CURRENT HEADLINES

• Ilim Group Launches Its New Polar Bear Pulp Brand For The Chinese Market

  8/14/2025

  Ilim Group, the leader of the Russian pulp and paper industry, launched a premium bleached softwood pulp branded as Polar Bear with China as a target market.

• Nouryon Expands Its South America Industry-Leading Sodium Chlorate Capacity By 20% In Support Of New Arauco Pulp Mill And Growing Brazilian Pulp Industry

  8/12/2025

  Nouryon has signed a long-term agreement with Arauco to supply essential sodium chlorate and chlorine dioxide solutions for Arauco’s new $4.6B pulp mill in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

• First Barrier Paper Metallizer With BOBST iMA For Royal Vaassen

  8/11/2025

  Royal Vaassen based in the Netherlands, have invested in an EXPERT K5 1650mm for the production of barrier paper; the new machine will be installed in mid-2026 and builds on the longstanding relationship with BOBST which began over 25 years ago.

• Successful Start-Up At Liansheng Pulp & Paper's Coated Board Making Line PM 2

  8/7/2025

  On July 22, 2025, Liansheng Pulp & Paper successfully started up their newest coated board making line PM 2. The board machine, with a wire width of 8.85 meters, produces folding boxboard grades and will further strengthen Liansheng Pulp & Paper’s coated board product portfolio and enhance their market competitiveness.

• Intertrade Hellas Selects ABB Quality Control System To Optimise Tissue Production

  8/6/2025

  ABB has been awarded a new contract by Intertrade Hellas S.A. to supply its quality control system (QCS) to existing and new tissue machines at the company’s Inofyta facility.

• Minhan Paper, Vietnam, Successfully Starts Up New OCC Line Supplied By ANDRITZ

  8/6/2025

  Minhan Paper Joint Stock Company has successfully started up a new OCC (Old Corrugated Containers) line supplied by ANDRITZ to its mill in Van Lam, Hung Yen Province, Vietnam.

• A New Chapter Begins: A.Celli Paper Joins ANDRITZ Group

  8/4/2025

  We are proud to announce that A.Celli Paper is now officially part of the ANDRITZ Group. This marks an exciting new chapter in the journey of both organizations as they strengthen, innovate further, and expand their presence in the tissue, paper, and board sector.

• High Satisfaction With Voith's Compact Dispersion Systems At Two Saica Paper Sites In France

  7/30/2025

  In 2022, full-line supplier Voith successfully commissioned a Compact Dispersion System in the stock preparation of PM 70 at Saica Paper in Nogent-sur-Seine followed in 2023 by a Compact Dispersion System for stock preparation on PM 60 at Saica Paper's Champblain site in Laveyron. Saica Paper, a leading manufacturer of paper and cardboard packaging in Europe, has expressed high satisfaction with the modern and efficient technologies that optimize its production processes and increase product quality.

• Sappi Launches North America's Most Advanced Paper Machine, Meeting Demand For High-Quality Sustainable Packaging

  7/29/2025

  In response to rising demand for high-quality, fiber-based sustainable packaging, Sappi North America today announced that it is delivering commercial product to customers following the completion of Project Elevate, the $500M conversion and expansion of Paper Machine No. 2 (PM2) at its Somerset Mill in Maine.

• Mondi pioneers Cradle To Cradle Certified Certification In South Africa With Its Uncoated Fine Paper Portfolio

  7/28/2025

  Mondi, a global leader in sustainable packaging and paper, proudly announces that its uncoated fine paper portfolio of office paper and reels produced at its Merebank mill in South Africa has achieved Cradle to Cradle Certified at the Bronze level.