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The mill has the capacity to produce 65,000 metric tons per year of bath, napkin and towel grades of tissue.

The plant manufactures corrugated board and boxes.

A conveyor belt carrying shredded wood chips at a Skowhegan paper mill caught fire Saturday morning, Feb. 3, prompting a wide response from local fire departments.

CJK Group, Inc. announced that it has acquired the assets of LSC Communications Magazine and Catalog business unit, along with the stock of Kodi Collective LLC (formerly known as Continuum Marketing Services LLC). The assets and stock purchase together represent "Kodi Collective."

Thanks to this acquisition, Antalis becomes the market leader in bespoke packaging solutions for the Italian market.

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If you call yourself a consultant, you better have the experience...

Ladies and gentlemen, the first class of inductees to the Paper Industry International Hall of Fame in Appleton, Wisconsin was inducted more than two decades ago in 1995, and today, more than 150 papermaking innovators and legends have been enshrined. This month, we profile the Thomas A. Simons, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2000.

The PM40 closed Friday, 16 February 2024, at 5381.

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 16 February 2024 up 0.5% from the 17 February 2023 level.

In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate Graphic Packaging and PotlatchDeltic.

Enviva, the leading exporter of wood pellets in the United States, is on the brink of filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy following a significant misjudgment in future commodity prices, which led to substantial financial losses. Maryland-based company might proceed with the bankruptcy filing by the end of this week, pending the expiration of a 30-day grace period due to a missed $24 million interest payment to bondholders, according to reports.

UPM's Board of Directors has approved the commencement of new plans for the period 2024-2026 within the company's two long-term share incentive arrangements: the Performance Share Plan and the Deferred Bonus Plan.

Valmet, a provider of technologies, automation, and services for the pulp, paper, and energy sectors, has commenced negotiations on February 15, 2024, aimed at restructuring its Services and Paper divisions within the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) territory.

JD Irving, Limited purchases a MiCROTEC CT Log for installation in its veneer sawmill, located in St. Leonard, New Brunswick, Canada.

The take over is scheduled to be in the end of 2025.

FrontWay provides fiber processing industries with simulation software and consulting services for process optimization.

Andritz has successfully started up a new high-capacity chemi-thermomechanical pulping system supplied to Wuzhou Special Paper (Jiangxi) Co. Ltd. in Hukou County, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, China.

Klabin has officially recognized ANDRITZ for its technical expertise and project management performance during the Puma II pulp and paper mill expansion project in Ortigueira, Brazil.

Shandong Huatai Paper and Voith Paper successfully started up PM 11 in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong.

Argentinian leading packaging paper and tissue producer UnionPel selected Toscotec to supply a technological upgrade of PM1 at their Pacheco mill in the province of Buenos Aires. The project is scheduled for the first half of 2024.

Taiwanese tissue producer Yuen Foong Yu Consumer Products Co., Ltd. has successfully started up a new Andritz PrimeLineCOMPACT tissue production line at its mill in Chingshui.

Brazilian federal prosecutors are asking a judge to unwind a 2017 deal handing control of pulp and paper company Eldorado from Brazilian firm J&F to Paper Excellence Group, citing restrictions on foreign land ownership.

Stora Enso also reports against the SASB's Sustainability Accounting Standards for Forest Management and Containers & Packaging.

Carbon Capture Pilot at Vicksburg Containerboard Mill: Vicksburg, Mississippi