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The company had already entrusted Andritzwith major supplies for the pulp mill last year.

Södra has been voted the seventh most attractive employer in Sweden by the country's higher education engineers. This is the result of a poll conducted by the Career Companies Student Network during January-April 2023.

After over a century of service providing the town with thousands of jobs, the Canton paper mill sounded its final bell May 24, signaling the permanent closure of the iconic site.

No, this is not a retirement announcement. I am merely pointing out that we are done with energy for this month. We'll be back with more energy columns in December. If you haven't figured it out yet, Nip Impressions features energy two months per year--May and December. Energy is that important. As I have said before, it has been important for my entire career and will be far into the future.

Conifex Timber Inc. announced that it has made the difficult decision to take unscheduled downtime for four weeks at its Mackenzie, British Columbia sawmill commencing June 5, 2023. It is anticipated that the unscheduled downtime will impact production capacity by approximately 16 million board feet.

New research from the renewable materials company Stora Enso sheds light on the importance of packaging in achieving greater food systems sustainability. The report entitled "Food packaging for better food systems" identifies 13 impact opportunities for the food packaging value chain, powered by innovation and collaboration, to unlock greater global climate, biodiversity, and social progress.

Kimberly-Clark Professional™ is a winner of this year's world-renowned iF DESIGN AWARD in the bath category for the Kimberly-Clark Professional™ ICON™ dispenser collection.

Ahlstrom continues its long tradition of dedication and leadership in the electrotechnical paper industry through its commitment to support the growing demand for electrification and the energy transition while helping to combat climate change.

Klabin, the largest producer and exporter of paper for packaging and sustainable solutions in paper packaging in Brazil, celebrates this month the 25th anniversary of the first certificate (1998) of excellence in forest management granted by Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC), when it became the first Brazilian company in the pulp and paper sector in the Southern Hemisphere to obtain the seal.

Mitch Butier has decided to retire as CEO, effective September 1; will remain as Executive Chairman Deon Stander appointed President and Chief Executive Officer

Amcor, Delterra, Mars and P&G jointly announced the launch of a strategic partnership to stem the tide of plastic pollution in the Global South. These global leaders will work together to scale upstream and downstream solutions for a circular plastics economy, jointly committing $6 million USD over five years.

Have you heard that the earth is flat, literally flat? Yes, there are serious organizations making impressive-sounding arguments and throwing scientific jargon in every direction to disprove what real science and observation have taught us about our planet, but in the end the earth is still round. So it is with the claim that paper manufacturing is "a major contributor to climate change."

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) announced Julie Landry as Vice President of Government Affairs. In this role, Landry will lead the paper and wood products industry's legislative agenda and drive advocacy efforts before Congress, the White House and state governments. She assumes the role effectively immediately.

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. announced the appointment of Eric L. Butler to its Board of Directors.

Lazzareschi was recognized for his leadership in technological and personnel investments to enhance Sofidel's sustainability efforts.

Her appointment increases the number of Interfor directors to 11 and the percentage of women directors to 27%. The Company is well on track to achieve its target of at least 30% women on its Board by its next annual general meeting of shareholders in 2024.

The new machine will produce sack kraft paper.

Valmet will deliver two fiber line improvement projects to SCA Obbola mill in Sweden. The projects support SCA's earlier investments. The first installations will take place during the mill's spring shutdown in May 2023.

Start-up will take place in 2024.

Valmet will supply consistency measurements to Norske Skog's Golbey mill in France. The new measurements will be implemented in the new stock preparation unit and replace the aged ones from Golbey's PM 1, which is currently being converted from the production of newsprint to the production of recycled containerboard.

Holz-Bauer and Mondi launch new paper packaging PelletBags for wooden pellets.

Duro, a Novolex brand, now offers more than 100 SKUs that have been tested and certified commercially compostable by the Biodegradable Products Institute.

Sappi North America, Inc., a leading producer and supplier of diversified paper, packaging products and pulp, released its 2022 Sustainability Report, highlighting its commitment to science-based targets in creating sustainable products and business practices. The company also secured the EcoVadis Platinum sustainability rating for the third year in a row, keeping Sappi at the top 1% of companies rated for sustainability.

Norske Skog Bruck announces successful commercial orders of the containerboard grades Testliner 3 and Fluting. This represents the introduction of 210,000 tonnes of competitive containerboard capacity to meet the growing demand for renewable and re-usable packaging.

UPM Biochemicals and URSA, one of the leading producers of glass wool and mineral wool in Europe, today announced the development of more environmentally friendly building insulation that will help to reduce energy consumption and lower CO2 emissions.