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                                                    In his senior years, my Dad was a modelmaker at Kenner Toys in Cincinnati. If I remember correctly, they were on the 13th floor of the Kroger Building in downtown Cincinnati. Before 3-D printing, CAD, and long before AI, these model makers made all the prototype toys by hand (with the aid of machine tools when appropriate). Dad could work in any medium--plastic, steel, aluminum, clay, hard rock maple, you name it. He was always good with his hands. I currently have a bowling ball (child size) and a folding pocket knife he made out of deer antlers and old files (which he said were very good steel). A friend of mine has one of his landscape paintings hanging in his bedroom. 
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                                                    In a recent press release from NC State University, it announced that electric powers could bring paper mills to net zero emissions. 
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                                                    As Industry (or Industree) 4.0 moves forward and mills continue to modernize and update, AI integration is surging. However, the staggering energy demands of AI reveal a significant challenge, raising surprising concerns about sustainability and resource consumption. 
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                                                    My introduction to the amazing world of papermaking began in 1990. That was the very first class my freshman year of college in Paper Science & Engineering. Of the 60 or so freshman also in that class, there were like 6 females in a sea of males. I think that kind of scene played out in many universities offering STEM fields of study in those days. Interestingly, the freshman class dwindled to about 40 by the time we reached graduation several years later. It was a difficult curriculum after all. That kind of turn-over was not unusual. ALL of the women from freshman year made it to graduation and landed a permanent position somewhere in the field of papermaking. 
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                                                    Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) performance is increasingly measured by how well companies define and meet internal environmental targets. For the pulp, paper, and paper-based packaging sectors, setting clear and credible goals is no longer optional - it's essential. 
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                                                    The human race has been in an eternal search for the laws of nature. There came a time when the idea of the atom originated. People like Becquerel, Rutherford, Chadwick, Curie, Einstein, and others studied and tested to better understand the atom until the time came that we knew enough about it that we can use it, for better or worse. The result of this yielded capabilities such as the following... 
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                                                    The International Society of Automation (ISA) -- the leading professional society for automation -- has relaunched its news publication for the global automation community, Automation.com, with a refreshed design and improved site navigation based on ISA technical content topics. This upgrade offers a more modern look and feel with advanced search capabilities and more intuitive topic organization. 
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                                                    EUDR continues to pose a critical trade risk for U.S. paper manufacturing. 
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                                                    As I travel, I am always looking for someone to go to dinner with, share a barbeque sandwich lunch and so forth. 
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                                                    Natalie Lang, left, is shown receiving the Paperitalo Publications endowed scholarship from Jim Thompson, at the Miami University Paper Science & Engineering Foundation Meeting, April 8, 2025. Natalie will be a sophomore in the fall. 
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                                                    Smurfit Westrock plans to permanently close a corrugated sheet and box facility in California, and 141 employees will be affected, according to a company worker adjustment and retraining notification letter the state. 
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                                                    The company posted a net loss of $1.10 billion, or $2.09 per share, for the quarter ended September 30, compared with a profit of $150 million, or 43 cents per share, a year earlier. 
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                                                    Net sales of $4.2 billion were in line with prior year with organic sales growth of 2.5 percent offset by divestitures and business exits. 
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                                                    Domtar is proud to celebrate its one-year anniversary of uniting under a single brand: Domtar - The Fiber for the Future. The year has been one of expansion, achievement and living Domtar's new values. 
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                                                    Company's stock prices drop as solid bleached board continues to be oversupplied. 
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                                                    UPM-Kymmene reported a 47% decline in comparable EBIT to Euro 153 million in the third quarter of 2025 as weak global pulp and paper demand and elevated wood costs continued to pressure earnings. Group sales fell to Euro 2.3 billion, down from Euro 2.5 billion a year earlier. 
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                                                    The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is reporting that International Paper in Cantonment spilled nearly 2 million gallons of treated wastewater and stormwater into Elevenmile Creek after heavy rain. 
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                                                    The Ireland-headquartered company now expects full-year adjusted core earnings (EBITDA) to rise by between 4% and 8.5% to between $4.9 billion and $5.1 billion, from a previous $5.0 to $5.2 billion range. 
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                                                    Chris Stoicheff with the mill said there are no reports of injuries. It is unknown how the fire started. 
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                                                    Workers claim Ahlstrom shaved time and miscalculated overtime, sparking a class action in Wisconsin. 
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                                                    Beach has partnered with prominent recycling and manufacturing company Visy through a new two-year natural gas supply contract. 
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                                                    Separately, this week other defendants filed individual and collective motions to dismiss the containerboard price collusion lawsuit. 
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                                                    Union head expects shift reduction, extended layoff of 25 workers come November. 
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                                                    M.Sc. (Econ.) Anssi Tammilehto has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and member of the Corporate Leadership Team of Metsä Board Corporation. He will start in the new position no later than February 2, 2026, and will report to CEO Esa Kaikkonen. 
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                                                    A fire broke out Monday, Oct. 20, inside a wood pellet storage dome operated by Enviva at the Port of Pascagoula, triggering emergency efforts to control the incident and protect surrounding infrastructure. 
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                                                    The acquisition includes Anchor Packaging's four manufacturing facilities in Jonesboro, Marmaduke and Paragould, Arkansas, and Janesville, Wisconsin, and the headquarters office in St. Louis, Missouri. Operated by approximately 1,250 employees, Anchor Packaging and its facilities now become a wholly owned subsidiary of Georgia-Pacific in the acquisition. 
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                                                    The Skookumchuck, B.C., mill's latest $62,950 in environmental penalties is the third major enforcement action against the Kootenay facility this year. 
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                                                    A new lawsuit is accusing the Kimberly-Clark Corp., a producer of paper goods for household brands such as Huggies, Kleenex and Scott, of contaminating local water sources, including the Housatonic River, with dangerous "forever chemicals" over the course of decades. 
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                                                    Separately, this week other defendants filed individual and collective motions to dismiss the containerboard price collusion lawsuit. 
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                        Domtar celebrates one year under united brand                    
                                            Domtar is proud to celebrate its one-year anniversary of uniting under a single brand: Domtar - The Fiber for the Future. The year has been one of expansion, achievement and living Domtar's new values.
 
  
     
          
  
                                   
    
                    
           
               
              
       
               
              
                                                    UPM Adhesive Materials unveils a curated collection of Premium Performance label materials for wine and spirits packaging. Each material has been selected for its advanced converting properties, exceptional performance in the wine and spirits sector and ability to elevate brand and consumer experience. The collection is featured in a new sample folder, available in European, North American, South American and Asia-Pacific markets. 
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                                                    Great Lakes Filters a division of ACME MILLS LLC, a leading North American manufacturer and converter of high-performance textiles and filtration products, is proud to announce a strategic partnership with Ahlstrom - the global leader in combining fibers for innovative and sustainable specialty material. Acme Mills will serve as a distributor of Optipad™ leveraging its decades of filtration and textile converting expertise to bring this high-value product to market with efficiency and scale. 
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                                                    Thai Containers Group Co., Ltd., a joint venture of Rengo Co., Ltd., will acquire a 60% stake in Indonesian corrugated packaging manufacturer PT Prokemas Adhikari Kreasi, commonly known as Mypak. 
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                                                    The BTG Pactual TIG reforestation strategy focuses on restoring biodiversity and climate resilience in critical ecosystems in Latin America, including Brazil's Cerrado biome - one of the most biodiverse seasonally dry ecosystems in the world. 
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                                                    Avery Dennison® Graphics Solutions announced the release of Neo™ Matte Black Paint Protection Film (PPF), an exciting addition to its premium wet-apply color PPF line. This highly anticipated film joins the successful Neo™ Noir Gloss Black PPF to give installers and car enthusiasts the two most popular black aesthetics backed by superior protection. 
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                                                    Award reflects Domtar's dedication to customer support excellence and delivering reliable, transparent sustainability data. 
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                                                    LP Building Solutions announced the continuation of its partnership with the Forest Workforce Training Institute's ForestryWorks program and a new collaboration with the First Nations Forestry Council. Both initiatives aim to develop the next generation of forestry professionals and advance sustainable forest management across North America. 
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                                                    Pivotal combination with Berry Global unlocks new possibilities.' 
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                                                    SCA and MAQS Law Firm are launching the Association Academy - a new, multi-year development programme aimed at strengthening leadership, organisation, and long-term sustainability among the region's sports clubs.' 
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                                                    Domtar's Kingsport Mill has been awarded The Fred Schmitt Award for Outstanding Corporate Leadership by the National Recycling Coalition (NRC). The prestigious national honor recognizes a company showing leadership, innovation and success as a model in recycling and diversion. 
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                                                    Holmen reported an operating profit of SEK 2,531 million for January to September 2025, down from SEK 3,005 million in the same period last year, due to low electricity prices and maintenance shutdowns in its Board and Paper division. 
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                                                    Norske Skog reported a pre-tax profit of NOK 120 million for the third quarter of 2025, a significant improvement from a loss of NOK 144 million in the same period last year, according to Norske Skog ASA. The result was driven by lower fibre costs and positive valuation effects from Norwegian energy contracts, despite decreased paper prices across both main segments. 
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                                                    The University of Maine Pulp and Paper Foundation was incorporated in 1952 by 12 UMaine graduates financially supporting and preparing well-educated engineering students for careers in the pulp and paper and allied industries. Paperitalo Publications was able to catch up with senior Justin Pelletier. We asked him a few questions about his experiences at UMaine. 
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                                                    Paperitalo Publications was able to interview Tatum Havard, and we asked her a few questions about her experiences at Georgia Tech. 
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                                                    The Western Michigan University Paper Technology Foundation is a 501(c)(3) corporation founded by industry leaders in 1958. The mission of the corporation has been and continues to be to support the Department of Chemical and Paper Engineering at Western Michigan University. Paperitalo Publications was able to catch up with Caleb Breining, who is a junior in the program. We asked him a few questions about his experiences at Western Michigan. 
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                                                    Paperitalo Publications interviewed senior Levi Arnold and we asked him about his experiences at Syracuse. 
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                                                    Paperitalo Publications was able to catch up with Troy Knutson, a junior in the program, and we asked him a few questions about his experiences at UWSP. 
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                                                    The Paper Science & Engineering Foundation at Miami University was founded in 1960 through the donations of several local paper mills and corporations who wanted to ensure the education of future paper engineers. The foundation continues to actively work with students in the paper science and engineering program at Miami University. Paperitalo Publications was able to catch up with senior Jacob Kanuk. We asked him a few questions about his experiences at Miami. 
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                                                    At the University of Minnesota, the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering discovers and teaches solutions for the sustainable use of renewable resources and the enhancement of the environment. Eilee Keske is a student in the program, and she shares some of her experiences at Minnesota. 
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                                                    The purpose of the TALOtech groups on LinkedIn is to provide a convenient forum for people working within the manufacturing part of this industry to share technical and operating related dialog to promote safe and competitive operations. 
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                                                    We welcome Myles Cohen, founder of Circular Ventures, LLC, to discuss the volatility in the OCC/wastepaper market, plus trends in the recovered fiber and sustainable packaging markets. 
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                                                    Tuomas Mäkipeska has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Kemira Oyj and will join the Group Leadership Team, starting in the position no later than May 2026. 
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                                                    Juha Vanhainen will join the Board of Directors of Metsäliitto Cooperative, effective 1 January 2026, following his election by the Supervisory Board. 
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                                                    Micaela Thorström has been appointed Executive Vice President, People and Legal, General Counsel, as of 1 January 2026. 
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                                                    Effective 1 January 2026, Pål Espen Ramberg will assume the role of Director Investor Relations at Borregaard. He currently serves as Finance Director for BioSolutions. 
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                                                    ABB announced that Sami Atiya, President Robotics & Discrete Automation business area and Member of the Executive Committee, will leave ABB by the end of 2026 in line with the announced divestment of the Robotics division to SoftBank Group. 
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                                                    Eileen L. Beck, Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Administration, will step down from her officer role and intends to retire effective December 31, 2025. 
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                                                    BlueLinx Holdings Inc., a leading U.S. wholesale distributor of building products, announced that Christina (Chris) Corley has been appointed to BlueLinx's Board of Directors, effective September 22, 2025. She will also serve as a member of the Board's Human Capital and Compensation and Nominating and Governance committees. 
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                                                    Raute Corporation announces that Chief Commercial Officer Jari Myyryläinen will leave the company by December 31, 2025, to take a position with another employer. 
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                                                    Donato Giorgio, President Global Supply Chain and member of the Executive Management Team, will leave Essity. 
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                                                    PulPac, the Swedish innovation company behind Dry Molded Fiber, announces the appointment of Viktor Siewertz as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective September 1, 2025. 
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                                                    The Board appreciates Askren's contributions since 2021. 
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                                                    Hannu Alarautalahti, who has been SVP, Production at Metsä Group's Wood Supply and Forest Services since 2014, will leave the company by mutual agreement on 30 September 2025. 
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                                                    Hygiene and health company Essity has appointed Anand Chandarana as President of Business Unit Health & Medical. He will assume the role on September 1, 2025, and will also join the company's Executive Management Team. 
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                                                    Goodfellow Inc. announces the appointment of Suzanne Blanchet to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. 
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                                                    Rick Doman has been appointed to the Forestry Innovation Investment (FII) board as chair. 
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                                                    Quad/Graphics, Inc. has appointed Kristin "KJ" Jones and Evan Hughes as Senior Vice Presidents at Rise, a Quad agency. 
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                                                    Her duties include leading the work to form business and market entry plans for Metsä Group's Kuura textile fibre opportunity. 
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                                                    Erja Hyrsky has been appointed SVP, Commercial Operations 
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                                                    Sami Pauni, Executive Vice President, Sustainability, Corporate Affairs and Legal, and a member of the Huhtamaki Global Executive Team, has decided to pursue career opportunities outside of Huhtamaki. 
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                                                    He will assume his role by January 24, 2026, at the latest. 
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                                                    Jon Jested-Rask has been appointed Executive Vice President, Tissue Business Area at Valmet, effective August 1, 2025. 
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                                                    Vinzenz Heindl worked as Managing Director to establish Professionals Academy SPO GmbH.. 
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                                                    Ingolf Thom, Executive Vice President, HR and Safety, and member of Huhtamaki's Global Executive Team, has decided to leave the company to pursue other career opportunities. Ingolf will continue with Huhtamaki until the end of 2025 to help ensure a smooth leadership transition. 
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                                                    Katariina Kravi, Executive Vice President People and Communication, has accepted a new position outside the company and will leave Stora Enso at the end of 2025. Katariina has served in her current role and as a member of the Group Leadership Team since 2020. 
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                                                    Johan Rabe, Executive Vice President, Digitalization and Process Performance, and a member of the Huhtamaki Global Executive Team, has decided to leave Huhtamaki to pursue other career opportunities. 
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                                                    Trex Company, Inc., the world's largest manufacturer of wood-alternative decking and railing and a leader in high-performance, low-maintenance outdoor living products, announced that Brenda Lovcik has resigned as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to accept a position in Minnesota, near to her family. 
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                                                    Vida announced that following six years as CEO, Måns Johansson, will be taking on a new role within the group as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of Vida AB, and he will also continuing as President for Canfor Europe. 
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                                                    Johan Rabe, Executive Vice President, Digitalization and Process Performance, and a member of the Huhtamaki Global Executive Team, has decided to leave Huhtamaki to pursue other career opportunities. 
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                                                    Roseburg Forest Products announced today that company veterans Matt Holt and Alexandre Ouellette will assume new, expanded manufacturing leadership roles with the departure of Chief Operations Officer Tony Hamill. 
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                                                    Boise Cascade Company announced that Rob Johnson is stepping into a new role as Senior Vice President of Manufacturing for their Wood Products division, effective June 16, 2025. This move will backfill the role previously filled by Chris Seymour, who left the organization earlier in June. 
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                                                    The Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) Board announces the appointment of Alex Veitch as the next Chief Executive of the Confederation of Paper Industries. 
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                                                    Bakke succeeds Tom Erik Foss-Jacobsen, who will assume the role of CEO on 1 August. 
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                                                    Hämälä became the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Company as well as the President and CEO of Metsä Group in 2018. 
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                                                    Matt Szymanski, who is currently VP of Mill Operations, will be promoted to EVP and will succeed Hollenbach in this role. 
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                                                    The Procter & Gamble Company announced the appointment of Craig Arnold, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Eaton Corporation, to its Board of Directors, effective June 9, 2025. 
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                                                    Ennis, Inc. announced Stephen Colebert as the new general manager of Eagle Graphics, located in Annville, Pennsylvania. 
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                                                    Axel will join Huhtamaki on July 1, 2025, sooner than previously announced. 
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                                                    Johan Holvik has been appointed Metsä Tissue's Senior Vice President, Scandinavia, member of Metsä Tissue's management team and Managing Director of Metsä Tissue AB. 
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                                                    Mikko Nieminen, the current SVP, Pulp Production, will transition to Metsä Tissue as Senior Vice President, Technology. 
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                                                    Sofidel America will invest in a state-of-the-art Valmet tissue line to meet the growing demand of ultra-premium tissue products in the North American market. The new Advantage ThruAir tissue line will enable Sofidel America to significantly expand its production capacity of ultra-premium products for North American consumers. 
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                                                    The collaboration brings together Tandem Repeat's expertise in advanced biotechnology and ANDRITZ's extensive experience as a supplier of solutions and plants for the production of nonwovens and manmade cellulosic fibers. 
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                                                    Expertise in engineering and chemistry crucial for emission reduction. 
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                                                    A North American kraft pulp and paper mill will expand its woodyard with a complete Bruks Siwertell material handling system, including a cross-over stacker reclaimer and multiple conveyors. 
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                                                    The plant will use agricultural residues, primarily straw, to produce pulp blends for sustainable paper packaging by combining these with recycled wastepaper. 
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                                                    Start-up is scheduled for the Q4 2026. 
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                                                    Project supports DS Smith's £50 million investment aimed at boosting efficiency, reliability and sustainability. 
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                                                    Valmet will deliver a new evaporation line to Altri Biotek mill in Portugal. This delivery is part of Altri's EUR 75 million project to convert the Biotek mill to produce dissolving pulp for textile industry. The new evaporation line significantly improves the mill's energy and water efficiency, meeting the needs of Altri's mill expansion. 
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                                                    Maflex presents HUB - Help, Updates & Booklets - the digital platform designed for those who work every day with Maflex equipment. A single environment to access everything you need: support, manuals, original spare parts, 3D views, technical drawings, and machine data. 
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                                                    Ecowipes, a manufacturer of nonwoven wipes, successfully commissions the WLM 2 line supplied by Voith. 
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                                                    Founded in 1924, Clyde Industries is recognized for its highly engineered boiler efficiency and cleaning system technologies that improve performance, reduce operational costs, and support customer sustainability initiatives in critical industrial markets, including energy, pulp and paper, and general industry. 
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                                                    EPIQ Machinery inaugurated its new head office in downtown Montreal, nestled on the third floor of the iconic Canada Cement building. The occupancy of these new premises represents a significant milestone for the Canadian equipment manufacturer. 
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                                                    It will replace one of the existing recovery boilers, increasing the mill's green energy production. Start-up is scheduled for the first quarter of 2027. 
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                                                    Valmet will deliver a Quality Control System (QCS) to Metsä Tissue's Mariestad mill in Sweden. The intelligent system will support the performance and ensure quality of the mill's tissue machine PM 35. 
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                                                    Toscotec will supply a complete rebuild of PM3's drying section to Papeterie le Bourray mill in Saint-Mars-la-Brière, France. This marks a repeat order for Toscotec, following the successful PM4 rebuild in 2020 where a new headbox helped the mill achieve its target. 
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                                                    Konecranes has received an order from Valmet Paper Technology (China) Co., Ltd. to supply a comprehensive range of cranes for their facility relocation in Wuxi. The contract was booked in May 2025, with delivery scheduled for November 2025. 
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                                                    Kadant Inc. announced it has completed the integration of Vayeron Pty Ltd, a pioneer of smart conveyor monitoring technologies. Kadant acquired Vayeron on August 21, 2024, and integrated it into its Material Handling reporting segment. 
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                                                    Kemira expands its offering into industrial water treatment services and has signed a purchase agreement to acquire Water Engineering, Inc., a company specialized in water treatment services with headquarters in Nebraska, USA, from Nolan Capital, Inc. 
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                                                    The start-up of the new paper machine PM 8n is scheduled for the end of 2026. 
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                                                    On September 10, 2025 Voith broke ground on a multi-million-dollar project that will expand and modernize its roll service center in West Monroe, Louisiana - adding more than 20 new jobs and supporting the local economy. 
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                                                    The rebuild will enable a production capacity of 750,000 tons of highquality coated primary fiber board annually a new record in Europe. 
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                                                    The delivery and start-up are scheduled for the Q2 2026. 
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                                                    The Navigator Company, a leading company in the international pulp and paper market from Portugal, has selected AFRY to conduct a comprehensive asset integrity assessment for its Setubal, Aveiro, and Figueira pulp mills. 
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                                                    The plant will produce up to 640,000 metric tons of recycled containerboard annually, thereby increasing Modern Karton's total production capacity to almost two million metric tons per year. 
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                                                    Green Bay Packaging has significantly improved operational reliability and detrashing throughput at its Green Bay, WI facility through the implementation of Voith's OnControl.Pulping Detrashing solution. 
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                                                    Valmet has received an order from Klingele Paper & Packaging for an automation solution to increase resource efficiency through digitalization at the Weener paper mill in Germany. 
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                                                    The scope of supply includes advanced automation and digitalization solutions for maximum use of the boiler's potential. 
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                                                    Valmet and Helen Oy have signed a comprehensive four-year service agreement to ensure long-term performance for the newly converted wood-pellet-fired K7 BFB-boiler in Helen's Salmisaari power plant in Helsinki, Finland. 
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                                                    EcoVadis recognized the quality of ANDRITZ's sustainability management system and commitment to transparency throughout its value chain. 
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                                                    Global leader in industrial process solutions broadens partnership with ISN® to enhance subcontractor due diligence and sustainability initiatives. 
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                                                    Valmet has received its first order from Papertech Industries in Bangladesh for a complete automation system aimed at improving production quality and efficiency. 
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                                                    The new installation will enable production of high-quality tissue products for the Asia Pacific market and the start-up is planned for 2026. 
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                                                    The new OCC (Old Corrugated Containers) line is scheduled to start operations in the Q2 2026. 
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                                                    Start-up is scheduled for the end of the third quarter of 2026. 
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                                                    The papermaking lines will produce uncoated woodfree grades and start-ups are scheduled from late 2026 to early 2027. 
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                                                    It took less than 10 months from the installation of the first dryer cylinder to the full machine line start-up. 
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                                                    In May 2025, Sappi North America and Valmet celebrated the successful start-up of the rebuilt paper machine 2 (PM 2) at the Somerset paper manufacturing facility in Skowhegan, Maine, USA. 
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                                                    Greece's leading tissue manufacturer selects ABB technology package for existing and new tissue machines at its Inofyta facility. 
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                                                    A.Celli Paper is now officially part of the Andritz Group. A.Celli Group and A.Celli Nonwovens remain fully independent, owned by the Celli family. 
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                                                    Röchling Industrial Oepping GmbH & Co. KG, a specialist in high-quality functional components and a leading partner in the international paper industry, has acquired the industry-leading EZ eco smart fabric cleaning technology effective August 1, 2025. 
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                                                    Andritz has completed a service retrofit for the Turkish company Turkuvaz at its Sakarya plant, integrating diversion channel technology into its baby diaper lines. 
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                                                    The boiler plant is scheduled to be handed over to Saica at the end of 2026. 
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                                                    The start-up is scheduled for the second quarter of 2027. 
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                                                    Toscotec announces the acquisition of the brand and intellectual property of the company formerly known as Recard, a long-established company in the sector specializing in the production of Tissue paper machinery. This includes the acquisition of know-how, technical drawings, and any other intangible assets. 
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                                                    Valmet launches Pulp Filtrate Extractor for more precision in pH measurement. It provides the highest availability and most accurate process temperature and measurement conditions on the market, ensuring pH and residual chemical accuracy. 
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                                                    Shandong Sun Paper will install cooking, fiberline and recovery boiler systems at its new Yandian pulp mill in Shandong province. 
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                                                    Yueyang Forest and Paper Company Ltd. has commissioned ABB paper machine drives and laboratory testing systems for a comprehensive paper mill upgrade in China. 
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                                                    Start-up will be by the end of 2025. 
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                                                    Salico, founded in 1978, manufactures advanced finishing equipment for metal flat strip processing. 
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                                                    Voith announces a rebuild agreement with GDT Paper Joint Stock Company in Vietnam. 
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                                                    This marks a repeat order for Toscotec, following the successful start-up of a tissue machine at GrandBay's Guatemala site in 2023. 
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                                                    The combined company will unite complementary business models to further solidify Solenis' position as a global leader for water and hygiene solutions. 
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                                                    The closing of the transaction is expected within 30 to 60 days. 
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                                                    The installation has passed Site Acceptance Testing (SAT) and is now running at verified industrial speed. 
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                                                    Contract covers mechanical maintenance of the stock preparation line. 
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                                                    The start-up is scheduled for 2026. 
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                                                    The delivery will support the rebuild of a paper machine and is part of the customer's broader effort to enhance sheet quality and increase paper strength properties for their corrugated board production. 
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                                                    Valmet changes its financial reporting structure to reflect its new strategy, which was published today, and the new operating model announced on March 31, 2025. The new operating model and reporting structure will take effect on July 1, 2025. 
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                                                    Green Bay Packaging has awarded AFRY engineering services for the paper mill modernization project in Morrilton, Arkansas, USA. The assignment includes multidisciplinary design engineering and site services for the Balance of Plant (BOP). 
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                                                    Kadant Carmanah Design announced it is entering into a collaborative partnership with Hexion Inc., a global leader of adhesives and performance materials solutions that uses artificial intelligence to improve the manufacturing process of wood panels. 
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                                                    The furnace upgrade will be delivered by the end of 2025. 
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                                                    The installations are scheduled to take place during the mill's annual shutdown in autumn 2025. 
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                                                    The pulp mill and automated loading system enhance the mill's production and make operations safer. 
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                                                    Andritz delivered and started up the torrefaction reactor for one of Europe's largest industrial torrefaction plants, developed by Joensuu Biocoal Oy and operated by Taaleri in Finland. 
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                                                    Company marks significant progress towards 2050 climate goals. 
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                                                    Start-up is planned for 2026. 
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