CertainTeed Roofing in Oxford, North Carolina, broke ground in November on the construction of a new state-of-the-art glass mat plant. The facility will be used for the highly efficient production of glass mat, a key component in the manufacture of roofing shingles.

WestRock Company announced it has completed the acquisition of the remaining interest in Grupo Gondi for $970 million plus the assumption of debt. The transaction is immediately accretive to earnings, subject to customary purchase price allocations.

Twin Rivers Paper Company has reached a definitive agreement to sell its softwood lumber mill in Plaster Rock, New Brunswick, to eastern Canadian lumber manufacturer Groupe Lebel.

Envoy Solutions announced that it has acquired Scranton, Pa.-based Pennsylvania Paper & Supply Company While its iconic building is most famous for its appearance in the opening credits of "The Office," the 100-year-old Penn Paper, is well known in the industry as a full-service, specialized distributor of facilities supplies, jan-san equipment and supplies, and industrial packaging solutions.

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Throughout 2022, we’ve seen the Pulp and Paper industry go above and beyond to place sustainability matters at the forefront of its priorities. This includes the countless new products that have been introduced as sustainable alternatives, more companies joining carbon reduction initiatives, and an impressive number of sustainability-related awards that were handed out to the deserving companies from across our industry.

After three months of continuous decreases, prices for the brown paper for recycling (PfR) grades started to stabilize across Europe in November. Most market insiders reported steady levels or even slightly higher prices for the bulk grades sorted mixed paper and board, supermarket corrugated paper and board and old corrugated containers (OCC).

Hyundai Material Handling, Norcross, GA, and OneCharge, Inc., Garden Grove, CA, have entered into a strategic partnership to provide advanced lithium ion (Li-ion) battery technology to Hyundai’s North American dealer network and their customers.

A feasibility study is currently being conducted for a 1.2 million tpy printing paper, tissue and cartonboard mill in the Indian state of Maharashtra, according to Asia Pulp & Paper.

Through continued innovation and collaboration with brand owners, Ahlstrom has identified specific technology enabling highly developed base papers — the key to solving the barrier requirements in flexible packaging, while still utilizing the inherent end-of-life benefits that paper has to offer.

Stora Enso announced that it has received regulatory approval from the EU Commission to proceed with the acquisition of De Jong Packaging Group.

Georgia-Pacific's Brewton Containerboard mill in Alabama recently announced its plans to invest $160 million to modernize its operations. The project involves upgrades to the facility's pulp processing systems that will reduce energy and chemicals consumption, other environmental emissions, and allow for more paper production.

PulPac's revolutionary fiberforming technology, Dry Molded Fiber, presents a competitive packaging alternative for brands seeking to do the shift away from single-use plastics.

Valmet announces the introduction of  Neles NDX™ 2.0, a next-generation intelligent valve controller offering more sustainable valve control performance for all process industries, valves and applications. With its modular design, Neles NDX 2.0 is easy to install, use and service.

The Biorenewable Deployment Consortium (BDC) honored Green Bay Packaging with the 2022 Outstanding Innovation Award for their culture of innovation through partnerships.

Clearwater Paper released its 2022 environmental, social and governance (ESG) report. Along with a continued commitment to create sustainable paper products, the report also highlights a significant increase in company-wide priorities to meet several key sustainability benchmarks.

The proposal for a regulation on carbon removal certification presented by the European Commission recognises several essential principles preventing such mechanism to devolve into greenwashing. The upcoming regulation builds on the synergies between the potential of carbon storage products and the development of a circular bioeconomy.

The Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) is pleased to welcome the new Chair of its Board of Directors, Laura Brodie, President of Burt Rigid Box. With 14 years of experience in the paperboard packaging industry, she’s served on PPC’s Board of Directors since 2011 and is an owner and senior manager at Burt, a recognized industry leader in luxury rigid box packaging.

Appvion, a Wynnchurch Capital portfolio company, announced today that Paul Charapata, former President and CEO of recently acquired Nekoosa Coated Products, has been named CEO of the Appvion platform. The current CEO, Laurie Andriate, will transition to the Board of Directors.

Stora Enso has appointed Minna Björkman as Head of Sourcing and Logistics and a member of the Group Leadership Team. She will start in January 2023.

Domtar announced that President and CEO John Williams' retirement date will be June 30, 2023.

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