A consortium of Pulpac, AR Packaging and RISE will develop and commercially validate ten standardized product concepts within different packaging and single-use applications manufactured with a new forming technology, Dry Molded Fiber.

Hygiene and health company Essity has finalized its acquisition of 45.8% of the shares in Colombian hygiene company Productos Familia S.A. (“Familia”). Essity now owns 95.8% of Familia.

The Kemi bioproduct mill project of Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, is progressing according to plan and the mill’s foundation stone was laid today, 13 September 2021.

Koehler Paper works together with CLARUS Films GmbH in the small roll business and as a service partner for the converting industry for flexible packaging papers Europe-wide. This partnership will especially play out in the area of functionally coated, unprinted barrier paper.

Pregis, a leading global manufacturer of protective packaging systems, will be expanding its paper converting capabilities this month when production begins at its new facility in Born, the Netherlands.

SIG is investing €12 million in a pilot plant of its new Tech Center Europe, which will be located close to SIG’s packaging plants in Linnich, Germany.

Heinz has announced today that it is continuing its mission to remove plastic from supermarket shelves with the UK roll-out of the Heinz Eco-Friendly Sleeve Multipack, a new, convenient, super skinny paperboard sleeve for all its multipack canned products.

Mondi, global leader in packaging and paper, has won three awards for sustainable packaging at the Austrian Green Packaging Star Awards.

Forests play a key role in reducing the effects of climate change. The requirements for monitoring carbon balance are growing constantly and the monitoring methods have developed fast.

Kemira, a global leader in sustainable chemical solutions for water intensive industries, announces a significant investment in the production of alkenyl succinic anhydride sizing agent (ASA) in China.

Remshalden, 30. August 2021 – Klingele Paper & Packaging Group, one of the leading independent manufacturers of corrugated base paper and corrugated cardboard packaging, is continuing its successful expansion in West Africa with a new sheet plant near Dakar, Senegal.

Iñigo Urkullu, the President of the Basque Government- Lehendakari in Basque - and Arantxa Tapia, Councillor for Economic Development, Sustainability and the Environment, visited the Lucart tissue paper mill in Artziniega this morning for the opening of a new production line.

Oji Holdings (CEO: Masatoshi Kaku, Head Office: Tokyo) announces that Oji Group’s paper was adopted by Nestlé in Malaysia as 3rd market for replacement of plastic package to paper package as a solution to reduce plastic for one of the biggest sustainability issues the world is facing today.

Stora Enso has received four Nordic ScanStar awards for convenient, eco-friendly packaging designs that replace plastic. All winning designs are made of renewable wood fiber.

Segezha Group (MOEX: SGZH), a subsidiary of Sistema PJSFC and the leading Russian vertically integrated timber holding with a full cycle of logging and added-value wood conversion, is implementing a large-scale investment project to build a new paper machine (PM) at Sokol Pulp and Paper Mill (Sokol, Vologda Region).

Stora Enso is progressing on its journey of transformation into a renewable materials growth company.

The owner of the Drax power plant in North Yorkshire faces a criminal prosecution hearing after allegations that dust from wood pellets used to generate electricity could pose a risk to its employees’ health.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö has acquired the electrotechnical paper business from German-based KÄMMERER. Through the transaction, Ahlstrom-Munksjö expands its electrotechnical paper offering in area of semiconductor papers used in special applications such as high-performing power cables and transformers.

Stora Enso has completed the union negotiations regarding the closure of pulp and paper production at Kvarnsveden.

Clariant, a focused, sustainable and innovative specialty chemicals company, has signed an agreement to acquire the remaining 70% in Brazilian Personal Care Specialties company Beraca from the founding Sabará family.

Proposed acquisition to strengthen Fiskeby position in recycled cartonboard