VICTORIA – July 23, 2020 - Doug Donaldson, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, has announced the appointment of two new members to the Forest Practices Board.

Peace River resident Arianna Loogman will be spending her summer interning at Mercer Peace River. Loogman is the recipient of the Forest Products Association of Canada Green Dream Bloggers internship.

Charles Coker, a former Sonoco President & CEO said it best, "Find a better way to do what you are doing because if you do it the same way you did it three years ago, you are probably doing it the wrong way."

SCA has appointed Anders Edholm as new Senior Vice President Communications and member of SCA’s Executive Management Team. Anders is succeeding Björn Lyngfelt, who will retire.

The Board of Directors has appointed Christoph Michalski as new President and CEO of the company. He succeeds Lennart Holm, who has been acting President and CEO since November 2019. Christoph Michalski will assume his new position November 1 2020.

Dr Helen McKay OBE has been appointed as the new chief forester for Scotland.

It is likely that each of us has a few behaviours we could change to be truly inclusive.  And, behaviour change is not simple.  Awareness of what we want to change is challenging and to shift behaviours takes considerable effort and time.

Edmonton, July 16, 2020 – The Alberta Forest Products Association (AFPA) is pleased to announce that Janis Simpkins has been appointed Senior Vice-President.

AUBURN, Mass., June 30, 2020 – Kadant Solutions, a division of Kadant Inc. (NYSE: KAI), announced that Bilal Mehmood has been named president. Mr. Mehmood is currently Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Kadant Inc. and will join Kadant Solutions Division in his new capacity on July 1, 2020.

OTTAWA, ON and WASHINGTON, DC — The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and Project Learning Tree Canada (PLT Canada), an initiative of SFI, are pleased to welcome Dawn Carr, Executive Director of the Canadian Parks Council, to SFI’s 18-member Board of Directors.

Mississauga (ON), June 23,2020 - KP Tissue Inc.(“KPT”), which holds a limited partnership interest in Kruger Products L.P. (“KPLP”),announces that Michael Korenberg has, effective today’s date, resigned as Chairman and a director of KPTand as a director of KPGP Inc., the general partner of KPLP.

While so much has taken a back seat to the COVID-19 pandemic, the focus on sustainability remains firmly at the forefront of customer and consumer focus, new research by Bank of America has shown.

SPOKANE, Wash. -- Clearwater Paper Corporation (NYSE: CLW) a premier supplier of quality tissue and bleached paperboard products,today announced a key divisional executive appointment.

Sandra Sundbäck has been appointed CEO of Paper Province. Sandra Sundbäck takes up her new position in August, when she takes over as cluster leader after Maria Hollander.

During the first year of her studies at Addis Ababa University, Bethelhem Dejene Abebe visited the Atkilt Tera market, the biggest fruit and vegetable market in Ethiopia, with her mother.

It's an historic day for Seaman Paper as we announce Ken Winterhalter as our new CEO, effective immediately.

The Board of Södra has appointed Lotta Lyrå as new President and CEO. She will take office this year and thereby replace CFO Peter Karlsson, who has been Interim President since 20 February this year.

Stora Enso’s CIO Teemu Salmi has been awarded CIO of the year in the event organised by Alma Talent.

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Gary Champlin to serve as association’s new chair

Since the beginning of June 2020, Dr. Kurt Maier (CEO of Heinzel Group) has been the new President of Austropapier, the Association of the Austrian Paper Industry. He succeeds Christian Skilich, who has represented the Austrian paper industry both nationally and internationally since 2018.