Valmet and Mercer Rosenthal deepen their long-term partnership as Valmet will upgrade Mercer Rosenthal’s mill’s Valmet IQ Quality Control System with the new scanner and related measurements.

Smurfit Kappa's Bag-in-Box division has announced the completion of a significant EUR 12 million investment in a new flexible material production facility at its plant in Ibi, Spain. The new state-of-the-art production facility commenced operations, on a phased basis, earlier this year and will be one of the most advanced Bag-in-Box manufacturing plants in Europe.

Resolute Forest Products announced capital investments of $50 million in its wood products operations to support its continued growth.

Norske Skog announced the closure of the Tasman mill in New Zealand and a sales process for the mill's assets. Production will cease by 30 June 2021, permanently reducing Norske Skog's newsprint capacity by approximately 150,000 metric tons.

Reno De Medici announced that it has signed an irrevocable commitment to acquire 100% of the share capital of Fineska B.V., the Dutch holding company of "Eska" Group. The seller, Andes C.V. is a vehicle controlled by the US investment firm Andlinger & Co.

United Steelworkers (USW) International President Tom Conway issued the following statement today after the Biden administration issued its report on supply chain reviews called for in President Joe Biden’s “America’s Supply Chains” executive order.

Alan Werker and Simon Bengtsson are experts in environmentally smart and innovative technologies. Above all they know how to convert waste and wastewater into renewed resources – such as biobased and biodegradable plastics. New building blocks that are essential for a circular and sustainable society.

Mondi announced that it will implement price increases of between 8% and 15% across the majority of its uncoated fine paper grades produced in Austria and Slovakia as of July 5, 2021.

Lecta announced a price increase of up to 15% for new orders of thermal and carbonless papers.

Valmet will supply a large pulp and paper technology delivery to Klabin in Brazil. The order consists of a paperboard making line (PM 28), a complete new fiberline including a new Continuous Cooking G3, and a new bleached chemi thermo mechanical pulp (BCTMP) line, all with extensive scopes of automation and Valmet Industrial Internet solutions.

DS Smith Spain SA has carried out the project presented to the direct line of innovation called "Implementation of advanced equipment for the reduction of defects in final and intermediate product.”

The Twin Rivers Paper Company has received FSSC 22000 Certification for Food Packaging for its New York-based, Lyonsdale, Mohawk Valley, and Mill Street mills. FSSC 22000 is a GSI recognized, food safety certification developed to improve consistency and integrity throughout all aspects of the food safety supply chain.

Huhtamaki has completed the acquisition of Jiangsu Hihio-Art Packaging Co. Ltd.’s assets. Jiangsu Hihio-Art Packaging is a privately owned manufacturer of paper bags, wraps and folding carton packaging in China.

Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, has once again won the prestigious EUROSAC Grand Prix Sack of the Year award, this year for its revolutionary EcoWicketBag.

Located just outside Bologna in the heart of the Italian Packaging Valley, Microline designs and markets automatic machinery and line-automation solutions. It possesses a high degree of technological expertise, specialising in Tissue product packaging. The experience gained from working in this sector for more than twenty years is transformed into solutions for the secondary packaging sector that represents a significant part of the corporate portfolio.

International technology Group ANDRITZ presents two new tissue machines with a design speed of 2,200 m/min for high production capacity:

Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC)—a division of Barry-Wehmiller and a global supplier of high-performance converting machinery for the tissue, nonwovens, package-printing and bag-converting industries—is pleased to announce the launch of its Paragon tissue rewinder.

Kadant Lamort SAS, a subsidiary of Kadant Inc., started-up a Heli-Drum pulping system at Cartiere Saci, a leading European producer of 100% recycled shopping bags. The Heli-Drum system handles a broad range of recycled fibers and efficiently processes kraft paper, carrier board, and aseptic packages, among other furnishes.

“As part of our Now and Next Sustainability Strategy, we have announced a series of ambitious new climate targets, which will help us play our part in reducing carbon emissions and positively impact the world around us."

Lecta has published its new Responsible Purchasing of Wood and Forest-Based Products Policy, in keeping with the principles and criteria of its Integrated Management System that guides the company’s activity. With this document, Lecta strengthens its commitment and responsibility to communities and habitats where the company operates.

Continuing its leadership in sustainability, the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) announced Better Practices, Better Planet 2030: Sustainable Products for a Sustainable Future, a new set of sustainability goals for the paper and wood products industry.

Paper Excellence announced that several key roles have been filled as work to restart the Prince Albert pulp mill ramps up.

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