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The K3 machine is one of three CRB machines at the Kalamazoo facility and is the company's longest-running machine. K3 ceased operation on July 1 and this announcement reflects the decision to permanently shut down the 125,000-tons per annum machine.

Accursia Capital now operates the Stenay plant under a new brand, Stenpa. The Company, which will be renamed to Stenpa SAS produces specialty paper and has an annual capacity of 55,000 tonnes.

With a single operating location in Winnipeg, Canada, Reliance's operations are strategically located to serve the primary agriculture markets in North America. Reliance products utilize a unique in-mold fluorination barrier (IMF) process which provides a compelling additional capability to the Greif portfolio of barrier technologies.

Roseburg Forest Products is pleased to announce that Stuart Gray officially assumed the role of president and CEO on Oct. 1, 2023, finalizing a leadership transition first announced in July of this year. Grady Mulbery, who served as the company's top leader for the past seven years, retired on Sept. 30.

Boise Cascade has completed the previously announced acquisition of Brockway-Smith Company (BROSCO), a leading wholesale distributor specializing in doors and millwork.

Rengo Co., Ltd. announces that major subsidiaries in the folding carton business, Fuji-Hoso Shiki Co., Ltd. and Marufuku Co., Ltd. will be merged on October 1, 2023, and their trade name will be changed to Fuji-Marufuku Co., Ltd.

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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 late Ernst Richard Behrend, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2012.

The PM40 closed Friday, 13 October 2023, at 4861.

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 13 October 2023 up 8.7% from the 14 October 2022 level.

In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate Greif and Smurfit Kappa.

SCA will increase the price on NBSK pulp (Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft) in Europe. The new price will be 1,200 USD, effective as from now.

Demand for forest raw materials from family forestry remains. To meet the need for winter, from both the timber market and Södra's industries, Södra is raising the prices for spruce and pine timber from 9 October.

As part of Alkim Kağıt latest investment to extend the range of paper grades and achieve the highest product quality standards, A.Celli will provide an ÆGO SIZER film size press.

Start-up is scheduled for 2025.

Objective to improve efficiency, runability and paper quality with cutting-edge machine technologies and concepts from Voith.

Valmet was awarded an order for state-of-the art ThruAir drying equipment that will be installed at Procter & Gamble's Box Elder tissue mill in Utah.

Valmet will supply a biomass plant to Göteborg Energi AB in Gothenburg, Sweden. Göteborg Energi is building a new plant to produce energy and district heat from renewable and recovered sources.

Start-up is planned for autumn 2024.

The pioneering and eco-friendly plant will produce high-density and medium-density fiberboard (HDF/MDF) from date palm fronds, a material normally considered farm waste.

Sweden's OptiCept Technologies has entered an agreement with the Chilean forestry company CMPC. Cuttings will now be boosted with nutrients using a unique vacuum impregnation technology called OptiBoost.

The start-up is scheduled for the second half of 2025.

Headquartered in Cedartown, Georgia, CedarChem offers a full suite of water and wastewater treatment products for industrial and municipal markets, primarily in the southeastern U.S.

For the past three years, Store Brands has recognized private-label organization leaders and brands across the world whose innovative ideas are driving positive change in the industry. Lazzareschi was recognized for his leadership in technological and personnel investments to enhance Sofidel's sustainability efforts.

Metsä Tissue will aim to have fossil free mill fleet by 2030 and accordingly it has stopped using coal as an energy source in its Kreuzau's mill in Germany. Since September 2023 the Kreuzau mill in Germany has been replacing the use of fossil-based lignite by wood pellets in the mills heat production.