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AF&PA Validates Paper Padded Mailers Recyclable

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Thursday, February 17, 2022 - Member
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The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) released new industry guidance aiming to give consumers confidence on the recyclability of paper padded mailers.
 
KraftPal Raises US$123.9 Million to Boost Production of Its Corrugated Pallets
KraftPal Technologies announced a US$123.9 million equity investment from Pasaca Capital Inc. (Pasaca), a California-based private equity firm, which will allow KraftPal significantly to expand the production of its lightweight, eco-friendly, low-cost, and highly durable corrugated pallets and accelerate a massive paradigm shift throughout the pallet industry.
 
Resolute Announces Buyout of I-joist Partner and Acquisition of Strategic Cogeneration Facility
Resolute Forest Products Inc. announced two separate transactions to grow and improve the competitiveness of its wood products business.
 
BTG to Supply Industry 4.0 Solutions Package to Pehart Group
BTG and Pehart Group have announced the start-up of an innovative program designed to provide the Pehart Group with Industry 4.0 tools as well as industry-leading tissue expertise and services. The goal is to improve the Pehart manufacturing processes from stock preparation to end converting through sustainable continuous improvements.
 
Rottneros and Arctic Paper to Invest in a Fiber Tray Factory
The boards of Rottneros and Arctic Paper have decided to invest EUR 15 million in a moulded fiber tray factory at Arctic Papers premises in Kostrzyn, Poland.
 
Stora Enso Invests in Automated CLT Coating Line for Shortened Construction Times
Stora Enso invests EUR 9 million in an automated CLT (cross-laminated timber) coating line at the Ybbs sawmill in Austria. The investment will further strengthen Stora Enso’s position as a leading global provider of engineered wood products for low carbon, sustainable buildings.
 
From The Experts
How to Recycle After Valentine’s Day
Love may be a battlefield but paper recycling doesn’t have to be. Whether you’re celebrating Valentine’s Day with your loved ones, your friends, your pet or celebrating you, you might be receiving things you don’t know how to recycle.
 
Buckman
Market Roundup
Sappi Reports Strong Fiscal First Quarter 2022 Results on Robust Demand
Sappi reported the results of its fiscal first quarter 2022 results.
 
The Navigator Company Increases UWP Prices in Europe by 8-15 Percent
The Navigator Company announced that it will increase again its Uncoated Woodfree Paper prices in Europe by 8-15%, following already implemented price increases during January and early February in USA, between 6 and 9%, and in overseas namely in Middle East, North Africa and Latin America, between 7 and 10%.
 
Merichem Company
Pulp & Paper
Paper Excellence Slows Production at Meadow Lake Pulp Mill Due to Lack of Railway Service
Paper Excellence announced an indefinite production slowdown of its Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada, BCTMP (Bleached Chemi Thermal Mechanical Pulp) mill due to repeated lack of railway service.
 
Russian Pulp Production Remains Stable in 2021
The volume of industrial production of wood pulp and pulp from other fibrous materials in Russia in 2021 amounted to 8.8 million tons, which is 0.7% more than a year earlier, according to recent data, published by the Russian Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat).
 
ANDRITZ Receives Repeat Order to Supply Two Heat Recovery Chains for Tissue Production to ICT
ANDRITZ has received an order from ICT Poland to deliver two heat recovery chains for the PM12 and PM14 tissue machines at its mill in Kostrzyn. Start-up is scheduled for 2022.
 
UPG Unified Purchasing Group
Containerboard/Packaging
Menasha Packaging to Acquire Georgia-Pacific's Color-Box Business
Menasha Packaging Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Menasha Corporation, has signed an agreement to acquire the assets of Color-Box, a business unit of Georgia-Pacific, LLC.
 
Ilim Group Increased Corrugated Board Output by 9% in 2021
Ilim Group announced that its corrugated box plants — Dmitrov and Kommunar — delivered a record-high volume of 282 million square meters (131 thousand tons) of products in 2021.
 
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New Plant-Derived Composite is Tough as Bone and Hard as Aluminum
The strongest part of a tree lies not in its trunk or its sprawling roots, but in the walls of its microscopic cells.
 
X-Rite Pantone
Sustainability
UPM Raflatac Aims to Become World's First Label Materials Company Beyond Fossils
UPM Raflatac continues its efforts to lead the label industry into a net-zero carbon emission future. The company raises its climate ambition to accelerate its journey towards being the world's first label materials company beyond fossils.
 
Monadnock Paper Mills Raises Level of Support for Sustainable Green Printing Partnership
Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc., the oldest continuously operating paper mill in the United States, raised its level of support to Gold Patron of the Sustainable Green Printing Partnership, taking a more active role in the future of the printing supply chain.
 
Michelman Inc.
People
SCA Appoints Andreas Ewertz as Its New Chief Financial Officer
SCA has appointed Andreas Ewertz as its new CFO, effective May 1. He replaces, Toby Lawton, who is leaving his position for personal reasons. Ewertz will also become a member of SCA group management.
 
Lecta Appoints New CEO
Lecta announces that, effective 1 March 2022, Gilles Van Nieuwenhuyzen will become CEO of Lecta Group. He will also be appointed as Director of Lecta Ltd succeeding Eduardo Querol.
 
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