process for the mill's assets. Production will cease by 30 June 2021, permanently reducing...

June 10 - Stora Enso will invest EUR 21 million to improve the competitiveness and environmental performance of the Anjala-Ingerois production sites. Stora Enso will also...

June 10 - Valmet has entered into agreements to acquire EWK Umwelttechnik GmbH, a German company manufacturing and supplying air emission control systems and...

June 10 - Mondi announced that it will implement price increases of between 8% and 15% across the majority of its uncoated fine paper grades produced in Austria and Slovakia as of...

June 10 - Smurfit Kappa's Bag-in-Box division has announced the completion of a significant EUR 12 million investment in a new flexible material production facility at...

June 9 - The Twin Rivers Paper Company has received FSSC 22000 Certification for Food Packaging for its New York-based, Lyonsdale, Mohawk Valley, and Mill Street mills...

June 7 - ND Paper today announced that Tom Pazdera has been named the new Vice President and General Manager of ND Paper's Rumford Division. A pulp, packaging and paper industry veteran, Pazdera brings three...

June 7 - Verso Corporation announced that Brian D. Cullen will become its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective June 16, 2021...

June 4 - Buckman, a privately-held global company specializing in innovative chemistry and smart solutions, announced global price increases of 5 to 20% for all product offerings...

June 4 - Smurfit Kappa Group announced that it has completed the acquisition of Cartones del Pacifico, a leading paper-based packaging company located in...

June 3 - Red Leaf Pulp Ltd., developer of a proprietary wheat straw-based pulp mill, announced that it will locate its initial facility in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. The company has secured properties on the west side of...

June 3 - Thiele Kaolin Company announced that it will increase prices on all kaolin products by 8% effective July 1, 2021 or as contracts or agreements allow...

June 3 - With the new extended 360 Service offering, Metsä Board is testing the paperboards and simulating packaging designs used by pharma...

June 2 - ABB has been selected by Sappi to support a major digital transformation project across its global manufacturing footprint in Europe, North America, and South Africa...

June 2 - Clearwater Paper has announced the indefinite closure of its Neenah, Wisconsin facility, which includes...

June 2 - WestRock Company today announced the future retirement of Jeff Chalovich, president of Corrugated Packaging and chief commercial officer, after an incredible 23-year career with WestRock. Moving forward, WestRock has...

June 1 - Finnpulp, which is planning a bioproduct mill project in Kuopio, Finland, has submitted an application for annulment to the Supreme Administrative Court on...

June 1 - Further to the announcement on February 16, 2021, that the hygiene and health company Essity had entered an agreement to acquire...

June 1 - Port Hawkesbury Paper has announced the successful transition of its Forest Stewardship Council Maritime certification to the new FSC national standard for...

June 1 - International Paper has completed the sale of its ownership interest in Olmuksan International Paper to Mondi Group. The Olmuksan business includes...

May 27 - Stora Enso has signed an agreement to divest its Sachsen Mill located in Eilenburg, Germany, to the Swiss-based Model Group. Sachsen Mill has an annual production...

May 27 - Södra Cell announced that it will increase the price of its northern bleached softwood kraft...

May 25 - Voith announced that will supply Nine Dragons with three XcelLine paper machines for the production of high performance testliner and white top testliner...

May 26 - Valmet will supply a Valmet IntelliTissue 1600 tissue making line to Chinese tissue producer C&S. The new line will be installed at the company's mill in...

May 25 - Smurfit Kappa is substantially expanding its converting capacity at four manufacturing plants across the Czech Republic and Slovakia with an EUR 20 million investment...

May 24 - The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) has released its April 2021 Packaging Papers & Specialty Packaging Monthly report. According to the report...

May 24 - The American Forest & Paper Association has released its April 2021 Printing-Writing Monthly report. According to the report, total printing-writing paper shipments...

May 24 - Graphic Packaging Holding Company announced today the conclusion of its successful partnership with International Paper Company. The final tranche...

May 21 - The American Forest & Paper Association has released the 61st Paper Industry Capacity and Fiber Consumption Report, indicating overall U.S....

May 21 - Sappi Europe has appointed Flavio Froehli as Vice President, Marketing & Sales, with immediate effect, for the entire Sappi Europe portfolio. He reports to...

May 20 - Global trade of wood chips, which are mainly used by pulp mills, grew from about 21 million tons...

May 20 - Stora Enso arranged a virtual inauguration ceremony to celebrate the successful conversion of the Oulu Mill, which was transformed from paper production into...

May 19 - The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) announced that 65.7 percent of paper consumed in the United States was recycled in 2020, maintaining...

May 19 - Stora Enso announced that Ulrika Lilja, Executive Vice President, Communications and Marketing, has decided to leave her position at the company. After eight years...

May 18 - Domtar announced it will expand its Jesup, Georgia based Engineered Absorbent Materials (EAM) facility. The project will play an integral role in...

May 18 - Nippon Paper Industries announced its decision to shut down the operation of its N6 paper machine at Ishinomaki Mill by the end of May 2022. The N6 machine has the capacity to produce 271,000 tonnes per year of...

May 18 - Heritage Paper Company announced that Greer Hill has been appointed as the company's Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Charles McCampbell, who has served as CEO of the company since he founded the business in 1980. McCampbell will assume a new position as...

May 17 - Verso Corporation today announced the completion of the sale of the company's closed mill in Duluth, Minnesota, to ST Paper 1, LLC. "Since the idling of the Duluth Mill...

May 17 - UPM announced that it has signed an agreement to sell its Shotton newsprint mill site in North Wales, United Kingdom and all related assets to Eren Paper Ltd, a subsidiary of...

May 17 - BillerudKorsnäs and Aisa are launching a collaboration that opens up new possibilities in paper-based tube packaging by using BillerudKorsnäs FibreForm and...

May 14 - Graphic Packaging Holding Company and CVC Capital Partners Fund VI announced a definitive agreement under which Graphic Packaging will acquire AR Packaging...

May 14 - PaperWorks Industries has appointed Brian Janki as its new President and CEO and a member of the Board of Directors, effective May 10, 2021. Janki replaces C. Anderson "Andy" Bolton...

May 14 - Kadant Johnson announced the promotion of...

May 13 - The Millcraft Paper Company announced today that it has acquired the assets of Dennis Paper Company of Nashville, Tennessee. Founded by Morris Dennis in 1969...

May 13 - Supremex, a leading North American manufacturer and marketer of envelopes and provider of paper-based packaging solutions, announced its results for...

May 12 - Suzano today announced that its Board of Directors approved a capital investment of BRL 14.7 billion for (approx. USD 2.87 billion) for the construction of...

May 12 - Appvion Operations has published the company's first Corporate Sustainability Report. The report reflects Appvion's commitment to transparency and provides details...

May 12 - Stora Enso and Pulpex are collaborating on the development of industrial scale production of eco-friendly paper bottles and containers made from wood fiber pulp...

May 12 - Mitsubishi HiTec Paper announced that it will implement a price increase of up to 10% for its coated specialty papers, effective June 1, 2021....

May 11 - Paper Excellence and Domtar today announced that they have entered into a strategic business combination under which the Paper Excellence group of companies...

May 11 - Valmet will supply two Valmet Advantage DCT tissue lines, including automation system and three tissue rewinders, to Zhejiang Jingxing Paper in China....

May 10 - Irish-owned Zeus Packaging announced an EUR 15 million investment in Aldar Tissues, a Dublin-based tissue manufacturer that Zeus acquired in...

May 7 - "Verso delivered improved first quarter Adjusted EBITDA of $30 million compared to $9 million in the fourth quarter of 2020. We continue to maintain a strong balance sheet and liquidity with no outstanding debt...

May 7 - ANDRITZ will install a FibreFlow drum pulper as well as various fiber cleaning and reject handling equipment to upgrade the existing OCC line and expand the mill's...

May 6 - Northern Pulp Nova Scotia announced it has notified Nova Scotia's Minister of Environment and Climate...

May 6 - Burger King is committed to being part of a more sustainable future by reducing our environmental footprint and is launching a green packaging pilot program focused on finding scalable solutions for eight of its most-used...

May 6 - "EBITDA continued to improve quarter-on-quarter from a low of US$26 million in our third quarter of 2020 through US$98 million in the previous quarter to...

May 6 - KaiCell Fibers announced that a letter of intent has been signed by KaiCell Fibers and Loiste Oy, a Finnish power service group, which sets the framework for...

May 5 - WestRock reported record second quarter North American per day box shipments up 5.5% compared to the prior year quarter...

May 5 - Valmet and Arauco have signed an agreement to jointly develop the Arauco Mill Line 3 in Chile to become the world's most autonomous pulp mill. Valmet will supply its...

May 4 - Domtar said that it has been made aware of press speculation regarding discussions between itself and Paper Excellence with respect to a possible...

May 4 - The ground continues to shift across the EU as demand patterns in the woodfree uncoated (WFU) segment have driven manufacturers to make some difficult decisions...

May 4 - Ahlstrom-Munksjö is exploring strategic options for its Decor business, including the possibility of divesting the business. The review process, first announced on...

May 4 - The International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA) has released its biennial Sustainability Progress Report which demonstrates...

May 4 - Kadant Fiberline (China) Co. Ltd. announced it successfully started up two OCC systems at Sun Paper's PM1 and PM2 in Muang Phin, Laos. The OCC systems...

May 3 - Nordic Paper announced its decision to initiate consultations with trade unions regarding a restructuring of production at its pulp and paper mill in Säffle...

May 3 - "Our strong first quarter results reflected improved pulp pricing across all of our markets. First quarter average European NBSK list prices were up $157 per ADMT, and...