Current Headlines

1. Ox Industries Restarts White Pigeon Paper Mill 9/17/2020

   Ox Industries has successfully restarted the White Pigeon Paper Mill after it is was closed for almost three months. Ox acquired the mill from Graphic Packaging in June and has since converted the mill from clay-coated recycled paperboard (CRB) to high strength uncoated recycled paperboard (URB)

2. Stora Enso Invests In Forshaga To Develop Sustainable Barrier Solutions 9/15/2020

   Stora Enso is making an investment in dispersion barrier technology at its Forshaga site in Sweden, as a step in its innovation agenda

3. Valmet To Supply Metsä Board’s Kemi Mill With Industrial Internet Solutions To Enhance End-Product Quality And The Mill’s Productivity 9/15/2020

   Valmet and Metsä Board have signed an agreement on data-driven optimization of paperboard quality of the board machine at Metsä Board’s Kemi mill

4. Two Georgia-Pacific Recycled Paper Mills Open Opportunities For Paper Cup Recycling 9/15/2020

   Georgia-Pacific announced today that it is now accepting mixed paper bales that contain single-use polyethylene (PE)-coated paper cups at its recycled paper mills in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and Muskogee, Oklahoma

5. SCA Discontinues Publication Paper And Invests In Pulp Production 9/11/2020

   Today, SCA decided to discontinue the production of publication paper and to invest SEK 1,45bn in the production of chemically pre-treated thermo-mechanical pulp (CTMP) at the Ortviken industrial site in Sundsvall. The decision has been preceded by consultations with employee representatives.

6. ANDRITZ To Supply Four PrimeLineCOMPACT M 1600 Tissue Machines To Guangdong Hengan In China 9/10/2020

   International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from Guangdong Hengan Paper Co., Ltd. (Hengan) to supply four tissue machines to its new mill in Yunfu, Guangdong, China, for the production of high-quality facial, toilet, handkerchief and napkin tissue grades made of virgin market pulp

7. Sappi Announces A Significant Step Towards Climate Neutrality Through The Upgrade Of Boiler 11 At Its SEU Gratkorn Mill 9/7/2020

   As part of Sappi’s global long term commitment to sustainability and the focus it has on climate action a decision has been reached to invest in a complete modernisation of boiler 11 at the Sappi Europe Gratkorn production site

8. Michelman’s Water Resistant HydraBan® Coatings Make Innovative Solutions Possible 9/1/2020

   Michelman’s HydraBan® is a brand of water-based coatings designed for use on paper and paperboard. It provides water repellency, excellent gluability, printability, and is available for food contact applications

9. TietoEVRY And Yazzoom Partnership Promotes The Use Of Artificial Intelligence In The Pulp, Paper And Fibre Industry 9/1/2020

   TietoEVRY will enhance data science capabilities with specialist third-party cooperation

10. Successful Startup Of Cutting-Edge Packaging Paper Machine Propapier PM 3 8/31/2020

    German paper manufacturer Progroup AG has successfully commissioned the PM 3, one of the most modern packaging paper machines in the world, at the company’s Sandersdorf-Brehna facility in Saxony-Anhalt. The PM 3 is set to produce 750,000 tons of testliner and corrugated medium annually