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No more rolling in plastic - Megaflex Schaumstoff switches to Mondi's paper solution for rollpacking mattresses (relevance: 14.6%, date: May 2, 2023)
Mondi partnered with mattress producer Megaflex Schaumstoff to introduce Protector Bag ExpandForm for mattress rollpacking.

Thunder Bay: Resolute and Unifor Agree to New Deal (relevance: 14.6%, date: Jan 3, 2023)
Over 200 Unifor Local 5025 members voted strongly in favor of a new deal with Resolute Forest Product's Thunder Bay Sawmill that will see the current collective agreement re-opened and extended by 4 years to September 8th, 2028. The new extension will include key language improvements, an additional 24% average pay raise and achieve all provisions of Unifor's Eastern Canada Pulp and Paper Pattern established back in May.

Kruger Packaging investing $114 million in new Elizabethtown, Kentucky site, will create 150 jobs (relevance: 14.6%, date: Jun 1, 2021)
Kruger Packaging announced a $114.2 million investment to establish a state-of-the-art packaging manufacturing operation in Hardin County, a project that will create at least 150 quality jobs in the coming years.

Lenzing suspends 2022 guidance due to limited market visibility and high volatility of energy and raw material markets (relevance: 14.6%, date: Oct 4, 2022)
The Lenzing Group, the world's leading supplier of wood-based specialty fibers for the textile and nonwovens industries, suspended its guidance for the development of earnings in the 2022 financial year in view of the drastic deterioration of the market environment in the current quarter. The further course of the 2022 financial year can only be estimated to a limited extent due to the extremely low visibility on the demand side and the high volatility of energy and raw material costs.

Rottneros and Arctic Paper are collaborating on sustainable fiber trays in Poland (relevance: 14.6%, date: Nov 2, 2021)
Rottneros and Arctic Paper have signed a Letter of Intent regarding a 50/50 joint venture in Kostrzyn, Poland with the aim of building a moulded fiber tray facility. The start-up of the new facility is planned for the end of 2023. The investment is expected to amount to 12-15 MEUR, corresponding to approximately 120-150 MSEK.

Prospective buyer expresses interest in Verso Duluth, Minn. paper mill (relevance: 14.6%, date: Apr 6, 2021)
A provision in a bill recently approved by the Minnesota House of Representatives could help breathe new life into the Duluth paper mill, following Verso Corp.'s June decision to shut the mill down.

Schumacher Packaging Commissions Voith to Rebuild PM 2 In Myszków to Double its Production Capacity (relevance: 14.5%, date: Nov 2, 2021)
Schumacher Packaging, a corrugated board producer and full-range supplier of paper-based packaging solutions, has commissioned Voith to rebuild PM 2 at its Myszków site in Poland.

Oji Kinleith Mill to halt paper production next year, with 230 jobs on the line (relevance: 14.5%, date: Dec 3, 2024)
The mill will continue producing pulp.

Lenzing welcomes clear positioning of the EU Commission in the fight against plastic waste (relevance: 14.5%, date: Jun 15, 2021)
The Lenzing Group, the globally leading supplier of sustainably produced specialty fibers, welcomes the issuance of the guidelines for the implementation of the Single-Use Plastics Directive (EU) 2019/904, which took effect on June 05, 2019.

UPM Raflatac's revolutionary Forest Film label material wins Innovation in Sourcing Award from Sustainable Packaging Coalition (relevance: 14.5%, date: Oct 5, 2020)
UPM Raflatac's Forest Film™ label material has received the 2020 Innovation in Responsible Sourcing Award from the Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC). The announcement came on Wednesday, September 30, at the SPC Innovator Awards ceremony as part of this year's SPC Advance virtual event.

Greif Earns Two Recognitions for Corporate Social Responsibility Performance (relevance: 14.5%, date: Jan 20, 2020)
Greif, Inc. announced it earned two prestigious recognitions in December 2019 for its continued corporate social responsibility efforts.

Interfor posts $147 million adjusted EBITDA loss in 2025 as duties rise (relevance: 14.5%, date: Feb 17, 2026)
Interfor recorded a full-year net loss of $344 million on sales of $2,806 million, as weak lumber market conditions and higher duties and tariffs increased costs and led the company to adjust operating levels to match demand.

Spartanburg, S.C. LSC Communications plant to close, idle 401 workers (relevance: 14.5%, date: Feb 2, 2021)
A longtime commercial printing company plans to close its eastside Spartanburg facility Feb. 18 and lay off 401 workers.

Paperworkers' Union continues strike at several UPM mills until March and invites competitors to UPM negotiations (relevance: 14.5%, date: Feb 15, 2022)
The Finnish Paperworkers' Union has today informed UPM that their strike at UPM's Finnish mills will be extended by three weeks until 12 March 2022, unless new agreements are reached before that. The Paperworkers' Union's strike at UPM Pulp, UPM Biofuels, UPM Communication Papers, UPM Specialty Papers and UPM Raflatac units in Finland started 1 January 2022. Currently, approximately 200 union members are working in tasks critical to society, such as power plants and water treatment facilities.

CEO Lars Idermark to leave Södra (relevance: 14.5%, date: Feb 3, 2020)
After just over seven years as President and CEO, Lars Idermark has informed the Board that he will be leaving Södra. The Board will now initiate a recruitment process for a new President and CEO.

Shakeup at the top: BillerudKorsnäs appoints Lennart Holm as acting CEO (relevance: 14.5%, date: Nov 18, 2019)
The Board of Directors of BillerudKorsnäs AB has appointed the current Chairman of the Board, Lennart Holm, as acting CEO from November 5, 2019. Petra Einarsson leaves as CEO with immediate effect.

UPM Biomedicals and Cellbox in collaboration to provide a live cell shipment solution (relevance: 14.5%, date: Nov 2, 2021)
UPM Biomedicals and Cellbox have signed an agreement for providing a unique live cell shipment solution. The plant derived and animal-free transport technology for living cell and tissue cultures allows shipping of live 3D cell assays between researchers and pharmaceutical companies.

Green Bay Packaging announces new facility in Texas (relevance: 14.5%, date: Jan 18, 2022)
Green Bay Packaging Inc. has announced it will begin construction of a new 600,000 square foot corrugator plant in Fort Worth, Texas. Construction on the site is set to begin in the first quarter of 2022 and startup operation is scheduled for the second quarter of 2023.

Sofidel in the Top 1% of Companies Rated by EcoVadis for Sustainability in the Tissue Paper Industry (relevance: 14.5%, date: Apr 4, 2023)
Sofidel, one of the world's leading paper groups for the production of paper for hygienic and domestic use known particularly in Italy and Europe for its Regina brand, has again this year received Platinum recognition from EcoVadis for its approach to sustainability and therefore confirming its place among the top 1% of companies in its sector worldwide.

Ennis, Inc. to Acquire Assets of AmeriPrint Corporation (relevance: 14.5%, date: Jun 15, 2021)
Ennis, Inc. announced its acquisition of the assets and business from AmeriPrint Corporation in Harvard, Illinois. The closing occurred on Monday, May 31, 2021, Memorial Day. AmeriPrint Corporation is a trade printer specializing in custom-printed documents, barcoding, integrated products, and business forms.

Work continues to secure future of Verso mill in Wisconsin Rapids as layoffs loom (relevance: 14.5%, date: Aug 3, 2020)
The Verso mill is in the process of idling this week in Wisconsin Rapids, but task force leaders say they have to continue to endeavor to find solutions for the future of the site.

CanCollar® X Is Newest Solution Automated by Patented CanCollar Fortuna® Platform (relevance: 14.5%, date: Sep 20, 2022)
WestRock Company announced an expansion of its CanCollar® family of multipack solutions with the introduction of CanCollar® X, a fiber-based solution for sustainable large format canned beverage packaging enabling as much as fifty percent material reduction compared to fully-enclosed traditional packaging.

Forest management company buys 68,000 acres from Rayonier on North Olympic Peninsula in Washington (relevance: 14.5%, date: Apr 15, 2025)
The land was purchased from Rayonier, Inc, a timberland real estate investment trust which had owned the land for more than 80 years and used it for timber production.

WestRock temporarily laying off nearly 70 workers in Covington, Va. (relevance: 14.5%, date: May 18, 2020)
The layoffs are expected to last at least 30 days.

UFP Industries acquires Endurable Building Products (relevance: 14.4%, date: May 4, 2021)
UFP Industries, Inc. announced that a wholly owned subsidiary of UFP Construction, LLC, has acquired the assets of Endurable Building Products, LLC.