Essity has appointed Niklas Westin Sundberg as Chief Digital & Information Officer. He will succeed Carl-Magnus Månsson, who is leaving Essity to take up a new external role.
Henrik Söderström has been appointed Metsä Fibre's Senior Vice President, Sawn Timber Business and a member of Metsä Fibre's Management Team as of 1 April 2026.
Kimberly-Clark Corporation announced the appointment of Francesco Tinto as Chief Information & Global Business Services (GBS) Officer, effective March 9, 2026. Tinto will report to Russ Torres, President and Chief Operating Officer of Kimberly-Clark, and serve on the company's executive leadership team.
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The company said the special resolution approving the arrangement received support from 96.02% of shareholders voting at a special meeting, and 84.42% of votes excluding those of the purchaser and its affiliates.
Metsä Group will once again employ 16-17-year-olds in summer jobs involving forest planting and yard maintenance at mill sites across Finland. These summer jobs provide young people with a safe and well-supervised opportunity to gain their first experience of working life.
The Government of Canada is investing over $4.4 million in 10 projects in Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, and Natural Resources Canada said the projects will advance manufacturing and processing, diversify forest products and export markets, and support First Nation and Métis groups and forestry businesses, Natural Resources Canada announced.
Roseburg Forest Products has resumed construction activities at its Dillard MDF plant in southern Oregon, a central project to the company's long-term growth strategy. The facility will feature a next-generation Siempelkamp continuous press capable of producing both MDF and HDF panels ranging from 2 mm to 28 mm in thickness. The restart follows a pause in early 2025 due to economic uncertainty.
Rottneros' Board of Directors has resolved to appoint Per Bjurbom as President and CEO with effect from 12 March 2026, whereby acting President and CEO Magnus Wikström will leave this position.
Södra, OX2 and TES have decided to move into the next phase of developing a potential facility for producing e-NG - a renewable gas that can replace fossil natural gas - in Värö. With support from The Industrial Leap, the parties are launching an in‑depth feasibility study to assess the project's technical, legal and commercial conditions.
Stora Enso Oyj announces the members of the executive management team of the new forest asset company, which is planned to be demerged from Stora Enso. The demerger is expected to be completed in the first half of 2027.
Western Forest Products has begun loading the first batches of lumber into one of two new continuous dry kilns at its value-added division in Chemainus, Canada. The new capacity will increase output of kiln-dried products, including lumber used for glued laminated timber in mass timber applications.
