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Voith rebuilds Papresa's PM 5 at Rentería mill in Spain (relevance: 28.3%, date: Apr 20, 2021)
Papresa commissioned Voith to completely rebuild PM 5 at the Rentería mill in Spain. The start-up of the ambitious project is scheduled for the 1Q 2022.

Altri starts up new cooking system at pulp mill in Leirosa, Portugal (relevance: 28.2%, date: Feb 15, 2022)
Andritz has successfully started up the new Andritz A-ConApex cooking system supplied to the Altri Group's Celbi eucalyptus pulp mill in Leirosa, Portugal.

Mondi celebrates completion of €125 million containerboard mill upgrade in Kuopio, Finland (relevance: 28.2%, date: Jul 2, 2024)
Mondi has completed a €125 million investment project in its Kuopio mill, which will increase production capacity by 55,000 tonnes per annum while enhancing efficiency and improving environmental performance.

Be Prepared (relevance: 28.2%, date: Mar 2, 2021)
The last month has seen pulp and paper mills in the United States struck by outside forces out of their control. Or were they? First, WestRock was reportedly invaded by a ransomware attack. We will not know what the damage was there until the next quarter's earnings are reported. Then, southern mills, especially in Texas but throughout the south, were crippled by a severe winter storm. What are the learnings?

AFRY to design chlorine dioxide plant for Metsä Fibre's bioproduct mill (relevance: 28.2%, date: Oct 5, 2020)
Metsä Fibre Oy and AFRY have entered into a preliminary agreement for the engineering, project management and site services of the chlorine dioxide plant at the Kemi bioproduct mill in Finland. The project is a continuation of AFRY's previous basic design of the chlorine dioxide plant.

Sustainable packaging: ANDRITZ to offer complete Dry Molded Fiber lines (relevance: 28.2%, date: Oct 1, 2024)
ANDRITZ and PulPac AB, the Swedish pioneer in Dry Molded Fiber technology, have entered into a strategic partnership to serve the alternative packaging market with their complementary expertise.

Kemira opens new R&D center in Shanghai, China (relevance: 28.2%, date: Oct 5, 2021)
Kemira has opened its new APAC R&D center in Pujiang Town, Shanghai, China, to meet rapidly growing market demand and accelerate efforts to develop renewable, biodegradable and recycleable products in the Asian region.

Mondi completes €95 million investment to boost efficiency and sustainability at Świecie containerboard mill (relevance: 28.2%, date: Oct 15, 2024)
As previously announced, upgrade increases Kraftliner production capacity by 55,000 tonnes per annum.

Metsä Board completes Euro 60 million upgrade at Simpele mill, raises fossil-free energy use to 98 percent (relevance: 28.2%, date: Oct 21, 2025)
Metsä Board has finalized a Euro 60 million modernisation project at its Simpele folding boxboard mill, boosting fossil-free energy usage from 89% to 98% and launching a higher-performance version of its MetsäBoard Classic FBB product. The board machine is now fully operational and customer deliveries of the upgraded packaging board have begun.

ANDRITZ to supply evaporation plant upgrade to Mondi Frantschach, Austria (relevance: 28.2%, date: Jan 4, 2022)
ANDRITZ has received an order from the Mondi Group for an upgrade of the evaporation plant at its Mondi Frantschach mill, Austria.

Billerud will not proceed with conversion of Escanaba mill to cartonboard production (relevance: 28.2%, date: Jun 4, 2024)
Billerud's Board of Directors has decided to not proceed with plans to convert its Escanaba mill to cartonboard production. Instead, the company will target to shift its product mix gradually towards packaging materials in North America with a moderate investment level.

Roseburg to start up new MDF facility in late summer 2024 (relevance: 28.2%, date: May 7, 2024)
Once fully operational, the two new plants will employ approximately 120 people in the community where Roseburg was founded nearly 90 years ago.

Lenzing completes conversion and upgrade of its Purwakarta site in Indonesia (relevance: 28.2%, date: Sep 19, 2023)
The Lenzing Group has made significant technical improvements to its Purwakarta site (PT. South Pacific Viscose) in Indonesia. Lenzing has invested more than Euro 100 million since 2021 to convert existing production capacity to specialty viscose. With the imminent completion of the investment, Lenzing is in a better position to serve the strongly growing demand for specialty fibers.

EU approves unconditionally Brazil pulp giant Suzano's $3.4 billion Kimberly-Clark deal (relevance: 28.1%, date: May 19, 2026)
The ‌deal ⁠is also being investigated by the UK watchdog.

Voith to rebuild and upgrade QCS scanner at Veracel Celulose's mill in Eunapólis, Brazil (relevance: 28.1%, date: Aug 3, 2021)
Veracel Celulose S.A., one of the biggest pulp producers in Brazil and part of Europe's second largest paper producer Stora Enso, has commissioned Voith to upgrade its Quality Control System (QCS) of scanner and sensors for the company's PDM 1 in Eunapólis, Brazil. The upgrade comprises a complete rebuild of one of the biggest scanners supplied by Voith to a customer in South America.

Capital projects of note in 2026 (relevance: 28.1%, date: Feb 3, 2026)
We are updating this list as these happen in the pulp, paper and forest products industry

ANDRITZ to Supply A Complete Pulp Mill to Suzano In Brazil (relevance: 28.1%, date: Nov 16, 2021)
Start-up is scheduled for the second half of 2024.

Georgia-Pacific investing $18 million in Camden, Texas, plywood plant (relevance: 28.1%, date: Jun 20, 2023)
Georgia-Pacific is embarking on a $18 million upgrade that will modernize the Camden Plywood plant and help increase efficiency.

Minerals Technologies signs agreement with Zhumadianshi Baiyun Paper to build PCC plant China (relevance: 28.1%, date: May 4, 2021)
Minerals Technologies Inc. ("MTI") has signed an agreement with Zhumadianshi Baiyun Paper Co., LTD ("Baiyun Paper") to build a 50,000 metric ton per year satellite precipitated calcium carbonate ("PCC") plant at its paper mill in Suiping County, Zhumadian City, China. The facility will be wholly owned by MTI. The new facility is scheduled to begin operations in the first half of 2022.

Toscotec to supply steel yankee dryer to Sappi's mill in Stanger, South Africa (relevance: 28.1%, date: Aug 3, 2021)
Toscotec has received an order from Sappi to supply a TT SYD Steel Yankee Dryer to their mill in Stanger, South Africa. The TT SYD was delivered in record time only 20 weeks after the order. The start-up is planned for the 3Q 2021.

Valmet launches new advanced process control for maximizing pulping yield (relevance: 28.1%, date: Apr 15, 2025)
Designed for chemical brown pulp producers, the optimizer is a unique combination of automated controls for cooking and refining that helps mills achieve high pulping output while cutting costs and stabilizing quality.

Empire Recycled Fiber announces it will relocate containerboard project to Dayton, Ohio (relevance: 28%, date: Jul 5, 2022)
Empire Recycled Fiber (ERF) says it has made the decision to relocate its recycled containerboard mill project from Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania to the Dayton, Ohio regional market.

Valmet to deliver defibrator system to Guararapes Caçador's MDF plant in Brazil (relevance: 28%, date: May 18, 2021)
Valmet will supply a new Valmet Defibrator EVO system to the Brazilian company Guararapes. The system will be used for the company's medium density fiberboard (MDF) production as part of its major expansion at Caçador plant in Santa Catarina state.

Kimberly-Clark investing $20 million, adding 25 jobs in Corinth, Mississippi (relevance: 28%, date: Nov 18, 2019)
Kimberly-Clark Corporation is investing $20 million to expand the capacity of its Corinth nonwovens line, adding 25 jobs in the process.

Metsä Board starts a development programme for its Kemi paperboard mill (relevance: 28%, date: Feb 16, 2021)
The development programme will increase the mill's annual paperboard capacity by approximately 40,000 tonnes.