Timo Lehesvirta, biologist, has been appointed Metsä Group's Leading Nature Expert. His task, which is completely new at Metsä Group, includes ensuring that Metsä Group's strategic targets for safeguarding nature's biodiversity are achieved and developing and implementing projects in his area of responsibility with various stakeholders.
In the fourth decade of his career, Stew has worked within Catalyst Paper and its predecessors holding numerous positions including General Manager of Powell River, Vice President of Technology and Sourcing, and Vice President of Pulp Operations. He has also held a role in the solid wood sector.
Sonoco announced that Lisa Weeks has been named Vice President of Investor Relations, reporting to Howard Coker, President and CEO. Weeks succeeds Roger Schrum, who previously announced his intent to retire after a 16-year career with Sonoco and a more than 30-year career interacting with the global investment community. Schrum will stay on through June to help with the transition.
Thomas Ott, 54, has been appointed CEO of the Flexible Packaging and Engineered Materials business units at Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, earlier this year.
An initiative of Atlantic Packaging, A New Earth Project is a catalyst to build awareness, increase education and inspire action. A New Earth Project brings together the voices of ocean and water advocacy and the global supply chain to solve these problems while providing sustainable packaging solutions for brands of all sizes through its website.
DS Smith, a leading paper, packaging and recycling company, announced that it converted more than 300 tons of soil additives last year from paper mill waste once headed to landfills, and hundreds more tons are expected to be produced for farmers and agriculture markets in 2022.
Georgia-Pacific waited far too long to sue International Paper and Weyerhaeuser for contribution to the massive costs it faced in cleaning up an 80-mile Superfund site along the Kalamazoo River in southwestern Michigan, a federal appeals court held Monday.
Columbia Pulp LLC, headquartered in Dayton, was ordered to hand over its assets to a property management group just a few days before a court order would have mandated an auction of the multi-million dollar pulp mill on the Columbia County Courthouse steps.
UFP Industries, Inc. announced that President and COO Pat Webster will retire at the end of 2022 after a remarkable career spanning nearly four decades at the company. Over the next several months, Pat's duties will be transferred to existing or new members of the leadership team as part of the company's 2020 reorganization plan.
