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These two plants have a revenue of Euro 105 million in 2022, and provide direct employment to 247 people.

Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, is investing €16 million in new technology to produce a new packaging range called FunctionalBarrier Paper Ultimate. This ultra-high barrier paper-based solution for food meets growing customer demand for sustainable packaging that contributes to a circular economy.

Urban centric people tend to look down on the agricultural world as being backwards, unlearned and out of date. Nothing could be further from the truth. If one puts a stick in the ground about 1810 and measures progress in productivity and efficiencies since then, no industry has outpaced agriculture. Agriculture advances in genetics (plant and animal), fertilization, irrigation, equipment and electronics have been outpaced by no one. Even our own industry is dependent the thriving growth of one sector of agriculture...forests. So, when I see an advancement in agriculture, I pay attention and consider how we might use it in our own industry.

The PM40 closed Friday, 28 July 2023, at 5302.

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The PM40 closed 28 July 2023 up 0.4% from the 29 July 2022 level.

In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate WestRock and Nine Dragons.

Successful financing transaction creates greater financial flexibility and valuable optionality supporting the execution of RYAM's strategic priorities and shareholder value creation.

The former double-coated fine paper machine Oulu PM6 in northern Finland will be converted to be Europe's largest board machine and all pulpers naturally have to be of mega size to cope with the annual production volume of 750,000 tons of folding boxboard (FBB) and coated kraft back (CKB).

Start-up is planned for the Q3 2025.

The start-up of the machine is scheduled for 2025.

This is Mirae Paper's second TT SYD installation following another Yankee replacement by Toscotec on PM3 in 2013.

Rengo Co., Ltd. announces that the Representative Director, President & COO Yosuke Kawamoto has been inaugurated as Chairman of the International Corrugated Case Association (ICCA), an international association in the corrugated packaging industry. His term of office will be for two years, until 2025.

Pactiv Evergreen, which closed its Canton paper mill in early June, issued a denial of wrongdoing in the dumping of chemicals into its wastewater treatment system. In a response to a violation notice from the NC Department of Environmental Quality, the company confirmed it disposed of chemical cleaning solution and sanitizer but said the discharge did not violate the water quality standards.

A WELSH company that manufactures kitchen and toilet tissue paper has been fined £1million after an employee was seriously injured when he was struck in the face by a crane hook.

Södra Ädla is a new partner of Nordic Forestry Automation (NFA). The company develops next-generation operator support systems for forest machines based on sensor technology from autonomous vehicles and AI algorithms. The investment is done together with Sveaskog and Almi Invest Syd and comprises a total of SEK 10 million.

The 2022 Novolex Sustainability Report details the company's accomplishments in increasing its recycling capacity, diverting waste from landfills, and using more Chain-of-Custody certified fiber and bio-based resins in its products.

Ideal for retail signage and displays made from thicker substrates like corrugated and poly-based materials, the state-of-the-art technology combines the agility and speed of digital printing with exceptional print quality, a wide color spectrum and minimal energy consumption.

Metsä Board, the leading European producer of premium fresh fibre paperboards and part of Metsä Group, has achieved A- rating in Ellen MacArthur Foundation's latest Circulytics® circular economy assessment.

A 15-year transformation to make marketing better

LP's industry-leading safety program wins eleventh APA Safest Company Award since 2009

Fiber-based consumer packaging leader Graphic Packaging has partnered with food processor ABP Food Group (ABP) to develop two new lines of chilled meat packaging for UK supermarket giant Aldi.

Ahlstrom, a leading manufacturer of innovative fiber-based materials, in collaboration with adapa, a leading supplier of flexible packaging solutions, and Maped, a prominent stationery brand, is proud to introduce a groundbreaking flowpack solution for eraser packaging.

The Flexi-Hex® sleeve is a patented, honeycomb design made from paper that helps protect products in transit.

Georgia-Pacific has produced its 1 billionth EarthKraft™ recyclable padded mailer. The milestone mailer rolled off the production line at our facility in Tolleson, Arizona, just three short years after the product was introduced. The mailer, and its success, is the culmination of listening to our partners and their consumers' desire to develop sustainable products that meet and exceed their needs and expectations.

Leading provider of sustainable packaging solutions DS Smith has raised the ambitions of its Now & Next Sustainability Strategy to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon, Circular Economy.