Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, has started up its new speciality kraft paper machine at its Štětí mill in the Czech Republic.

The Bavarian Kelheim Fibres GmbH has become the first viscose fibre manufacturer worldwide to receive EMAS certification.

AR Packaging broadens its offering to the UK food and healthcare customers by adding local folding carton production through the acquisition of Firstan Holdings Ltd, including its subsidiary Firstan Limited.

Metsä Tissue, part of Metsä Group, is investing in its fresh fibre-based tissue papers aimed at local markets by renewing the tissue paper machine of the Mänttä mill. The investment is part of Metsä Tissue’s Future Mill programme.

Lecta announces a price increase on thermal papers of 10% to 12% for new orders.

SCA will increase the price of White and Brown Kraftliner by €50 per tonne. The new price is valid for deliveries from February 1, 2021.

Rottneros’ Board has decided on investments to reduce emissions to water at Vallvik Mill. The investments amount to a total of SEK 33 million and are linked to the mill's updated environmental permit, which has now gained legal force, allowing an annual pulp production of 255,000 tons.

Huhtamäki Oyj has signed a EUR 400 million syndicated multicurrency revolving credit facility loan agreement (“RCF”) with a maturity of three (3) years.

“A Canadian-owned paper pulp company went on trial on Wednesday for flouting emissions rules at its mill in southern France, the country’s biggest,” reports Agence France Presse (AFP).

Zaragoza, Spain, 23 Dec 2020 - Leading printer brand HP has included Saica's Infinite INNOVA paper in its list of recommended papers for its HP PageWide C500 digital Industrial press.

TARASCON, France (AFP) — A Canadian-owned paper pulp company went on trial on Wednesday for flouting emissions rules at its mill in southern France, the country’s biggest.

On December 29, 2020 the Minister of Industry and Trade of the RF Denis Manturov signed an order, according to which the Priority Investment Project (PIP) in the field of forest exploitation of Arkhangelsk PPM...

Mondi has agreed to acquire 90.38% of the outstanding shares in Olmuksan International Paper Ambalaj Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş (“Olmuksan” or the “Company”) from International Paper for a total consideration of €66 million.

2020 was a record year for SCA’s NorrPlant seedling operation. 103.5 million seedlings were delivered in 2020, which is over a million more than before!

The Navigator Company announced today that it will increase paper prices in Europe from 4% to 6%, setting a minimum of 30 euros net per tonne.

Australian company Varied was set to export 20,000 tonnes of wood to China, but the shipment was put on hold at the first sign of trouble in the timber export industry.

Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, announced on 1 December 2020 that it had signed an agreement to sell a 30 percent stake in its Husum pulp mill in Sweden to the Swedish forest owners' cooperative (ekonomisk förening) Norra Skog.

Now begins work with the investment in a world-unique test bed environment for commercialization of new technologies, products and services within bioeconomy.

Packaging leader Smurfit Kappa has launched a new company called Recycling Dual GmbH to help German manufacturers and retail businesses reduce costs and improve their sustainability efforts, in line with updated legislation.

The Verona-based group specialising in the production of special papers for packaging, graphics and self-adhesive labelling products further strengthens its in self-adhesive labels and increases its overseas presence.

China's attack on Australian trade is continuing, with timber exports from two more states blocked and the number of meatworks waiting to resume trade growing to eight.