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Mondi has partnered with Swiss converter ATS-Tanner to create new kraft paper bundle packaging.

This marks the 6th consecutive year the company has been recognized as a Best Company to Work in one or more of the three categories.

Metsä Group's goal is to ensure that Finnish forest assets transfer in a more vibrant, diverse and climate resilient condition from one generation and owner to the next. Regenerative forestry means boosting economic growth and natural assets side by side. As the members of Metsä Group's parent company Metsäliitto Cooperative own around half of private forests in Finland, this goal is significant for all of Finland.

Metsä Group and Fortum, have initiated a pre-feasibility study on the recovery of wood-based carbon dioxide generated as a side stream in the forest industry.

Paper Excellence says it will appear before MPs if summoned by the Natural Resources committee.

Royale, Canada's Most Trusted bathroom tissue brand†, has achieved carbon neutral certification from the Carbon Trust.

Hygiene and health company Essity has entered an exclusive partnership with the global technology company Voith to develop a new tissue making process that will reduce energy and CO2 emissions while cutting water consumption by up to 95%.

Billerud comes second when Lund University and the business newspaper Dagens Industri rank the 131 largest companies on the stock exchange in Sweden from a sustainability perspective.

Amcor, a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions, announced a joint research project agreement with Nfinite Nanotechnology Inc. to validate the use of Nfinite's nanocoating technology to enhance both recyclable and compostable packaging.

Phoenix Inkjet products provide Customers with Treated and Untreated Sheet Solutions.

Huhtamaki North America announces its sponsorship of a sports stadium. In a recently announced five-year deal, Huhtamaki will be the official "sustainable packaging provider" at Children's Mercy Park stadium, home of the US Major League Soccer (MLS) team, Sporting Kansas City. Together, both companies will further reduce stadium's environmental footprint.

Company Continues to Live its Purpose of 'Better Care for a Better World'.

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Reported insider trading since the last issue of PaperMoney.

J.D. Irving Ltd. and Twin Rivers Paper Company have 2021 and 2022 assessments cut on two mills.

Weitzel to succeed Andrew Wamser as company continues to pursue its strategic growth objectives.

Södra's new cross-laminated timber (CLT) facility was inaugurated on the west coast of Sweden.

The owner, Pixelle Specialty Solutions, announced last year that it planned to close the mill, which employs 230 people. It cited business and financial challenges compounded by the explosion of a pulp digester in 2020. Last month, the company announced the mill would close weeks earlier than initially anticipated.

The plant has an annual capacity of approximately 55,000 tons of specialty paper and has 127 employees.

Wisconsin-based packaging firm Quad/Graphics Inc. will close its Leominster, Massachusetts Packaging plant by April 29, resulting in approximately 60 layoffs.

In February, workers here voted down a contract offer paving the way for a possible strike. On Monday, March 13, a union representative said a revised contract was presented and the union workers overwhelmingly said yes to the company's terms.

It is well known that Jackson Wijaya, the ultimate and sole owner of Paper Excellence, is the son of the current head of APP. In the early days, Jackson benefited from some experience gained from the family business early in his life, as well as support getting his company started. This is hardly a unique or exceptional circumstance. The situation is entirely different today. Jackson operates his Paper Excellence independently. Many stakeholders and regulators - global funding institutions, regulatory bodies and certifiers, among others - have acknowledged this reality. Paper Excellence's acquisition of Resolute was extensively reviewed under the Investment Canada Act.

"The public deserves much more transparency from Paper Excellence..."

'A good facility in a good location,' says Canfor Pulp president.

Heinzel Group announces the conversion of an idled paper machine at the Steyrermühl mill in Austria for the production of sustainable kraft papers for flexible packaging. Heinzel will take over the Steyrermühl site from UPM on January 1st, 2024, according to an agreement signed in 2022, and will enter the market with a new range of unbleached and bleached kraft papers shortly thereafter.