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Sonoco, one of the largest global sustainable packaging companies, provided updated first-quarter 2022 earnings guidance and announced its earnings release date and investor conference call information.

This surcharge is necessitated by the impacts of rapidly escalating inflation and directly correlates to the significant increase in the Company's costs for energy, logistics, chemicals, and wood.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö has published its Sustainability Report 2021 on the company's website http://www.ahlstrom-munksjo.com.

The province delivered the terms of reference to Northern Pulp for the environmental assessment of its proposed $350 million new effluent treatment plant and mill transformation.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö continues to expand in the packaging tape market by launching MasterTape™ Pack Green tape backing offering consisting of bio-based tape backings with greater sustainability attributes.

Neenah, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of specialty materials focused on filtration, specialty coatings, engineered materials, and imaging and packaging released an update to its 2021 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) report which highlights the ways in which Neenah is enabling sustainable practices that prioritize the safety and well-being of employees, our communities and environment.

SCA says it will be hiking the prices on white and brown kraftliner in Europe by Euro 100 per tonne. The new price is valid from April 1, 2022.

Södra makes a broad timber price increase and raises the price for timber, pulpwood, low timber and fuel wood. At the same time, contractors are also compensated for the cost increase that has taken place due to higher fuel prices.

Start-up is planned for 2023.

Due to the planned investment Arctic Paper Kostrzyn S.A. will be able to improve the quality of paper production and further improve the production efficiency.

The AngleSet gauge is used to set the proper angle for doctor, roll cleaning, and scraper blades for improved performance and extended blade life. Using the correct blade angle can optimize the life of the roll.

After two consecutive years achieving a Gold Level evaluation status, Solenis has earned the Platinum Recognition Level for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) performance by EcoVadis, a collaborative platform providing sustainability ratings and performance improvement tools for global supply chains.

With this invention Valmet offers the opportunity to make premium grade products at a competitive cost, which in turn can lead to increased market value for nonwovens web producer.

Solenis, a leading global producer of specialty chemicals, is partnering with BIO-LUTIONS, a Hamburg-based CleanTech company, to develop more sustainable disposable products to replace various single-use plastic products in food packaging applications.

ANDRITZ has received an order from the Chinese pulp and paper producer Liansheng Pulp & Paper to supply the most value-adding and resource-saving technologies for a new pulp mill in Zhangzhou, Fujian province, China.

Valmet Oyj ("Valmet") and Neles Corporation ("Neles") announced on July 2, 2021 that Valmet and Neles will merge creating a leading company with unique offering for process industries globally (the "Merger").

PM18 is scheduled to start-up in fall of 2023.

The PM10 at Laakirchen Papier AG, part of the Heinzel Group, Austria, that was rebuilt by ANDRITZ has become the world's fastest converted containerboard production machine with speeds of up to 1,420 m/min at a basis weight ranging from 80 to 140 g/m².

Valmet's delivery is part of Norske Skog's major paper machine conversion project aiming at switching Bruck's PM 3 production from newsprint to recycled containerboard which will introduce 210,000 tons of competitive containerboard capacity.

Start-up is scheduled for the first quarter of 2023.

Start-ups are estimated for the end of 2022.

Valmet will launch a new R&D and innovation project called Beyond Circularity, which improves Valmet's readiness to support the green transition in Valmet's customer industries based on the company's technology vision 2030.

Recent research and development announcements in the pulp and paper industry

Reported insider trading since the last issue of PaperMoney.

Verso and BillerudKorsnäs now expect the merger to close in late-March or April of 2022.