Recent Articles

Pesmel has delivered a fully automated high-bay warehouse for De Jong Packaging Group, part of Stora Enso's Packaging Solutions division. The expansion adds a new, second factory to the De Lier site equipping the facility with two new corrugators to augment the existing two. As a result of the expansion, the site is now the largest and most modern corrugated packaging facility in Europe.

Toscotec started up a packaging paper machine at Cartiera Pirinoli after the complete rebuild of the press section at their Roccavione facility in Italy.

Within a month, Sun Paper has started up two packaging paper machines ahead of schedule this is the fourth follow-up order of this kind between Voith and Sun Paper.

ABB chosen because of deep domain expertise in China's pulp and paper industry and ten years of trusted partnership with Asia Symbol.

Green Bay Packaging has achieved significant improvements on its production line with the implementation of Voith's OnQuality Quality Control System (QCS).

Valmet has received a major order from Liansheng Pulp & Paper (Zhangzhou) in Fujian Province in China covering multiple technology deliveries for the customer's Zhangpu site.

The start-up of the new facility is scheduled for early 2025.

Start-up is scheduled for the second half of 2024.

Andritz has received an order from the pulp and paper producer The Navigator Company to supply a new recovery boiler, new ash leaching system and an upgrade of the non-condensable gases (NCG) collection and incineration system for its pulp mill in Setúbal, Portugal.

Nonwovens Industry recently named Kimberly-Clark as a Top 40 Nonwovens Industry Company in recognition of the role nonwovens continue to play as a key driver of innovation and growth for both our business and brands.

UPM supports the third and final phase of the Hiitolanjoki river restoration project in South Karelia, where the dam of the Ritakoski hydropower plant was demolished and the rapid restored. The restoration will allow Ladoga's landlocked salmon to rise to its old spawning waters and improves the status of the aquatic habitat of the river.

Developed by the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), the Higg FEM is part of a suite of tools that enables manufacturing facilities of all sizes to measure and score their environmental performance against a standard set of criteria, allowing for meaningful and credible performance benchmarking in the apparel and textile sector.

Resolute Forest Products Inc., in collaboration with Performance BioFilaments, has taken another step toward developing a viable market for cellulose filaments (CF), an innovative wood-based biomaterial, by conducting field tests in Quebec sidewalks.

An environmental group has accused Weyerhaeuser of violating the Clean Water Act by discharging wastewater and stormwater containing pollutants from its lumber mill near Raymond, Wash.

The agreement alleges that Evergreen failed to control hazardous air pollutants at its facility, did not meet fuel specifications for boilers and failed to close washer windows/hoods during operation. Evergreen Packaging must pay a civil penalty of $256,973, according to the release.

Leading global provider of sustainable fiber-based packaging, DS Smith, has collaborated with Versuni, home to some of the world's most renowned domestic appliance brands, to produce and deliver 100% recycled and recyclable packaging solutions.

Sappi North America, Inc., a leading producer and supplier of diversified paper, packaging products and pulp, announces it has won two awards for its innovative recruitment efforts and strategy. Sappi's Somerset Mill video won Silver in the Branded Content-Recruitment category of the 2023 W3 Awards, and its Choose Your Path Series earned Silver in the NYX Video Awards' Series or Campaign: Recruitment category.

Certification reaffirms the Group's MAP2030 commitment to make all its packaging and paper products recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025.

UPM Specialty Papers and adhesive tape specialist Lohmann have partnered to promote recycling of paper liners in the tape industry.

Glatfelter Corporation announced that Glatfelter Industries Asheville Inc. was the recipient of the prestigious RRITE Supplier Award presented by Rockline Industries at their annual State of Rockline event held at The Gage in West Allis, Wisconsin on October 4, 2023.

This year, the Saica Group has improved its score, demonstrating the company's commitment to sustainability standards.

Stora Enso has launched a new operating model at its logging sites in Finland to improve the vitality and biodiversity of forests. In practice, this is done by reducing the density of planted spruce from 1,800 seedlings per hectare to 1,600 seedlings per hectare. This will increase mixed-species forests, which is one of the overarching objectives of Stora Enso's biodiversity programme and part of the actions both in Finland and Sweden.

Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc., the oldest continuously operating paper mill in the United States, announces the launch of its 2022 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report, which details its commitment to sustainability and visions for the future. Monadnock Paper Mills continues to champion sustainability in the world of fiber-based solutions, setting its sights on a brighter, more eco-friendly future.

Consumers are now actively considering the environment alongside their individual health when buying food, according to Tetra Pak's Index 2023. These environmentally conscious consumers labelled 'Climatarians' are willing to alter their eating habits to protect the planet.

The original Standard was published in 1924 and later resurfaced by renowned designer and entrepreneur, Cheryl Heller, from 1994-1998. Today, and for more than a decade, Sappi and Kit Hinrichs, principal of Studio Hinrichs, continue the century-long legacy of the series.