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The repair work caused by the gas explosion in the mill's evaporation plant in March has been completed, and other annual maintenance work was done during the production shutdown.

London-listed shares in Smurfit Kappa rose on Wednesday after Bloomberg News reported that Smurfit WestRock, the company formed by a merger between the Irish packaging group and U.S. peer WestRock, will be included in S&P Dow Jones Indices's averages.

Quick--what is your image of your purchasing team? I'll bet it is them sitting in their offices with their nose stuck in a computer or a document. Or perhaps on the phone. Back in the days when I worked in a mill, I spent a good deal of time wandering around the mill. It didn't make any difference what my job was, I wandered around the mill in order to understand it from a detailed and overarching perspective. This made me better at my job, whether it be engineering, maintenance, technical, power house manager, whatever.

Merger with International Paper moving at 'absolutely full steam' in face of separate interest from Brazil's Suzano.

Clearwater Paper will invest $22.59 million in an expansion in Shelby that will create 13 jobs paying $60,769, on average.

PalletOne, the nation's largest single-source pallet manufacturer, has launched an automated pallet assembly machine redeployment program to provide improved pallet solutions to customers nationwide. This initiative will optimize the company's capacity following its coast-to-coast expansion as UFP Packaging's premier wood pallet builder.

Konraad Dullaert has been appointed Executive Vice President for Food and Consumer Packaging division and Chief Innovation Officer effective June 19, 2024. He continues as a member of the Executive Management Team. He succeeds Mark Ushpol, who will pursue his career outside Ahlstrom, as previously announced.

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (RRD), a global provider of business communication and marketing services, agreed to pay over $2.1 million to settle disclosure and internal control failure charges relating to cybersecurity incidents and alerts in late 2021.

Mativ Holdings, Inc. announced it has appointed John K. Stipancich as an independent member of its board of directors, effective June 13, 2024, for a term of office expiring at the 2027 annual meeting. In connection with his appointment, Stipancich has also been appointed to serve on the Board's audit committee.

With a second e-boiler, Sappi takes a further step towards sustainability and advancing decarbonisation.

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.

Generation Z and Millennial consumers are more likely to pay a premium for products that are legitimately sustainable in some way, from materials to packaging to delivery.

Ahlstrom, as a member of Ahlström Collective Impact continues to support UNICEF's global educational program in 2024. Ahlström Collective Impact's total investment to UNICEF in 2024 is close to EUR 800,000. Ahlström Collective Impact is a joint responsibility initiative by a group of companies and foundations, and Ahlstrom is one of the members and founding partners of the initiative.

The planting machine BraSatt, Södra's investment in new advanced technology for better plant survival, has now been awarded the prestigious Red Dot Awards, the world's most important design competition. The innovation agency Boid and Södra, the largest forest-owner association in Sweden, have won the Best-of-the-Best prize in the category "Autonomous".

Both attractive and sturdy, this eco-designed packaging offers robust protection while opening impactful visual possibilities. Its sleeve openings and high-quality printing area break the mould of the traditional format.

A collective EPR system promoted by diverse paper and cardboard associations.

Valmet is to provide two complete tissue converting lines including packaging solutions to Metsä Tissue's mill in Mariestad, Sweden.

Huhtamaki and the 2M Group of Companies have announced a multi-year supply deal to deploy deep-tech company Xampla's plastic-free Morro coating polymer to replace traditional barrier coatings in a range of takeaway containers.

The first curtailment will begin June 28th and run until July 15th, 2024, with a second set of reduced employee hours slated to begin august 26 to September 6th, according to the memo.

I am thinking of my very best 'toy' as a youngster living in a rural section near Pine Bluff, AR that my sweet parents encouraged me and my lil brother to play with. It was a discarded 16 inch tire.

State-of-the-art technology increases the production speed of sustainable fiber-based packaging solutions.

Mondi and traceless announce long-term partnership to develop bio-circular coating solution.

The collaboration brings together DVF's timeless designs and Lenzing's signature specialty fibers to exemplify both companies' commitment to spotlighting responsible fashion choices and bringing real change to the fashion world.

NeoLigno® by Stora Enso is a bio-based binder, ideal for mineral and glass wool. By changing to a binder made from renewable materials you can decrease your carbon footprint, while removing harmful formaldehyde and isocyanates from your loop.

Metsä Group funds biodiversity management and restoration projects with a total of 600,000 euros in 2024. This year, 26 new projects were approved for the funding programme for nature projects. With this year's selections, the themes of the projects are increasingly diverse and their geographical coverage is expanding.