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Enviva Inc., the world's leading producer of sustainably sourced woody biomass, breaks ground on its forthcoming Epes plant under construction in Sumter County, AL.

This is environmental/regulations month here at Nip Impressions. I must ask, what has changed in the past year? It appears the rhetoric has become shriller, the regulations more onerous and the government has become more invasive.

The equipment provided by Andritz will be used on the new paper machine, due to start up mid-2025, that will provide a range of paper grades for the FMCG and e-commerce sectors serviced by DS Smith.

The new OPL site is specifically designed to support paper manufacturers in automation, digitalization and achieving their sustainability goals.

Survey findings show high rates for employee loyalty, motivation, and likelihood to recommend LP as a place to work.

Clearwater Paper said Monday that it named Rebecca Barckley as its interim chief financial officer, effective on July 1, as Michael Murphy will leave the company on Friday.

Metsä Board's folding boxboard capacity expansion at its Husum mill in Sweden is reaching its final phases before start-up. Once the expansion is completed, the mill's BM1 folding boxboard machine will be delivering 600,000 tonnes of premium lightweight folding boxboard every year to consumer packaging and food service end uses all around the world.

Norske Skog celebrates grand opening of Bruck PM3, and becoming the go-to supplier for sustainable containerboard production, based on 100% recycled fiber.

Accelerated end of newspaper production in Steyrermühl determined.

PaperWorks Industries Inc. has completed the acquisition of The Standard Group. Founded in 1932, The Standard Group is a converter of custom printed paperboard packaging with a manufacturing location in Louisville, Kentucky.

The Forest Appeals Commission issued a $343,495 penalty for a fire sparked in logging debris left by the company near Nazko in central B.C.

Start-up is scheduled for the Q1 2024.

The delivery projects are scheduled to start up during the first half of 2025.

This decline is mainly due to weak sales volumes in its division MM Board & Paper, which the Company had already cautioned about earlier this year.

Proposed amendments to the EU's Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) could add 8.1bn plastic crates to EU transport sector.

Although 2022 was a year of many successes, it was also a year like no other for supply-chain disruptions.

UPM Biochemicals is developing new, climate neutral materials produced from sustainably sourced hardwood that will replace fossil-based materials in multiple applications - from footwear and fashion to furniture and automotive.

The Italian paper company Sofidel on Monday announced a $185 million expansion of its facility just south of Circleville that could add 100 jobs.

Mondi is investing over €16 million at its Krapkowice plant in Poland to increase production of its MailerBAG range.

Roseburg Forest Products has received a substantial funding of $3 million to install robotic equipment at its medium-density fibreboard (MDF) plant, providing a significant boost to Canada's forest sector.

Chemical manufacturer 3M Co. will pay at least $10.3 billion to settle lawsuits over contamination of many U.S. public drinking water systems with potentially harmful compounds used in firefighting foam and a host of consumer products, the company said on Jun. 22.

At capacity, the 1.1 million square foot plant - one of the largest and most modern of the company's 71 factories spread across 25 US states - will provide 375 full-time, high-paying, green-collar manufacturing jobs. That brings Pratt's total workforce to 11,500.

The stock preparation line includes Europe's largest FibreFlow drum pulper.

Essity received 78 points out of a maximum of 100 points in this year's rating, which means that the company is among the 99th percentile of companies assessed. This is the third rating since 2020 that Essity has received a Platinum medal from EcoVadis.

The themes of the projects selected for funding include watercourse improvement, restoration of flowing waters, removal of invasive species and predators, management of traditional habitats, restoration of wetlands and management of sandbanks.