SCA is successfully utilizing Voith's digital and automation solutions with the aim of optimizing the production efficiency of its new XcelLine PM 2. Last year, the leading full-line supplier Voith successfully commissioned the paper machine at its Obbola site.

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.

ANDRITZ has signed an agreement with Dan-Web Machinery A/S based in Galten, Denmark, to take over 100% of its shares. Dan-Web is a leading supplier of a wide range of technologies for the production of airlaid nonwovens.

The hygiene and health company Essity divests its operations in Russia. Essity has signed an agreement with a buyer and the transaction has now been approved by the Russian authorities. The transaction is expected to be finalized during the second quarter of 2023.

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The latest research report from Two Sides Europe, the ‘Trend Tracker Survey 2023’, seeks to understand changing consumer perceptions towards print, paper, paper packaging and tissue products

Suzano said it expects to reduce its production volume of market pulp by approximately 4% throughout the year when compared to its nominal production capacity and historical volumes.

Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership (STEP) and the Government of Saskatchewan released their annual State of Trade report for Saskatchewan. The report notes that the total value of Saskatchewan exports to the world reached a record breaking $52.6 billion in 2022. This marks the highest figure ever recorded in the province's history and 42 per cent higher than the 2021 record of $37 billion.

Valmet will supply a Valmet IQ Web Inspection System for pulp dirt count to Ahlstrom's Aspa mill in Sweden. The dirt measurement will cover the full width of production.

DS Smith, a leading global manufacturer of sustainable containerboard and specialty papers, has commissioned Voith to rebuild its PM 4 at the company’s Viana site in Northern Portugal. Producing around of 400,000 tons of kraftliner and high-performance top kraftliner per year, the mill is a market leader in Southern Europe.

Stora Enso has completed the negotiations concerning the consolidation of its book paper production and the permanent closure of one of the two paper machines at the Anjalankoski site in Finland. The closure will take place during the fourth quarter of 2023.

The Cartogal packaging plant located in the town of A Pobra do Caramiñal, in Galicia, Spain, will soon see an increase in size, production and storage capacity after a milestone investment of 11.35 million euros, according to DS Smith.

The future of packaging is circular and to be achieved with solutions that are net positive for both climate and biodiversity. This future is already taking shape in Oulu, a city in northern Finland, where the foundation stone for Stora Enso’s new board line was laid on 30 May.

Recycling Today reports that during a typical global recession, all areas of the economy, such as manufacturing, services, retail, construction and trade, tend to have a downward turn at the same time; but, according to a June 5 report from Jeffrey Kleintop, managing director and chief global investment strategist at Charles Schwab & Co., only manufacturing and trade seem to be in a global recession.

Valmet has developed Valmet Brown Stock Analyzer to complement its online pulp quality analyzer family. The analyzer provides high analysis frequency for digester and brown stock washing control in kraft pulping. It is the most robust Kappa measurement for high yield and brown pulp, designed to measure the coarsest pulp starting from cooking blow line.

J&J Green Paper Inc., the visionary creator of JANUS®, an innovative compound and process for producing water-resistant paper and packaging free from toxic oil-based materials, has closed several transformative global agreements to enable large-scale production of this environmentally friendly solution amid an ongoing global plastics crisis.

International Paper (IP) and Via Separations Inc. (Via) are pleased to announce a collaboration aimed at reducing the energy intensity and carbon emissions of the kraft pulping process.

Paper Excellence participated in the “Wood you find it?” event hosted by FSC International in Brussels to discuss the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), approved in April by the European Parliament. Representatives of the European Commission responsible for the approved text, public policy makers, companies, NGOs and FSC leaders discussed together what are the biggest challenges for the implementation of the EUDR.

Bosch Rexroth announced its President and Chief Executive Officer Gregory Gumbs will leave the company July 1, 2023. Gumbs, who joined the organization in late 2020 successfully led the increased growth of the North American region to record achievements, improved competitiveness in the region, and established a strong customer-focused and people culture.

UPM announced that Petri Hakanen has been appointed Senior Vice President Technology (CTO), effective 1 August 2023. In his new role, Hakanen will report to Winfried Schaur, Executive Vice President, UPM Biorefining & Technology and lead the company's research & development, new business development as well as the investment management going forward.

On May 24, the annual award ceremony for the Heinzel-Mondi-Sappi Award 2023 was held at the Paper and Biorefinery 2023 conference in Graz. Dr. Cláudia Esteves was awarded in the Pulping Process category.

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Register today for the Paper and Paperboard Coating Course, held Tuesday, July 25 – Thursday, July 27 at Western Michigan University (WMU) in Kalamazoo, MI.

Register today for the Fibenol – Wood Residues into Sustainable Bioproducts webinar, Monday, July 10 from 9 AM – 10 AM (ET).

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