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Founded in 1966, Northeastern Envelope is a leading manufacturer to the trade of a wide of variety of envelopes. In addition to their custom converting and manufacturing, Northeastern inventories hundreds of double window and single window envelopes allowing for same day shipping.

Sofidel proudly marked the beginning of a new chapter in its Duluth mill with a groundbreaking ceremony for expansion.

The sale of these plants was agreed to with the European Commission as a remedy for IP's acquisition of DS Smith Plc, as published on the Commission's website on January 24, 2025. The conclusion of the divestment is subject to the European Commission's approval of the proposed purchaser.

Repeating myself over and over (my wife Laura says this is my most predominant quality), today there are two broad general grades of paper and paperboard being successful. Both fall in the category of being desired for their physical qualities. These are containerboard and tissue. Papers sought for their communications qualities (except for packaging, which has both physical and communications qualities) are for the history books, if anyone was still printing such tomes in quantity.

The PM40 closed Friday, 2 May 2025, at 5144.

Get the latest PM40 updates by listening to the weekly Nips show and the PM40 Daily Show on Pulp & Paper Radio International.

The PM40 closed 2 May 2025 down 6.8% from the 3 May 2024 level.

In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate Kimberly-Clark and PotlatchDeltic.

Kimberly-Clark slashed its annual profit forecast on Tuesday as the Kleenex tissue maker said it would incur about $300 million in costs this year due to U.S. President Donald Trump's broad trade tariffs.

Andritz has received an order from Turkish yarn manufacturer Göliplik Şeremet Tekstil Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. to deliver a complete WetlaceTM line to produce nonwovens for sustainable, flushable wipes.

SPM Instrument AB (SPM) received large order from Arctic Paper Grycksbo. The order from the Swedish paper mill concerns the Intellinova Parallel EN online system, which will monitor two hundred and sixty measuring points in the drying section and coating in paper machine PM9.

The delivery includes refurbishing and modifying an existing disc filter from the mill's deinked pulp line (DIP) and reinstalling it in the mill's thermomechanical pulp line (TMP).

Start-up after the rebuild is scheduled for the Q4 2025.

Kemira will implement a minimum 5% surcharge on all products and services sold in the United States starting May 1, 2025. This applies to all Packaging & Hygiene and Water Solutions customers.

With more than 30 years of industry experience, Sourav Das brings deep expertise and a proven track record in the pulp and paper sector across India, Bangladesh, and neighboring markets.

The maximum design speed was reached in just eight months.

Solenis LLC, a global provider of water and hygiene solutions, announced it will temporarily apply a minimum 5% surcharge on all products and services sold in the United States, effective May 1, 2025.

The new line has now successfully produced its first fibers at the medium-density fiberboard production facility in Kashipur.

Start-up of the rebuilt PM 3 is planned for first quarter of 2026.

The contracts include the replacement of an economizer in the recovery boiler and the implementation of the SYNERGY Services concept for the white liquor plant and pulp drying processes.

Svante Technologies Inc. (Svante), a leader in carbon capture and removal technology, announced that its joint carbon capture and storage project with Mercer International Inc. (Mercer) has advanced to the Front-end Engineering and Design Phase 2 (FEL-2).

The JV aims to develop Malaysia's first integrated pulp production facility, with an annual capacity of 150,000 tonnes.

The Trump Administration's executive orders cut across dozens of industries. This searchable tool breaks down the orders and their impact.

It was announced that CO280, a lead developer of large-scale carbon dioxide projects, entered an agreement with Microsoft for a project that will capture and permanently story biogenic carbon emissions from a US pulp and paper mill.

Founded in 1966, Northeastern Envelope is a leading manufacturer to the trade of a wide of variety of envelopes. In addition to their custom converting and manufacturing, Northeastern inventories hundreds of double window and single window envelopes allowing for same day shipping.

Sofidel proudly marked the beginning of a new chapter in its Duluth mill with a groundbreaking ceremony for expansion.