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  1. Georgia-Pacific’s Brewton Containerboard Mill To Invest $160M In Operations 12/6/2022

    Georgia-Pacific’s Brewton Containerboard mill recently announced its plans to invest $160M to modernize its operations.

  2. Lessebo Paper Is Launching Lessebo Colours To Grow In Luxury Packaging 11/30/2022

    Lessebo Paper is launching their new series Lessebo Colours to meet the expanding demand for high-quality coloured papers in the luxury packaging market. Lessebo Paper, located in the forests in the south of Sweden, has been producing high-quality paper since 1693.

  3. ANDRITZ Receives Follow-Up Order From Xuan Mai Paper, Vietnam 11/29/2022

    The tissue machine will enable the production of high-quality tissue grades made of either 100% virgin or 100% deinked pulp (DIP). Start-up is scheduled for 2024.

  4. Voith Successfully Starts Up World's Largest Kraftliner Machine For SCA In Obbola 11/28/2022

    The state-of-the-art machine features a design speed of 1,400 meters per minute and a wire width of 10,200 mm. The Voith XcelLine paper machine will produce 725,000 tons of high-quality kraftliner per year with basis weights between 100 and 200 gsm. Compared to the old line, the new machine increases SCA’s production capacity by 270,000 tons.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.