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Södra has decided to invest in new machinery at Södra's pulp mill at Mörrum, which will be commissioned in the first half of 2022. The new investment will increase the production capacity of OnceMore® pulp tenfold, bringing it to a full 6,000 tonnes. The proportion of recycled textile in the pulp will also increase.
More than 150 jobs are expected at the Huber Engineered Woods plant in Cohasset, Minn.
Pete Watson to retire and be succeeded by Ole Rosgaard effective February 1st, 2022.
Smurfit Kappa will invest Euro 24 million to expand its corrugated plant in Rethel, North-East France. The new investment will facilitate the consolidation of two existing facilities at that plant and the installation of a new state-of-the-art corrugator and conversion equipment.
Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. announced that it has acquired a portion of the issued ordinary share capital of Elopak ASA (President & CEO: Thomas Körmendi, "Elopak"), a Norway-based liquid paper packaging company operating in Europe and North America, as a Cornerstone investor in Elopak's initial public offering on the Oslo Børs.
Smurfit Kappa has announced the opening of a new International Safe Transfer Association (ISTA) certified lab at its new eCommerce packaging facility in Northampton, UK.
There were no injuries following a small fire at Dunn Paper on the morning of June 17.
According to the Lincoln County EMA director, his office received a call about the fire between 5:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Brookhaven firefighters responded to the scene, and they were able to put the fire out around 9:00 p.m.
It took about an hour to extinguish the fire in the building that housed the tire chip hopper.
International Paper Company announced the early tender results as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on June 18, 2021 (the "Early Tender Deadline") for its previously announced cash tender offer (the "Offer") for up to $700 million aggregate purchase price.
Ahlstrom-Munksjö is on track expanding production capacity at its Malmedy plant in Belgium, specialized in the production of nonwovens for wallcovering. The EUR 10 million investment, announced in January 2020, will double the capacity of the plant and diversify the production to also cover filtration materials. The investment will create some 40 new jobs locally.
A conveyor feeding wood chips both to the hardwood and softwood digesters at Metsä Board's Husum pulp mill in Sweden caught fire on Friday, 18 June at about 12.30 CET.
Green Bay Packaging ceremonially cut the ribbon on its new $500 million mill Thursday, June 17.
Sappi North America, Inc., a leading producer and supplier of diversified paper, packaging products and pulp, today announced that it will sell its hydroelectric assets on the Presumpscot River in Maine to Dichotomy Power LLC, pending satisfactory completion of regulatory and other approvals. The move is designed to allow Sappi to focus on its core competencies and is consistent with Sappi's recent restructuring of the Westbrook site.
As a result of the negotiations, 550 people will be permanently laid off. Some 28% of the redundancies can be managed through pension arrangements.
Sonoco announced it is expanding recovery and recycling of scrap materials from the production of its iconic EnviroCan™ paper containers in the U.S. to be used as raw material at three of its uncoated recycled paperboard mills to produce new paperboard.
Engaging nearly 100 organizations, the Roadmap outlines actions and responsibilities to achieve reusable, recyclable or compostable plastic packaging by 2025.
Billionaire Tom Gores' private equity firm Platinum Equity would acquire textbook publishing and educational technology company McGraw Hill for $4.5 billion from Apollo Global Management Inc, the companies said on Tuesday.
SOSA's collaboration with Klabin is facilitated through SOSA's partnership with CNI (Brazil's National Confederation of Industry) and aims to identify new growth opportunities through open innovation.
PotlatchDeltic Corporation confirmed that a fire occurred at its Ola, Arkansas sawmill on the morning of Sunday June 13. The Ola and Galla Rock Fire Departments responded quickly and brought the fire under control. There were no injuries reported from the fire or environmental issues.
Huhtamaki has completed the acquisition of Jiangsu Hihio-Art Packaging Co. Ltd.'s assets. Jiangsu Hihio-Art Packaging is a privately owned manufacturer of paper bags, wraps and folding carton packaging in China. The acquisition strengthens Huhtamaki's position as the leading foodservice packaging provider in Asia and expands its product portfolio allowing it to better serve both existing and new customers in China.
Paper Excellence announced today that several key roles have been filled as work to restart the Prince Albert pulp mill ramps up.
Resolute Forest Products Inc. declared a special cash dividend of $1.00 per share of common stock, payable on July 7 for holders of record at the close of business on June 28. The company also announced additional capital investments of $50 million in its wood products operations to support its continued growth, and it confirmed the repayment of all amounts outstanding under its revolving and term credit facilities, reducing debt by $180 million in the second quarter.
Stora Enso has decided to invest EUR 21 million to improve the competitiveness and environmental performance of the Anjala-Ingerois production sites. Stora Enso will also invest EUR 26 million in modernising the pulp production at Nymölla in Sweden.
The Food Safety Certification requirements provide a rigorous system to manage food safety risks and provide safe products for use by companies in the food industry. Achieving certification is a stringent process.
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