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1. Siegwerk To Present New Functional Paper Coatings At Specialty Papers Europe 2024 8/15/2024

   Siegwerk, one of the leading global providers of printing inks and coatings for packaging applications and labels, today announced its participation in Specialty Papers Europe 2024, a premier conference for the specialty paper and packaging industry, taking place on September 3-4, 2024, in Vienna, Austria.

2. First Quality Tissue To Expand Its Ultra-Premium Towel And Tissue Products Manufacturing Capabilities 8/14/2024

   First Quality Tissue is pleased to announce another major expansion initiative. The expansion includes a commitment to install two new state-of-the-art Thru-Air-Dried (TAD) paper machines with associated converting facilities at a new location to be announced in the near future.

3. Navigator Paper Setúbal's PM 1 And PM 3 Run With Seamed Press Felts In All Positions For The First Time 8/13/2024

   Navigator Paper Setúbal's PM 1 and PM 3 operate with seamed felts, supplied by Voith, in all press positions, marking a significant milestone for the paper machines.

4. ANDRITZ Starts Up Large Eucalyptus Pulp Mill For Suzano In Brazil 8/8/2024

   International technology group ANDRITZ has successfully started up a new pulp mill for the Brazilian pulp producer Suzano in the municipality of Ribas do Rio Pardo, Mato Grosso do Sul state.

5. Nippon Paper Group Reorganizes Its Production System 8/7/2024

   Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (hereinafter "the Company", HQ: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President: Toru Nozawa) hereby announces that it has decided to shut down the operation of some of the machines in Shiraoi Mill and Yatsushiro Mill, and to launch household paper business in Yatsushiro Mill primarily targeting exports.

6. Azzurra Capital Acquires A Strategic Stake In Pasfin, The Holding Company Of Multinational Paper Group Lucart 8/5/2024

   Azzurra Capital has entered into a binding agreement to acquire a strategic stake in Pasfin S.p.A., the holding company that wholly controls the leading manufacturer of tissue, airlaid and MG paper products Lucart S.p.A.

7. Valmet Has Completed The Acquisition Of Demuth, A Provider Of Wood Handling Technology And Services In South America 8/2/2024

   Valmet has completed the acquisition of Demuth following the agreement that was announced on December 22, 2023. Demuth is a Brazilian company specializing in wood handling solutions for the pulp industry.

8. SLB And Aker Carbon Capture Joint Venture Awarded FEED Contract By CO280 For Large-Scale Carbon Removal Project 8/1/2024

   The SLB and Aker Carbon Capture joint venture (SLB-ACC JV) today announced a contract award by its partner CO280 Solutions for front end engineering and design (FEED) of a large-scale carbon capture plant at a pulp and paper mill on the U.S. Gulf Coast.

9. EcoSynthetix Secures Two New Lines With Existing Accounts Across Different End Markets 7/29/2024

   EcoSynthetix Inc. (“EcoSynthetix” or the “Company”), a renewable chemicals company that produces a portfolio of commercially proven bio-based products, today announced it has won new business to supply its biopolymers to two new lines at existing accounts.

10. A.Celli Paper Starts Up The E-WIND T100 Supplied To Xuan Mai Paper Co., Ltd. 7/25/2024

    The Vietnamese company and the A.Celli team celebrates the startup of the A.Celli Tissue rewinder and the production of the first roll.