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SCA appoints Petteri Kalela as the new head of the Containerboard and Pulp business areas and member of the executive management team.

Four separate transactions comprising ~91,000 acres in Oklahoma and ~109,000 acres in Washington.

As part of Antalis' drive to broaden its product portfolio and strengthen its presence in the visual communication market in France, the distributor has acquired Poitoo Adhésifs.

When do you start budget planning?

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 Raymond B Mundt, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2004.

The PM40 closed Friday, 15 November 2024, at 5833.

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 15 November 2024 up 15.2% from the 17 November 2023 level.

In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate Greif and 3M.

Port Hawkesbury Paper has chosen Valmet to deliver a condition monitoring solution for its supercalendered paper mill in Nova Scotia, Canada.

The plant is scheduled to start production in the second half of 2026.

The new system is planned to be taken into operation during the fourth quarter of 2025.

The start-up is scheduled for 2026.

Valmet's website, valmet.com, has reached the top position in Finland in the Comprend Webranking 2024.

On November 1, 2024, BASF closed the divestment of its flocculant mining business to Solenis, a global producer of specialty chemicals for water intensive industries, including the pulp, paper, oil and gas, chemical processing, mining, biorefining, power and municipal markets.

Customer selects ABB drives and motors for Lucca Paper Mill, which will be the biggest mill of its kind in the country.

BTG Pactual TIG Marks Significant Progress Towards $1 Billion Target to Restore Degraded Land and Promote Sustainable Forestry Across Latin America.

Suzano, one the world's largest producers of bio-based raw materials, is establishing a long-term initiative with Jesus College Cambridge and the University of Cambridge. An initial £10 million donation will be used to support education and research into areas including the conservation of biodiversity, enhancing business sustainability, and the restoration of natural habitats in Brazil and beyond.

Reports of fish either dead or in distress along the Jackson River near the Pool in Covington have raised alarms among environmentalists and locals, with initial indications pointing to a possible chemical spill from the Smurfit-WestRock mill.

KraftPal Technologies, a leader in sustainable pallet solutions, is proud to announce its strategic partnership with Orora Packaging Solutions to deliver its innovative corrugated pallets to Orora's wide customer base across the U.S.

New Protective Mailers, created jointly by Mondi and Amazon, won the eCommerce category E-Commerce of the Sustainable Packaging Summit 2024.

The iconic pizza brand and one of its key pizza box suppliers want customers to know that pizza boxes can be recycled.

Arctic Paper S.A. has signed an agreement for the acquisition of an existing solar park close to Warsaw. The plant in Garwolin in the Masovian area has an output of 4 MW.

Huhtamäki Oyj has signed a EUR 450 million sustainability-linked syndicated multi-currency revolving credit facility loan agreement ("RCF") with a maturity of five (5) years.

DS Smith, a leading fiber-based packaging manufacturer, announced today that its Spanish-language interpreters program has been awarded a prestigious Better Practices, Better Planet 2030 Sustainability Award from the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA).

In July 2024, weeks before the start of school for millions of children and young adults across the country, nine Georgia-Pacific mechanics from six facilities, including the Rome Lumber mill in Georgia and the Sweetwater Complex in Texas, went back to the classroom at partner Yancey Bros. Co.'s headquarters in Austell, Georgia.