State health officials have detected seven cases of the coronavirus in people associated with the Woodland Pulp paper mill in Baileyville, making it the second Maine paper manufacturer confirmed to be dealing with the virus right now.

P. H. Glatfelter Company (NYSE: GLT), a leading global supplier of engineered materials, announced it is changing the name of its parent company to Glatfelter Corporation. In addition, the Company completed the construction of its previously announced new Corporate Headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Commercial Development Company, Inc. (CDC) recently announced acquisition of a retired paper manufacturing plant in Newberg, Oregon. The site was acquired by CDC affiliate Newberg OR LLC.

An epidemic like covid-19 is taking place in coniferous forests. The spruce bark beetle spreads quickly in Europe, and forest owners are losing billions of euros. Arboair has developed a revolutionary technology with drones and smart analysis technology that helps solve the problem. Recently the innovation won an international prize for its potential to save the forests from dying out.

The Paper and Packaging Board (P+PB) is the winner of the Content Marketing Institute’s (CMI) 2020 Content Marketing Award for Best Overall Editorial – Digital. P+PB, along with their content marketing agency, Manifest, submitted the www.howlifeunfolds.com content hub where downloads, worksheets, printables and coloring pages augment user-friendly design that re-creates the look and feel of print media in digital form.

SCA announced that it will increase the price of Brown Kraftliner by EUR 50 per metric ton.

Sofidel announced the formal opening of its 1.8 million-square-foot greenfield tissue mill in Inola, Oklahoma.

In early 2017, Voith received an order for six BlueLine OCC stock preparation lines from Nine Dragons, the largest manufacturer of packaging paper in Asia. With the recently commissioned PM 41 at the customer’s Hebei site, five Voith BlueLine OCC lines, each with a production capacity of 2,000 tons per day, have now been successfully launched. The handover of the sixth line is planned for 2022.

Earlier this year Recard S.p.A. signed a contract with the Greek company MAXI S.A. for the supply of a second complete turnkey plant for the production of Tissue Paper. Installation and start-up are scheduled for 2021.

Cascades on Oct. 5 announced plans to proceed with the Bear Island mill conversion project located in Virginia. Subject to obtaining final permits, the currently idled newsprint machine at the mill will be converted to a 1st quartile containerboard machine capable of producing high-quality, lightweight, 100% recycled linerboard and medium for the North American market.

Linda Parkowski is cautiously excited about Kent County and the city of Dover’s prospects of becoming the new home of the U.S. Corrugated box manufacturing company, which has been based out of Newark, New Jersey, for the past 35 years. If U.S. Corrugated continues to move forward on plans to build a mammoth $80 million “super plant” in Dover it could bring with it approximately 150 to 200 manufacturing jobs.

Green Bay Packaging Inc. (GBP), announced that it has acquired Third Dimension Inc. The acquisition is effective October 1, 2020.

ABB has extended the scope of applications for ABB Smart Sensors with a new generation design for motors in hazardous areas. Chemical and oil and gas customers can now benefit from cost-efficient condition monitoring in a wide variety of applications.

Seaman Paper, a leading global manufacturer of environmentally sustainable specialty paper and packaging solutions, introduces Vela™, a brand dedicated to creating paper alternatives to plastic packaging. Vela launches with a line of transparent paper bags designed to replace single-use plastic poly bags.

Mondi, a leading global packaging and paper manufacturer, has been recognised in this year’s Austrian Green Star Packaging Awards for two recent sustainable packaging innovations developed using its customer-centric approach, EcoSolutions:

Global, family-run protective packaging supplier Storopack has published its Sustainability Report for 2020, which provides a transparent and detailed overview of the company’s measures and commitment to sustainability.

Swedish tissue producer Klippans Bruk announced that Olle Grundberg, Chair of the Board, on Sept. 17 was reinstated as CEO. He succeeds Per Skoglund, who opted to not renew his CEO contract.

Verso Corporation announced that Adam St. John has resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors, effective as of September 30, 2020.

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