Roosevelt Paper Company announced that it has partnered with Scholarship America to establish a new scholarship program for the children and dependents of plant personnel. Recipients will receive a $2,500 award for the upcoming academic year.

KP Tissue Inc. and Kruger Products L.P. today announced the completion of construction and successful start-up of their state-of-the-art Sherbrooke manufacturing facility featuring Canada's largest and most modern through-air-dry (TAD) tissue machine.

SCA  permanently shut-down paper machine LWC4 at Ortviken paper mill in Sweden. With this, SCA's production of publication paper has come to an end.

Domtar Corporation (NYSE: UFS) (TSX: UFS) announced that it completed the previously disclosed sale of its Personal Care business to affiliates of American Industrial Partners for $920 million.

SCA announced that it will increase the prices on white and brown kraftliner in Europe by EUR 50 per metric ton

Verso Corporation (NYSE: VRS) reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2020.

Valmet will supply a folding boxboard making line (BM 1), a fine paper making line (PM 3) and a bleached chemi thermo mechanical pulp (BCTMP) production line to Liansheng Pulp & Paper (Zhangzhou) in Zhangzhou, Fujian province, China.

MEPCO and Toscotec signed a turnkey supply contract for a high efficiency AHEAD 2.2L tissue machine. Toscotec is one of the world’s leading manufacturers, specialized in turnkey projects, complete lines, rebuilds and single equipment for the tissue and paper & board industries.

ABB and international producer Sun Paper have completed the successful activation of a major drives project at the first modern pulp and paper site in Laos as part of an investment towards reaching an output of 1.2 million tons of pulp and paper annually.

Packaging Corporation of America announced that it has discontinued production of uncoated freesheet (UFS) grades on the No. 3 paper machine at its Jackson, Alabama, mill and will begin preparing for the permanent conversion of the machine to linerboard.

Bloomberg reports that Mondi Plc, the packaging and paper group, is exploring a potential takeover of British rival DS Smith Plc, according to people familiar with the matter.

Problems are often encountered with conventional rolls when processing pulp. The rolls cause high specific pressures as well as a short nip. To prevent this, Voith is now offering a new polyurethane (PU) roll cover that has been developed for press rolls: the IntensePress. This has been specifically designed for use in the demanding applications of pulp machines and twin-wire presses.

The data and inventory management of products and consumables involves a considerable amount of administrative work. The new digital asset management tool OnCare.pmPortal now offers paper manufacturers an optimum alternative for increasing both the transparency of product data and the efficiency of the procurement system, while also facilitating the planning of maintenance periods and downtimes and increasing plant availability.

With +Pro, Voith has added another product to its range of Efficiency Add-Ons for press fabrics. Through shorter start-up times, longer life cycles and reduced wear, the modular product extensions help paper manufacturers to increase the efficiency of their machines and make the production process more sustainable. 

Ahlstrom-Munksjö announced that its CelluStraw™, a biodegradable and renewable fiber-based paper straw solution, has received compostability certification from the Biodegradable Products Institute®.

Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson announced the appointment of members of the federal government’s Net-Zero Advisory Board. Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) welcomes this move by Minister Wilkinson to establish a non-partisan group of experts to help the federal government develop a pathway to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Leading global packaging and paper group Mondi and Tesco Central Europe have launched a new partnership, in which Mondi will purchase the retailer’s warehouse corrugated waste to create recycled paper for the retailers' shopping bags.

WestRock Company announced that Steven C. Voorhees has decided to step down from his position as President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company for health reasons, effective March 15, 2021.

Domtar Corporation (NYSE: UFS) (TSX: UFS) announced appointments to the company’s management committee.

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