SCA began production at the expanded Östrand pulp mill in Sweden according to plan during the midsummer holiday (i.e. this weekend). SCA is investing SEK 7.8 billion ($881 million) in the operation and the project is on budget and schedule.
Preem and wood industry company Setra are investigating the possibility of building a joint production facility for the manufacture of pyrolysis oil, a renewable raw material for biofuel.
Valmet and Asia Symbol (Shandong) Pulp and Paper Co., Ltd. have signed an agreement for the maintenance services for the company's board machines and pulp mill in China.
Lenzing Group and Duratex agreed on the terms and conditions to form a joint venture to investigate building the largest single line dissolving wood pulp (DWP) plant in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
ASX-listed packaging giant Orora has become the latest major industrial group in Australia to shift its operations to "baseload" renewable energy, this week signing its second power purchase agreement, in this case for electricity generated by the Lal Lal wind farm, being built in Victoria.
Longview Fire crews were called to Kapstone around 1 p.m. 17 June in response to a slow moving fire near the upper slopes of a 40-foot tall wood chip pile.
International Paper appoints Timothy S. Nicholls as Senior Vice President and CFO, succeeding Glenn R. Landau who is leaving the company for personal reasons.
Japanese paper manufacturers were expecting a shrinking market due to the declining population but are expanding output instead due to an unexpected boost - a surge in foreign tourists pushing up demand, inevitably, for toilet paper.
McDonald's said it will switch to paper straws at all its locations in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and test an alternative to plastic ones in some of its U.S. restaurants later this year.
Responding to increasing industrial filtration demand, Ahlstrom-Munksjö is investing about €28 million in its Filtration and Performance business area to expand manufacturing capacity as well as product capabilities.
I think the sales/procurement function is often broken or at least inefficient. And I have a surprise for you--I am sure you think I spend a lot of time thinking about how paper mills operate. I do, but I spend at least as much time thinking about the dysfunctional sales and procurement function I find in mills. We spend a lot of time here at Paperitalo Publications thinking about it, too...
Corrugated packaging and recycling industry groups recently met to review recommendations for increasing residential recovery of old corrugated containers (OCC).
Glatfelter has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Georgia-Pacific's European nonwovens business for $185 million, subject to customary purchase price adjustments.
UK-based packaging group DS Smith said on Tuesday it would look to raise around 1 billion pounds ($1.32 billion) via a rights issue to help fund its biggest-ever acquisition of Spanish rival Europac.
With the aim of strengthening its paper recycling business in India, Japan Pulp & Paper Co., Ltd. has established OVOL Fibre Solution India Private Limited ("OFSI") in a joint venture with Papyrus Recycling Private Limited, with the new company having now commenced operations.
The Board of Directors of Reno De Medici SpA (RDM) approved the project for the 100% acquisition of Barcelona Cartonboard SAU, Spanish company operating in the coated cartonboard sector. The seller is the German private equity fund Quantum Capital Partners.
Stone Canyon Industries LLC ("SCI"), through its subsidiary, BWAY Holding Company ("BWAY"), entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger to acquire the parent holding company of Industrial Container Services ("ICS"), a leading provider of container solutions, container services, and container management systems.
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