Ahlstrom-Munksjö invests in a new post-screening system at its Aspa pulp mill, in Sweden, in order to produce even cleaner ECF (Elementary Chlorine Free) and UKP (Unbleached Kraft Pulp) specialty pulp.

No viable concept for the continuation of business operations could be found

The Bavarian viscose speciality fibre manufacturer Kelheim Fibres has joined the ZDHC programme “Roadmap to Zero”.

The full coated woodfree product range of Arctic Paper Grycksbo have been awarded a Silver Level Material Health Certificate as part of the multi-attribute Cradle to Cradle Certified™ Products Standard.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö’s PurposeFil™ Packaging papers help packaging engineers and brand owners achieve multiple sustainability goals.

Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, and Flootech have signed a contract on the delivery of a water plant for the bioproduct mill being constructed in Kemi, Finland.

A tripartite partnership for eco-designed 100% cardboard packaging

Norske Skog’s board of directors has made the final investment decision to convert one machine at the Bruck (Austria) industrial site from newsprint to recycled containerboard production.

Launched in April, Stora Enso’s NewsPress range of newsprint is now available also as a 100 % thermo-mechanical pulp (TMP) grade. Juha Ceder, VP of the News & Book segment and Håkan Naij, Mill Director at Stora Enso’s Hylte Mill in Sweden, explain the benefits NewsPress papers offer to printers and newspaper consumers.

Hygiene and health company Essity has made an agreement to acquire approximately 44% of the Colombian hygiene company Productos Familia S.A. (“Familia”).

Stora Enso will start co-determination negotiations with employees at its Kvarnsveden Mill in Sweden and Veitsiluoto Mill in Finland regarding a plan to permanently close down pulp and paper production at both mills.

Increasing profitability and production of tissue products, including sustainable ones, in a rapidly growing market: this is the challenge, accepted by Körber Business Area Tissue, presented by Faderco, a leading company in hygiene products in Algeria.

Due to the current economic environment and the continued significant increase in raw material, manufacturing and logistics costs, Lecta announces a second price increase of 8% on all its 2-side CWF and UWF grades in sheets and reels.

DS Smith, as a member of AFCO (Spanish Association of Manufacturers of Containers and Cardboard Packaging) joins them to spread the campaign #MuchoMasDeLoQueImaginas (more than you can imagine) with the aim of raising awareness of the importance of an industry that is essential: Cardboard Packaging.

Our associations represent industrial sectors regulated under the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) and support the Commission’s Green Deal objective to review EU measures to address pollution from large industrial installations, look at the sectoral scope of the legislation and how to make it fully consistent with climate policies.

DS Smith’s plant to be expanded with state-of-the-art corrugator and automation of internal transport.

In February 2021, the Land and Environmental Court in Östersund upheld an appeal from the Skydda Skogen (Protect the Forest) association regarding a number of harvesting notifications on SCA land in Jämtland and Härjedalen.

Plastic packaging provides an unparalleled level of water-resistance, but what efforts are being made to reduce the amount of plastic used with bio-based solutions?

Following the positive evaluation of the PEFC chain of custody by the European co-operation for Accreditation (EA), European accreditation bodies can now provide accreditation against the 2020 PEFC Chain of Custody and Trademarks standards.

In March 2018, not quite three years ago, the LEIPA PM 5 was in the hot rebuild and commissioning phase of the paper machine acquired from UPM in the new LEIPA North mill.

Segezha Group (a subsidiary of Sistema PJSFC) and machine manufacturer Bellmer have agreed to build a new paper machine at the Group’s paper factory in Sokol, Vologda Region. The new machine will come online in 2023.