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More than 2,000 residents were told to evacuate Tuesday afternoon after a large fire broke out at a recycling plant in Indiana, sending plumes of black smoke into the sky.

Japan's Fair Trade Commission on Tuesday conducted on-site inspections of seven facilities linked to paper distributor Japan Pulp and Paper Co. and three other companies over suspected bid-rigging.

Stora Enso plans to consolidate its book paper production and permanently close one of the two paper machines at Anjala in Finland. The Group will start change negotiations concerning all employees at the integrated Anjalankoski site.

Innovative LAMà® Band rids hard-to-recycle waste from in-store signage.

Technology captures previously unrecoverable resources from municipal waste.

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. is pleased to announce that Michael Osborne joined the company on April 10, 2023, as Vice President, Manufacturing replacing Bill Manzer, who has announced his plans to retire. Michael is a thirty-plus-year manufacturing veteran, most recently holding the position of Vice President, Global Manufacturing for Kraton Pine Chemicals.

Henrik Ehrnrooth was elected as Chair, and Kim Wahl as Deputy Chair of the Board of Directors of UPM-Kymmene Corporation at the Board of Directors' constitutive meeting that took place today following the Annual General Meeting.

As Resolute's new cellulose filaments plant at Kénogami, Quebec, Canada, paper mill nears completion, the company is focusing on bringing commercial volumes of this innovative biomaterial to the marketplace.

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Investigation of a blastomycosis outbreak at the Billerud paper mill in Escanaba is ongoing, and involves local, state and federal health and occupational safety officials.

For about half a century, foamed polyethylene (EPE), polyurethane (PU) and expanded polystyrene (EPS) have been utilised as the go-to material for several packaging applications. However, they are now faced with new, innovative competitors like Papira® by Stora Enso. But why switch to this new material? Read into three key reasons why.

Interfor Corporation provided an update on its ongoing director succession process. The Company has updated its diversity target for its board of directors ("Board") and commits that at least 30% of its Board members will be women by its next annual general meeting of shareholders ("AGM") in 2024.

To preserve the health of professionals and the community, Klabin has in place protocols such as submission of proof of the COVID-19 booster shot, regular cleaning and a cafeteria dedicated to workers in the maintenance shutdown, as well as inspection, by Klabin and contractors, of the locations where employees will stay.

In the run up to the Earth Day (22nd April), Tetra Pak is highlighting some of its recent recycling initiatives that are helping to keep valuable materials in use and out of landfills.

There has been a change of plans when it comes to a curtailment at Cariboo Pulp & Paper in Quesnel.

Three green hydrogen projects that Kimberly-Clark is developing with energy industry partners have won places on the UK Government's Hydrogen Business Model Strategy (HBMS) shortlist.

Lenzing Group is scaling the production of pre-consumer recycled lyocell with the support of three denim mills. The company revealed this week that it has entered the initial phase of the Fiber Recycling Initiative by Tencel.

Quad/Graphics Inc. is now the sole printer of the U.S. edition of Reader's Digest after signing a multimillion-dollar contract with the magazine.

Will has served in a personal capacity on the board of the SBP since January 2019, over which time the organisation has worked to facilitate the economically, environmentally and socially responsible use of biomass around the world.

Monadnock Paper Mills, a manufacturer of technical specialty and premium printing and packaging papers, announced that Stephen (Steve) Murphy has rejoined the Company as Director of Supply Chain and Logistics.

Carl-Magnus Månsson will assume his position on May 15, 2023.

Andritz has received an order from Winstone Pulp International Ltd. (WPI) to perform a comprehensive twin wire press retrofit at their Karioi pulp mill in New Zealand.

Using IIoT can lead to safer manufacturing and improve worker safety, from using fire detection sensors, gas leak sensors, early detection of unsafe behavior, detection of fatigue in an employee, fall detection, among others.

Norske Skog Bruck started its containerboard production last week, introducing 210,000 tonnes of competitive testliner and fluting capacity to meet the growing demand for renewable packaging. The production is based 100% on recycled fibre and will use steam from the new waste-to-energy plant, which opened in April 2022.