Colleagues, customers, and key stakeholders recently came together to host a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for our new Center of Excellence for Valmet Process Parts in North America.

Stora Enso is planning restructuring actions to strengthen the Group's long-term competitiveness, improve profitability and focus capital allocation in strategic growth markets.

Thanks to the exceptional collaboration between the two companies, the E-WIND® P80 rewinder was successfully started up in record time in the Kostrzyn plant (Poland).

Industry pros will explore Nuclear Energy in the Pulp and Paper Industry at a workshop taking place July 25 and 26 from 8:30 to 5:30 ET at the Epri Office, 1300 West W.T. Harris Blvd, Charlotte, North Carolina.

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) released the 63rd Paper Industry Capacity and Fiber Consumption Survey. The report provides detailed data on U.S. paper industry capacity and production compiled by AF&PA’s statistics team.

Billerud expects the EBITDA for the 2023 second quarter to be SEK 100-200 million. The lower result is mainly due to significantly lower sales volume and revaluation of finished goods inventory. Billerud also announces a raised ambition for its efficiency program and a changed financial reporting structure.

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) released the May 2023 Printing-Writing Monthly report.

Valmet has received an order for a new recovery boiler and an upgrade of the existing evaporation system for DS Smith Viana pulp and paper mill in Portugal. The delivery projects are scheduled to start up during the first half of 2025.

Norske Skog announced that the newly converted paper machine, PM 3, at Bruck Mill in Styria, Austria, is now producing Strato Testliner and Fluting.

Bracell announced the start of civil works for the largest tissue mill in Latin America. The unit is being built next to Bracell's pulp mill in Lencois Paulista (SP).

The industrial site in Alizay, acquired in June 2022, has been converted by VPK into a sustainable development hub for circular economy. The group invested 200 million euros in the site to convert the existing paper machine into a recycled paper production unit based on carbon-free energy. The site strengthens VPK's position in the French and European markets through higher vertical integration.

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) released the May 2023 Packaging Papers Monthly report.

Staffordshire-based designer and manufacturer of corrugated packaging, Cardway Cartons Ltd, has boosted production capacity and expanded its offering with the installation of the BOBST EXPERTFOLD 165 at its 55,000 sq ft Alsager facility.

Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, has partnered with Syntegon, a manufacturer of process and packaging machinery, to develop a recyclable paper packaging solution using recycled fibres for dried foods such as flour, sugar and pasta.

Celebration Packaging has introduced a new range of double-wall hot drink cups made from sustainable bamboo fibre, under its long-established EnviroWare brand.

The Voith Group achieved significant gains in the first six months (October 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023) of the current fiscal year 2022/23 despite a market environment that continues to be challenging. Voith increased both its sales and EBIT in all Group Divisions.

As part of Sappi Europe's full scale decarbonisation roadmap, Gratkorn mill in Graz, Austria, is expanding the share of biomass to be used as an energy source, further driving the move away from fossil fuels as part of the mill's contribution to the European roadmap.

Progroup’s PM2 paper mill has again been awarded the European Union’s EMAS (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme) certificate. This once again certifies that the company makes an effective contribution to protecting the environment that far exceeds what is required by law.

Brandon Hall has been the new Director Consumer at Optima subsidiary Optima Machinery Corporation in Green Bay, WI since mid-June. Optima is thus strengthening its sales of filling and packaging equipment for the consumer goods market in North America and taking account of the positive growth in the Consumer business unit.

SUN Automation Group® (SUN), a global leader in providing innovative solutions to the global corrugated industry, is proud to announce two well-deserved promotions within its organization to expand its Senior Leadership Team.

Register now for TAPPI’s International Flexible Packaging & Extrusion Division’s three-day Extrusion Coating Course.

Make yourself a more valuable employee and broaden your awareness of how one part of the process affects other operations.

Showcase your product and/or service at the popular educational networking event.

Register today for the Fiber Recycling Course, held Tuesday, August 15 – Thursday, August 17 at Western Michigan University (WMU) in Kalamazoo, MI.

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