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Paper Excellence Canada announced it has once again been voted one of Canada's 2022 Best 50 corporate citizens by Corporate Knights. Paper Excellence Canada is a diversified manufacturer of pulp and paper, including printing and writing, packaging, and specialty papers.

Conditions should not be us and them, but that is what they have become. My solution? At this point, you have no choice but to be absolutely transparent to your local neighbors and be cautious of the traveling rabble-rousers. This situation is no fault but our own.

The Canadian government has announced an investment of $3.5 million in the construction of 2150 Keith Drive, an innovative hybrid mass timber commercial office building in Vancouver's False Creek Flats neighborhood. The funding will be provided through the Green Construction Through Wood (GCWood) Program, which aims to promote the use of wood as a low-carbon construction material in infrastructure projects.

Sappi Stockstadt Mill is an integrated pulp and paper mill located in Germany, producing 145,000 tpa of pulp which is used to produce 220,000 tpa of coated and uncoated woodfree paper mainly sold into the European print market.

Solenis, a leading manufacturer of specialty chemicals used in water-intensive industries, has completed its previously announced acquisition of Diversey Holdings, Ltd., effective July 5, in an all-cash transaction valued at an enterprise value of approximately $4.6 billion.

Rottneros has entered into a new loan agreement with Danske Bank whereby its existing long-term facilities will be refinanced. The new facilities amount to a total of 250 million SEK divided into a term loan facility of 100 million SEK and a revolving loan facility of up to 150 million SEK.

In combination with the PM3 paper mill next door, the new power plant will deliver an additional saving of around 80,000 t of CO2 each year.

Lead Fire Investigator Kyle Murray reports that the fire began at a power reactor outside the plant and Macon-Bibb County Fire crews were able to keep the blaze contained to that area.

The curtailment will affect about 450 workers.

A new survey commissioned by Two Sides North America and conducted by international research firm Toluna found that U.S. consumers believe paper-based packaging is better for the environment than other packaging materials.

Iconex CEO Craig Gunckel Named EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2023 Southeast Award Winner for His Transformational Leadership & Focus on the Company's Global Workforce.

It will replace the mill's two existing evaporation lines.

The upgrade will boost the line's capacity and improve the strength properties of the product.

PM2 produces high-quality decor specialty papers.

The start-up is scheduled for October 2024.

The systems are scheduled to start up at the end of 2024.

Georgia-Pacific recently invested $120 million into Pineland Lumber in Pineland, Texas, making it the largest sawmill in the South.

Metsä Board, the leading European producer of premium fresh fibre paperboards and part of Metsä Group, has, once again, achieved the highest Platinum level in EcoVadis' sustainability assessment. The company has achieved the highest level or rating every year since 2017.

Following the announcement on 15 December 2022 of the agreement to sell its three Russian packaging converting operations to the Gotek Group for a total consideration of RUB 1.6bn, Mondi plc ("Mondi") confirms that Gotek Group received all requisite approvals and the sale has now completed. Mondi has received net proceeds of €30.4m from this disposal into its Austrian bank account.

UPM has signed an agreement on the sale of the recovered paper sorting plant ASK Kinsau in Germany to the Fisel Holding GmbH & Co. KG, a recovered logistics and municipal waste disposal company.

According to a recent article from Greenpeace, it states that a new report exposes hidden deforestation in RGE's supply chain and RGE control of a pulp mill under construction.

Ahlstrom further broadens its range of release papers by introducing new products that support the design of more sustainable double-sided Pressure Sensitive Adhesive (PSA) tapes.

Thanks to the collaboration between A.Celli and Arctic Paper Kostrzyn, the E-WIND P80 rewinder was successfully started up in record time in the Kostrzyn plant in Poland. Installation, commissioning and start up in just 22 days.

As consumers around the world look to make more sustainable decisions in their day-to-day lives, the move away from single-use plastic bags has been one of the most noticeable packaging trends. Ecobag Network, the largest producer of ecological paper bags in Poland, has recently turned to Stora Enso for a solution that achieves new levels of lightweight strength and production output.

The new strategic partnership will enable both parties to explore new possibilities for the application of VEOCEL™ branded lyocell fibers in flushable nonwoven products to address changing consumer needs.