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ANDRITZ's scope of supply comprises the entire key equipment and supervision service for the mechanical installation, commissioning, start-up, and training.

The owner, Pixelle Specialty Solutions, announced last year that it planned to close the mill, which employs 230 people. It cited business and financial challenges compounded by the explosion of a pulp digester in 2020. Last month, the company announced the mill would close weeks earlier than initially anticipated.

The plant has an annual capacity of approximately 55,000 tons of specialty paper and has 127 employees.

Wisconsin-based packaging firm Quad/Graphics Inc. will close its Leominster, Massachusetts Packaging plant by April 29, resulting in approximately 60 layoffs.

In February, workers here voted down a contract offer paving the way for a possible strike. On Monday, March 13, a union representative said a revised contract was presented and the union workers overwhelmingly said yes to the company's terms.

Recognition honors companies demonstrating business integrity through best-in-class ethics, compliance, and governance practices.

Huhtamaki receives a gold medal from EcoVadis on its sustainability performance - for the third year running. Our score places us in the top 4% of over 100,000 rated companies across the globe. It underlines our commitment towards our ambitious 2030 sustainability goals and the continuous progress we are making on this journey. EcoVadis is the world's largest and most trusted business sustainability index.

As part of a global objective to enhance the diversity of its workforce, Sappi created this new goal in 2021, which also directly aligns with UNSDG 8, which promotes economic growth and decent work. The 2021 goal for women in senior management positions is 20%, and at year end, we exceeded this goal with 21% of women in senior management positions

Albany International Corp. announced that President and CEO Bill Higgins has notified the company's Board of Directors of his desire to retire.

Metsä Group and Kemira have agreed to jointly develop a new renewable product or raw material related to the forest industry by 2027.

It is well known that Jackson Wijaya, the ultimate and sole owner of Paper Excellence, is the son of the current head of APP. In the early days, Jackson benefited from some experience gained from the family business early in his life, as well as support getting his company started. This is hardly a unique or exceptional circumstance. The situation is entirely different today. Jackson operates his Paper Excellence independently. Many stakeholders and regulators - global funding institutions, regulatory bodies and certifiers, among others - have acknowledged this reality. Paper Excellence's acquisition of Resolute was extensively reviewed under the Investment Canada Act.

"The public deserves much more transparency from Paper Excellence..."

Mere days before the Canton mill closure was announced, four top corporate brass sold stock shares -- cashing in just before the stock dropped substantially. Now, Congressman Chuck Edwards is calling on the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate whether it amounted to insider trading.

Since its inception, the Two Sides North America Anti-greenwashing Campaign has eliminated literally billions of instances of paper-related greenwashing in the United States and Canada - and engagement with large utilities, banks and insurers in January and February has set the pace for millions more in 2023.

The report sets out how, as Europe's largest private forest owner with the forest as the core of its business, SCA creates stable and profitable value growth over time. The report also covers SCA's high degree of self-sufficiency and investment programme in northern Sweden and the Baltics.

Geir Drangsland, representing the largest owner group of Norske Skog, was elected new chair of the board in Norske Skog.

We all know that scheduled maintenance downtime can be costly. The use of IOT in predictive maintenance is a growing trend. According to an article from iotforall, it states that "By 2030, McKinsey says IoT will unleash up to $12.6 trillion in global value."

Essity has made another breakthrough on its journey to net-zero emissions by 2050. In a recently concluded pilot, Essity became the first company in the industry to produce tissue in a CO2 emission-free production process using renewable hydrogen at its production facility in Mainz-Kostheim, Germany.

'A good facility in a good location,' says Canfor Pulp president.

The development of the two-lane ring road by RAPP, at the cost of Rp.3 billion, is APRIL's contribution to the Pelalawan Regency Government of a strategic infrastructural asset for the region. The road will alleviate traffic congestion and contribute to the mobility of Pelalawan residents, and in turn boost the regional economy.

More public buildings and housing in timber - even though they cost more. That's what a lot of Swedes want to see, and a national strategy to increase timber construction in Sweden is now being requested, according to a Novus survey from Södra.

In addition to this recent recognition, Kimberly-Clark was named one of Barron's 100 Most Sustainable Companies in 2023 and was named to the 2022 Climate Leadership Hall of Fame.

Current combined U.S. tariffs total 8.59 per cent, consisting of 3.83 per cent in countervailing duties and 4.76 per cent in anti-dumping levies, imposed against most Canadian lumber producers sending shipments south of the border. Irving's current tariff rate totals 14 per cent, while it's 8.25 per cent at West Fraser and 5.87 per cent at Canfor.

Last week, we talked about the first step to better maintenance. That was cleanliness, as in wholesale cleanliness by removing dead and obsolete equipment. To me, the next thing after cleanliness is oil and grease--lubrication.