CURRENT HEADLINES

• UPM Launches Glassine Precoating Innovation To Boost Competitiveness In Label Production

  11/17/2025

  UPM Specialty Papers has launched an improved version of its proprietary UPM Forte precoating technology that helps labelstock manufacturers and siliconizers maximize the competitiveness of their production and can also support their sustainability goals.

• Svante And Södra Launch EU-Based Carbon Capture Pilot To Advance Biogenic CO_₂ Utilization

  11/10/2025

  Svante Technologies Inc. (“Svante”), a global leader in solid sorbent-based carbon capture and removal solutions, is proud to share that Södra, Sweden’s largest forest-owner association, has announced it will test Svante’s carbon capture technology at the Värö industrial site in early 2026 and evaluate opportunities for large-scale capture in the future.

• Genera Starts Up ANDRITZ Pulping And Stock Preparation Systems For Sustainable Packaging Production

  11/7/2025

  Genera, a leading U.S. manufacturer of sustainable packaging, has successfully started up advanced non-wood pulping and stock preparation systems supplied by international technology group ANDRITZ.

• BMI Group Acquires Former Prince Albert Pulp Mill To Drive Regional Renewal And Community Growth

  11/6/2025

  The BMI Group, one of Canada's most active developers in the renewal of legacy industrial properties, has completed the acquisition of the former Prince Albert Pulp Mill, positioning it as a cornerstone for regional renewal that connects industrial readiness with community growth.

• Mondi Advances Transition To PE-Free Wrappers For Cut-Size Paper Across European Mills

  11/6/2025

  Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, has completed the transition to polyethylene (PE)-free wrappers for its entire Mond-branded cut-size paper portfolio produced at Mondi SCP in Ružomberok, Slovakia.

• Graphic Packaging Launches Advanced Recycled Paperboard Facility In Waco, Texas

  11/5/2025

  Graphic Packaging International, a global leader in sustainable consumer packaging, has launched its new recycled paperboard facility in Waco, Texas — a strategic investment that establishes the most advanced, efficient and high-quality recycled paperboard production platform in North America.

• World's Widest Release Paper Production Line Successfully Started Up

  11/5/2025

  Voith and Wuzhou Special Paper have successfully commissioned the new PM 21 specialty paper machine in Hanchuan, Hubei Province. It is the world's widest machine for the production of release paper.

• Valmet Enhances Sofidel America's Ultra-Premium Tissue Production With New Advantage ThruAir Line

  10/29/2025

  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.

• HZ Green Pulp Enters Full-Scale Production

  10/28/2025

  HZ Green Pulp has begun full-scale commercial production of Dry Molded Fiber coffee lids in Malaysia, becoming the first PulPac licensee in Asia to supply the market with this fiber-based alternative to plastic.

• An Edible Fungus Could Make Paper, Fabric Liquid-Proof

  10/21/2025

  As an alternative to single-use plastic wrap and paper cup coatings, researchers in ACS’ Langmuir report a way to waterproof materials using edible fungus.