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Lenzing Group, a leading manufacturer of wood-based cellulose specialty fibers, and Hof University opened a new Nonwoven Development Center (VEZ).

Notices of violation filed after dye spill at Roaring Spring paper mill.

While some companies and industries have been slowed by the pandemic, others have taken flight thanks to ingenuity, strategic pivots, and recognition of the demand for health and safety-oriented products.

Six Valmet Total Solids Measurements (Valmet TS) will be supplied as part of the delivery by SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions of water and wastewater treatment plants for Klabin's Puma II project in Brazil

Valmet sees that a combination of the two companies in the long-term would create excellent value for Valmet's and Neles' shareholders.

ABB to supply leading Mexico packaging paper producer Grupo Gondi with a robust and reliable automated paper testing solution for its greenfield site in Monterrey, Mexico.

As a company, Mondi's goal is to continuously delight their customers with innovative and sustainable packaging and paper solutions. To do that, they wanted to get closer to their customers to better understand their unique needs and provide them with tailor-made information, in a way that is scalable and future-proof.

In addition to enabling formaldehyde free coating, the new coating machine will also reduce CO2 emissions by an estimate of 20%, further strengthening Ahlstrom-Munksjö's position as a supplier of sustainable fiber-based solutions.

Mondi, a leading global packaging and paper manufacturer, has collaborated with BIOhof Kirchweidach, an organic farm in Bavaria, to design a sustainable packaging solution for 500g packs of tomatoes on the vine to be distributed to PENNY supermarkets, owned by major German retailer REWE Group.

The new $285 million plant will be located adjacent to GP's existing gypsum plant, and will incorporate state-of-the-art production processes.

When completed in 2021, this site will be the South Island hub for OjiFS' packaging operations; producing sustainable packaging products for South Island businesses.

The owner of the Androscoggin paper mill is cutting another 51 jobs, bringing the total to 110 workers laid off since an explosion in April.

Domtar recognizes Diaper Need Awareness Week every year during the third week in September. This week draws attention to the issue of diaper poverty in the United States.

Stora Enso has started the production of formed fiber food service products at Hylte Mill in Sweden.

A commercially-focused, internationally experienced HR executive, Darren has a demonstrable record of building high performing HR teams and delivering business transformation within publicly listed businesses.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation announced that John W. Culver was elected to its board of directors, effective immediately. Culver will serve on the company's Audit Committee.

The board machine is designed to produce 200,000 tons per year of folding boxboard, with basis weights ranging from 170 to 400 g/m2.

Metsä Fibre and Andritz signed a preliminary agreement on wood raw material reception and feed equipment for the Kemi bioproduct mill.

If you are looking for goods and services in the pulp and paper industry, you need to check out the Paperitalo Directory!

A consortium including Bain Capital said on Thursday, Sept. 24 it was offering to buy specialty paper maker Ahlstrom-Munksjo Oyj in a deal valuing the Finnish firm at around 2.1 billion euros ($2.45 billion).

AMVIG is a Chinese tobacco packager.

BanaBag® is 100% paper based, which makes it renewable, recyclable and biodegradable.

Yves Laflamme, Resolute's president and chief executive officer, was recently recognized for his contributions to sustainability. On September 10, 2020, The 2020 International Business Awards (IBA) honored Mr. Laflamme with a silver Stevie® award in the Executive of the Year - Manufacturing category.

When a major U.S. paper producer decided over the summer to shut two of its mills, citing the drop in demand for paper amid the coronavirus pandemic, it sent reverberations through a region that is highly reliant on its timber industry.

A Sept. 16 fire at Katahdin Forest Products left one of its sawmill buildings totally destroyed, as well as most of the equipment inside it.