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Smurfit Kappa has been recognised as a valued sustainable solutions partner at this year's Nestlé Supplier awards.

Hygiene and health company Essity has published its Annual and Sustainability Report for 2019 on www.essity.com.

Metsä Board, the leading European producer of premium fresh fibre paperboards and part of Metsä Group, is one of the founding members of the recently established European Paper Packaging Alliance (EPPA).

Under the collaboration agreement signed between Football club HJK and Kotkamills, a manufacturer of fully recyclable food service board, HJK is aiming to significantly reduce the carbon footprint of its matches in the upcoming season.

Barnes & Noble Education Inc., McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings LLC, and other leading textbook publishers and retailers were sued for a second time, now in New Jersey federal court, over their alleged scheme to drive independent college bookstores out of the market for online course materials.

Panicked Japanese consumers are stripping shelves bare of toilet paper, as unsubstantiated rumors of shortages stemming from the new coronavirus epidemic circulate on social media, sending prices soaring.

A new study by the Pöyry consulting firm estimates that Finnish forest industry mills could almost completely replace fossil fuels with renewable energy sources by the year 2035.

As an extension of our sustainable forestry principles, Domtar has joined the American Forest Foundation (AFF) as a partner in its Family Forest Carbon Program (FFCP). This new initiative, designed to enhance carbon sequestration in family-owned forestland across the United States, includes other business partners and charitable foundations, as well as the Nature Conservancy.

Effective February 28, 2020, Solenis signed an agreement to acquire the paper business of ChemSystems, a division of AECI Ltd. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2020.

Metsä Board, the leading European producer of premium fresh fibre paperboards and part of Metsä Group, has designed the Arctic Blue Gin package with an impressive holographic design inspired by the Northern Lights.

Mohawk Fine Papers, Inc., North America's largest privately-owned manufacturer of fine papers, envelopes and specialty materials for printing, has released an expanded and refreshed line of Crane Pure Cotton Papers.

Smurfit Kappa's sustainable TopClip solution will be launched on the market by leading beer brewer Royal Grolsch as a paper-based replacement for the plastic shrink wrap currently used on their can multi-packs.

ABB has launched its KPM KC9 Optical Consistency Transmitter family, a new range of sensors that provide accurate measurement of total and/or ash consistency for better wet end measurement and control in pulp and paper processes.

Two Sides North America is pleased to announce that Kathi Rowzie has joined the organization as vice president of operations.

Graphic Packaging International has selected Voith to provide a complete recycled stock preparation system for its new Coated Recycled Board (CRB) machine being built in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The system will feature Voith's BlueLine products and a water, sludge and reject handling system.

Reported insider trading since the last issue of PaperMoney.

GP officials told its 150 Camas employees last week that the company is investing $15 million in capital improvements to make the remaining paper towel line more competitive and the plant itself more environmentally sustainable.

McKinley Paper Company is producing paper at a mill that had been dormant for three years, a representative for the state agency referring job applicants to the mill said Wednesday.

Graphic Packaging Holding Company, through its primary U.S. operating company, Graphic Packaging International, LLC., announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Consumer Packaging Group business from Greif, Inc. for approximately $85 million.

While pulp manufacturing continued unabated throughout the period, paper operations were curtailed as orders could not be planned and manufactured because of the systems interruption.

Hygiene and health company Essity has signed an agreement to acquire 75% of the Swedish medical solutions company ABIGO Medical AB.

The liquidator of Hindustan Paper Corporation (HPC) told Delhi High Court on Tuesday that measures would be taken to revive the two paper mills in Assam and that the process would be started in the next few weeks.

Recently acquired by Sonoco, TEQ Thermoform Engineered Quality, a global manufacturer of thermoformed packaging, serving healthcare, medical device and consumer markets, will rename and brand all its manufacturing locations strictly as TEQ.

Sonoco has announced organizational updates to its Global Industrial and Consumer Products divisions, led by Executive Vice President Rodger Fuller.

A fire at Neenah Paper in Whiting started in a compactor.