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Mativ Holdings, Inc. announced it has appointed Dr. Kimberly E. Ritrievi as Chair of the Board of Directors, succeeding Dr. John D. Rogers, who will continue to serve as a director of Mativ and will assume the role of Audit Committee Chair.

UPM Raflatac's RafCycle™ recycling service recently won the 2024 Innovator Award for Innovation in a Recovery Technology or Practice at the Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) Impact event.

Suzano Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Suzano, the world's largest market pulp producer, is funding up to US$5 million for Canadian startup, Bioform Technologies.

The enhancement will increase the mill's folding boxboard output by approximately 10,000 tonnes annually, raising its total capacity to around 310,000 tonnes.

Given the market conditions and macro-environment, the first quarter result is in line with expectations. The result reflects the weak trend in construction activity and decreased supply in the raw material market.

Company says it is seeing early financial benefits from recent closures of some of its lumber mills.

Rich is based in Illinois and has worked for Resolute Forest Products, Progressive Converting, Pactiv Evergreen, and Liberty Packaging representing coated, uncoated, packaging, and specialty papers.

The Manufacturing Institute Honored International Paper's Sarah Dale.

The target of the investment is to reduce warp waste, improve corrugated board quality and production efficiency.

Enmac's largest customers include Valmet, Andritz, Kemira, Metsä Group and Fortum.

The decision affects 93 employees.

Kimberly-Clark raised 2024 sales and profit forecasts after it topped quarterly expectations, banking on higher pricing and steady demand for its premium personal care and household products, sending its shares about 8% higher in early trading.

In 2023, North America's net sawmill capacity decreased by 2%, triggered by diminishing lumber demand and past overproduction issues, according to a report by Russ Taylor Global. This trend has led to the permanent closure of nine sawmills and reductions in shifts, particularly in British Columbia (BC) and the US South, where economic pressures have also forced mills to shut down to balance timber supplies.

The Foil & Specialty Effects Association (FSEA) has announced the release of a new report detailing the results from a newly completed study on the recycling of fiber-based materials with transfer metallic decoration.

Visy Board Pty Limited (Visy) was fined $375,000 after the NSW District Court handed down its findings earlier this month.

Eldorado Brasil Celulose has launched a significant R$25 ($4.81) billion investment for a new production line in Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul.

Canfor Pulp Products Inc. and Canfor Corporation jointly released their 2023 Sustainability Report. The report highlights the companies' environmental, social and governance (ESG) activities and tracks performance against established goals.

The new certification covers the entire supply chain and guarantees the traceability of raw material, thus validating the Company's commitment to responsible and sustainable forest management, environment conservation and social and ethical values. PEFC is a global alliance that recognizes national certification systems, aligned with best forest protection practices.

The Bousbecque plant in the north of France focuses on producing parchment specialty materials. There is overcapacity in parchment and increasing competition. The plant has an annual capacity of approximately 12,000 tons and has 117 employees.

British packaging group Mondi will not make an offer to buy DS Smith, it said on Friday, bowing out of the battle after its UK peer agreed to a 5.8 billion pound ($7.21 billion) deal with International Paper earlier this week.

Plans call for debt restructuring; bids due in June.

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. announced that the Company has completed the sale of its Quesnel River Pulp mill, and its Slave Lake Pulp mill to an affiliate of a fund managed by Atlas Holdings following completion of customary regulatory reviews and satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

When I was located in Pasadena, TX as a Manager of 5 paper machines, I had a very good friend working maintenance to pass away. I remember him with good thoughts of the past. One such recall occurred on his birthday in 1990. I accepted an invitation to a surprise BD party at his sister's house.