CURRENT HEADLINES

• Sonoco Further Expands Sonopost® Cornerpost Manufacturing With New Facility In Turkey

  11/17/2022

  Sonoco (NYSE: SON), a global leader in diversified packaging, plans to further expand Sonopost® cornerpost manufacturing in Europe. A new protective packaging production facility is set to open in Bursa, Turkey in November, one year after Sonoco established the first Sonopost® operation in Sochaczew, Poland.

• Hemp Innovations Foundation Awards First Hemp Grant

  11/17/2022

  Hemp Innovations Foundation a 501(C)3 non-profit has funded a research project called Hemp Recycles. This research will pursue recyclability testing of hemp fibers used for paper making.

• New Forestry Agreements With First Nations Accelerate Wildfire Salvage

  11/16/2022

  A new approach to provincial forestry agreements will lead to faster action on harvesting areas damaged by wildfire, provide more timber for mills and set up faster reforestation through the leadership of First Nations.

• Recycled Fiber And Paper Leader Sustana Joins UN Global Compact, Is Committed To Sustainable Development Goals

  11/16/2022

  Sustana, the sustainable fiber and paper industry leader, has joined the United Nations (UN) Global Compact initiative. Sustana's engagement in the UN Global Compact — a voluntary leadership platform for the development, implementation, and disclosure of responsible business practices – reflects its longstanding and continued adherence to sustainable practices and its ongoing support for the Ten Principles focused on human rights, labor, environment, and anti-corruption.

• Monadnock Launches HP Indigo Solutions Portfolio Of 100% Post Consumer Waste Recycled Material

  11/16/2022

  Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc., the oldest continuously operating paper mill in the United States, is pleased to announce its HP Indigo Solutions Portfolio of 100% Post-Consumer Waste (PCW) paper, packaging, and environmental graphics materials.

• Toscotec To Supply Second Tissue Line To Saudi Paper Group On A Turnkey Basis

  11/14/2022

  Saudi Paper Group selected Toscotec for a second tissue line to be installed at its Dammam facility in Saudi Arabia. The new AHEAD 2.2L machine (PM5) will be a full-on turnkey project and it follows Toscotec’s supply of a complete AHEAD 2.2S line that is currently undergoing erection at the same tissue mill.

• Environmental Permit Granted To Metsä Tissue’s Katrinefors Mill Expansion – Investment Decision Preparation As Next Step

  11/11/2022

  The Land and Environment Court in Vänersborg (Mark- och Miljödomstolen vid Vänersborgs tingsrätt) in Sweden has today granted an environmental permit to the modernisation and expansion of the Katrinefors Mill of Metsä Tissue, part of Metsä Group. The next step in the process is the preparation of the final investment decision by Metsä Group.

• Sappi Announces $418M Paper Machine Rebuild At Its Somerset Mill In Skowhegan, Maine

  11/10/2022

  Sappi North America, a leading global producer and supplier of diversified woodfibre products, today announced the approval of a $418M capital project to convert Paper Machine No. 2 at its Somerset Mill in Skowhegan, Maine to increase its capacity and produce solid bleached sulfate board (SBS) products.

• Klabin Successfully Starts Up New Gasification Plant Supplied By ANDRITZ

  11/10/2022

  ​Klabin has successfully started up a biomass gasification plant at the Puma Unit, located in Ortigueira/PR, Brazil, with a new biomass treatment line supplied by ANDRITZ.

• Nordic Paper Increases Ambition In Its Climate Targets

  10/28/2022

  Nordic Paper has adopted new targets for reduction of its climate impact. The total emissions of fossil greenhouse gases from Nordic Paper activities, including indirect emissions from purchased goods and services, are to be reduced by 50% to 2030 compared with 2020.