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Trayforma BarrPeel by Stora Enso is a new, easy-peeling board material for vacuum skin packs enabling packaging fresh food on recyclable paperboard trays. Trayforma BarrPeel supports brand owners' sustainability ambitions by reducing plastic to less than 10% of the tray.

Ahlstrom introduces a new range of renewable and sustainable filtration solutions for automotive applications. Ahlstrom ECO™ is a technology supporting the increasing sustainability demands of the global transportation market and offering a new choice for filter manufacturers.

All three of Sappi's manufacturing regions - Europe, North America and South Africa - once again achieved the highest possible rating, platinum, in the annual EcoVadis Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) ratings.

Mondi partnered with mattress producer Megaflex Schaumstoff to introduce Protector Bag ExpandForm for mattress rollpacking.

Metsä Group's Kemi bioproduct mill will start up in the Q3 2023.

Videos highlight recruitment and corporate responsibility that supports communities.

Members' motion to look into Paper Excellence to be presented at provincial council meeting in May.

UPM is replacing the use of fossil fuels with electric boilers in heat and steam production at its mills in Finland and Germany. A total of eight boilers will be installed, mainly to replace the use of natural gas.

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. announced that the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has validated its scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reduction targets. This validation further supports West Fraser's plan to achieve near-term greenhouse gas ("GHG") reductions across all its operations located in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Europe.

On April 12, 2023, a Nebraska jury rendered a unanimous verdict against Wright Printing Company, its owner, Mark Wright, and CEO Mardra Sikora for a total of $5 million in actual and punitive damages. The lawsuit was filed by Crabar/GBF, Inc., a subsidiary of Ennis, Inc., which purchased Wright Printing Company's Folder Express and Progress Publications folder businesses for $15 million in 2013.

Made by Bagcraft, the revolutionary new packaging keeps food tasting fresh as it's wrapped, frozen, reheated and held under heat at the point of sale.

Reported insider trading since the last issue of PaperMoney.

There are several innovative projects under way for energy reduction and renewable energy in the pulp and paper industry.

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. is pleased to announce that Michael Osborne joined the company on April 10, 2023, as Vice President, Manufacturing replacing Bill Manzer, who has announced his plans to retire. Michael is a thirty-plus-year manufacturing veteran, most recently holding the position of Vice President, Global Manufacturing for Kraton Pine Chemicals.

Henrik Ehrnrooth was elected as Chair, and Kim Wahl as Deputy Chair of the Board of Directors of UPM-Kymmene Corporation at the Board of Directors' constitutive meeting that took place today following the Annual General Meeting.

Interfor Corporation provided an update on its ongoing director succession process. The Company has updated its diversity target for its board of directors ("Board") and commits that at least 30% of its Board members will be women by its next annual general meeting of shareholders ("AGM") in 2024.

To preserve the health of professionals and the community, Klabin has in place protocols such as submission of proof of the COVID-19 booster shot, regular cleaning and a cafeteria dedicated to workers in the maintenance shutdown, as well as inspection, by Klabin and contractors, of the locations where employees will stay.

Transactions Allow Iconex to Serve Liner-Free Customers with Best-in-Class, High-Performance Products.

Streamlines Senior Leadership to Accelerate Business Performance.

The enterprise value of the transaction is approximately EUR 18 million and will result in the reduction of Stora Enso's annual newsprint paper capacity by 245,000 tonnes.

Sofidel, one of the world's leading paper groups for the production of paper for hygienic and domestic use known particularly in Italy and Europe for its Regina brand, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Hakle GmbH to acquire Hakle trademark and other brands.

Georgia-Pacific containerboard mill in Monticello is set to receive a $91 million upgrade, making the construction project one of the company's largest investments in the Lawrence County facility.

Tolko says the shift reduction is due to high fibre costs and weak lumber markets.

Sappi Limited announced that the intended sale to Aurelius Group of its Maastricht Mill in the Netherlands, its Stockstadt Mill in Germany and its Kirkniemi Mill in Finland (the "Transaction") has not materialised within the agreed timeframe of the contractual agreement and therefore the agreement has lapsed.

Increasing costs, falling pulp prices and a weaker USD in the long term are the reasons why 24 people have been given notice of redundancy at Rottneros Group's Vallvik mill.