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Andritz has received an order from Moorim P&P, South Korea, to upgrade an evaporation plant at its Ulsan mill, which produces bleached kraft pulp and different types of high-quality paper.

The measurements will be delivered during the Q4 2024.

The Supreme Administrative Court of Finland dismissed the appeal made against the environmental permit package for Metsä Group's Kemi bioproduct mill, as well as the appeal regarding the decision on the environmental permit package issued by the Vaasa Administrative Court on November 14, 2022.

Nearly 100 workers lost their jobs at Mohawk Fine Papers, Inc., when the company announced an immediate shutdown during a meeting with employees on Tuesday afternoon.

Interfor announced that it will indefinitely curtail its sawmill operations in Philomath, Oregon. This curtailment is in response to persistent high log costs in the region and ongoing weak lumber market conditions.

Jerry Seinfeld has an old joke that goes like this. He is out driving in a rural area. He passes a log truck. Then he meets a log truck coming towards him. He asks, "If the people over here need logs and the people over there have logs, couldn't they just call each other up and avoid driving these logs all over the place?" It got a big laugh. Of course, real life is not this simple.

Metsä Group's tissue and greaseproof paper business is investing in three new state-of-the-art converting lines for folded and rolled tissue paper to its mill in Mariestad, Sweden. The investment will enable large scale high quality hand towel production in Scandinavia. In addition it entails efficiency and energy savings as well as improved working environment and safety.

Enviva, the leading exporter of wood pellets in the United States, is on the brink of filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy following a significant misjudgment in future commodity prices, which led to substantial financial losses. Maryland-based company might proceed with the bankruptcy filing by the end of this week, pending the expiration of a 30-day grace period due to a missed $24 million interest payment to bondholders, according to reports.

The goal of the multi-year cooperation is to increase the effectiveness of emission reductions and to find completely new ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

UPM's Board of Directors has approved the commencement of new plans for the period 2024-2026 within the company's two long-term share incentive arrangements: the Performance Share Plan and the Deferred Bonus Plan.

The company has earned recognition from the esteemed business magazine seven times.

Stora Enso has, as a forest industry forerunner, developed a science-based framework to verify net positive impact on biodiversity.

Members at more than four dozen WestRock locations across 24 states voted in December to ratify a new four-year master agreement covering more than 5,500 USW members.

Valmet, a provider of technologies, automation, and services for the pulp, paper, and energy sectors, has commenced negotiations on February 15, 2024, aimed at restructuring its Services and Paper divisions within the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) territory.

Brazilian federal prosecutors are asking a judge to unwind a 2017 deal handing control of pulp and paper company Eldorado from Brazilian firm J&F to Paper Excellence Group, citing restrictions on foreign land ownership.

Stora Enso also reports against the SASB's Sustainability Accounting Standards for Forest Management and Containers & Packaging.

National partnership with Be Pro Be Proud will teach students about career opportunities in the forest products industry.

The Board took note that Shri Bharat Hari Singhania, Chairman, has expressed his desire to step down as Chairman and Director of the Company with effect from April 1, 2024 as he have decided to curtail his close involvement in various businesses in which he has been associated for several decades.

Harri Eronen (1974) has been appointed as Interim President of Kemira's Pulp & Paper segment and a member of Kemira's management board as of February 12, 2024.

Harri Eronen has been appointed as Interim President of Kemira's Pulp & Paper segment and a member of Kemira's management board as of February 12, 2024. The former President of the Pulp & Paper segment Antti Salminen will start as President & CEO of Kemira on February 12, 2024.

Warburton to lead sales team for both retail and away from home businesses; Erin Beckman promoted to senior vice president - GP PRO Sales

Antalis continues to expand internationally and has signed a binding agreement to acquire Pakella, a leading player in the distribution and manufacture of industrial and food packaging in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. Pakella is a leading packaging distributor in Baltic countries with a Euro15 million turnover in 2023 and 60 employees.

The paper and packaging company says its corrugated medium mill in Trenton, Ont., that is currently idled will not restart operations, while converting plants in Belleville, Ont., and Newtown, Conn., will close by May 31.

While the exact cause of the fire was not known, it was baled material to be recycled that was ignited at the Number 4 storage pad.