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The Hygiene and health company Essity has once again been awarded a place on CDP's 'A List' for its leadership in corporate transparency and performance on forests by the global non-profit environmental organization CDP.

UPM has been recognised by the global environmental non-profit organisation CDP for its leadership in corporate transparency and performance on climate change and forests, securing a place on the annual 'A List'.

Essity has, for the third consecutive year, been included in S&P Global's Sustainability Yearbook. In the review of more than 9,400 companies worldwide, Essity is part of the top 10% to be selected for this year's Yearbook.

Klabin has officially recognized ANDRITZ for its technical expertise and project management performance during the Puma II pulp and paper mill expansion project in Ortigueira, Brazil.

Argentinian leading packaging paper and tissue producer UnionPel selected Toscotec to supply a technological upgrade of PM1 at their Pacheco mill in the province of Buenos Aires. The project is scheduled for the first half of 2024.

Taiwanese tissue producer Yuen Foong Yu Consumer Products Co., Ltd. has successfully started up a new Andritz PrimeLineCOMPACT tissue production line at its mill in Chingshui.

Shandong Huatai Paper and Voith Paper successfully started up PM 11 in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong.

Andritz has successfully started up a new high-capacity chemi-thermomechanical pulping system supplied to Wuzhou Special Paper (Jiangxi) Co. Ltd. in Hukou County, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, China.

Stora Enso has been recognized for leadership in corporate transparency and performance on forests by global environmental non-profit CDP, securing a place on CDP's annual 'A List'. Based on data reported through CDP's 2023 Forests questionnaire, Stora Enso is one of the very few companies that achieved an 'A' among over 21,000 companies scored.

The closure is expected to impact 55 employees.

The mill has the capacity to produce around 250,000 tonnes of pulp per annum and will provide the Group with access to local, high-quality fibre from a well-established wood basket as part of a long-term partnership with West Fraser.

The fully recyclable mono material packaging solution made from corrugated cardboard saves 100,000 plastic parts and 310 tons of CO2 emissions annually while supporting sustainability goals.

Holmen's Board of Directors has decided to bring the Group's paperboard and paper operations together in a new combined business area, known as Holmen Board & Paper. The decision is part of the continued strategic development of Holmen's business based on four well-defined business lines, i.e. forestry, hydro and wind power, woodworking industry and process industry operations.

"Canada is extremely disappointed that the U.S. Department of Commerce has signaled its intention to significantly increase its duties on softwood lumber from Canada," International Trade Minister Mary Ng said in a statement.

The Lakeview mill will go from two shifts down to one 50-hour shift per week.

Sometimes simple solutions are the best solutions. And a similarly simple solution to a very complex problem has recently come to light with transportation, using robotics

It is transportation month here at Nip Impressions, and there is a lot to talk about. I almost titled this first column of the month "Transportation Follies" but then thought better of it. There certainly are many transportation follies in the headlines these days. However, I thought I would spend this first column of the month in a cerebral fashion. What do you think of when you think about transportation?

Smurfit Kappa is set to invest €54m to double the capacity of its bag-in-box plant in Alicante, Spain.

Stora Enso said it could lay off about 1,000 employees this year as part of a profit improvement plan, as the Finnish forestry firm and rival UPM-Kymmene both forecast a slow start to 2024 on Thursday.

The addition of automated, state-of-the art thermoforming equipment at Amcor's world-class healthcare manufacturing plant in Oshkosh, Wisconsin will support increasing demand from customers in the medical, pharmaceutical, and consumer health sectors.

The new Paperitalo Supplier Directory has opened its first month, January 2024, with almost 26,000 visitors worldwide as independently verified by our software platform provider. It is well on its way to becoming the destination for seekers of pulp and paper equipment, supplies, technology and expendables anywhere on earth.

Officers Introduced at Winter Board of Directors Meeting

Carbon removals and renewable energy company Drax Group has announced a new partnership with Molpus Woodlands Group (Molpus). The agreement will provide Drax with an option to purchase sustainably sourced woody biomass to fuel its bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) operations in the US Southeast.

An energy transformer issue knocked out main power to the company's Lavington operation about eight weeks ago, and Tolko reported a replacement has been sourced, installed and energized. As of Monday, the site was safely back on line.

To maintain its strong position and develop an even more competitive industrial structure over time, Södra Wood is consolidating its sawn timber operations. The aim is to achieve economies of scale by relocating production volumes to Södra Wood's larger production units.