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Quad/Graphics, Inc., a global marketing experience company, announced today the appointment of marketing and advertising industry leader Courtney Ballantini to the position of Senior Vice President and Head of Client Experience at Rise, Quad's full-service integrated media agency.

In the journey towards sustainable development, the concept of a circular economy has gained significant traction. At the heart of this concept is the idea of reducing waste and continually reusing resources. In the paper industry, circularity is transforming how paper, paper-based packaging , and related products are produced, used, and recycled. Let's look at the circularity of paper products, focusing on packaging, marketing, and consumer goods, highlighting the industry's strides and challenges.

Amcor, a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions, announced the publication of its Decarbonization Roadmap to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Amcor's targets are aligned with the latest climate science aiming to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius and validated by the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

Healthy forests are essential to a healthy future for our planet: they mitigate climate change through carbon sequestration, clean our water and provide habitat that wildlife populations need to thrive. With more than 1.6 billion people reliant on them for their livelihoods, forests also deliver substantial economic benefits. And at International Paper, forests are at the heart of everything we do.

The price adjustments include timber, small sawn assortments, softwood pulpwood, hardwood pulpwood, fuelwood and grot. The price adjustments are aimed at stimulating forestry activities such as regeneration felling, thinning and conservation management.

Stora Enso, a leading global provider of renewable solutions for packaging, paper, and biomaterials, has announced a strategic partnership with Enkei, a Swedish design startup committed to creating sustainable products.

UPM has successfully issued a new EUR 600 million Green Bond under its EMTN (Euro Medium Term Note) Programme and Green Finance Framework. The bond matures in August 2034, pays a fixed annual coupon of 3,375% and is expected to be rated BBB+ by S&P Global Ratings. UPM will apply for the bond to be listed on the Irish Stock Exchange plc, trading as Euronext Dublin.

Vattenfall and the newly established industrial collaboration Industrikraft, which currently consists of Alfa Laval, Boliden, SKF, Stora Enso and the Volvo Group, will work together to investigate the conditions for joint investments in new electricity production.

An employee at a Perry County pulp mill was burned severely Friday, Aug. 16, and airlifted for treatment to a Jackson hospital.

Pregis®, a leading global manufacturer of protective packaging, mailing and bagging, and flexible packaging solutions, has made significant investments in new production lines at its Bethel, Pennsylvania, and Reno, Nevada facilities to increase capacity for its Pregis EverTec™ Mailer portfolio, with a particular focus on the EverTec Non-Cushioned Mailer. This investment underscores the company's commitment to meeting the growing needs of ecommerce fulfillment and retail industries.

Sappi has awarded GAW technologies with an order to increase the efficiency of production processes - in detail to expand the storage of starch as well as a retrofitting / boosting of efficiency for pigment tanks at its Ehingen mill in Germany.

The respective participation processes with the employee representatives have been concluded. The number of positions affected is 338.

Andritz has provided key equipment for a new hardwood Neutral Sulfite Semi-Chemical (NSSC) production line and for a woodyard upgrade to packaging and paper producer Mondi at its containerboard mill in Kuopio, Finland.

Valmet is to deliver six wire tyers to Sappi's Saiccor dissolving pulp mill in South Africa. Valmet Wire Tyer is a fully automated tying machine that applies high-tensile steel wire around pulp bales at pre-selected positions.