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If you were not aware, BillerudKorsnäs, has a paper bottle innovation project wherein they are working on the development of the world's first 100 percent recyclable and biodegradable paper bottle for carbonated beverages.

Mars, working with SABIC and Huhtamaki, will include food-grade recycled plastic in packaging of pet food brands in 2021

Quad/Graphics, Inc. announced that it has sold its two remaining Book manufacturing facilities in Fairfield, Penn., and Martinsburg, W.Va., to Berryville Graphics, a division of Bertelsmann Printing Group USA, a leader in hard cover, mass market, trade and digest books, components and specialty finishing. The transaction closed on October 31, 2020. Quad will use proceeds from the sale to pay down debt.

ND Paper on Friday became the second Maine paper mill this week to announce business realignments that will result in layoffs.

U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) has sent a letter to the Verso Corporation Board of Directors to either run the mill or sell it, for the sake of their employees.

He will be responsible for the corporate sustainability agenda in parallel to his assignment as Sustainability Manager in business area Forest.

Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc., the oldest continuously operating paper mill in the United States, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Rajan Iyer as its new Vice President of Research & Development and Technical Services.

It is the third time since July the workforce has been reduced after April's explosion.

Cabinet Secretary Alicia J. Keyes announced that a long-time paper mill in McKinley County will receive economic assistance from the state so it can install new equipment and remain in business for the next decade, retaining at least 125 well-paying jobs.

It was reported that the tribe offered about $6 million for the property and facility, which the owners valued at more than $79 million in bankruptcy filings.

The fourth sheeting line at the UPM Kymi paper mill started full production at the end of October, strengthening UPM's position on the market for graphic fine paper sheets.

The Kalamazoo City Commission has voted to accept a $5.4 million settlement with Georgia-Pacific and 3M over PFAS contamination in the City of Parchment and Cooper Township.

To offer customers a full portfolio of packaging papers, UPM Specialty Papers has launched UPM SolideTM, a family of kraft papers that feature a versatile combination of strength as well as converting properties.

ND Paper, a leading North American producer of pulp, paper, and paper-based packaging, is implementing a series of transformations at its Rumford Division to further expand into packaging grades.

Stora Enso has appointed Tobias Bäärnman, Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, as a member of the Group Leadership Team.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö strengthens long-term strategy development and deepens its innovation and sustainability focus by extending the Group Executive Management Team.

Stora Enso was honoured with Biorenewable Deployment Consortium (BDC)'s 2020 Forest Products Innovation Award for the culture of innovation and leadership in the deployment of new sustainable biorenewable processes directed toward achieving the full value of trees.

Finishing up... There are two extraordinary transient conditions at the present time. One is well under way, and the other is just around the corner.

The investment includes manufacturing equipment for filter fabric production.

Inaugural report outlines Enviva's commitment to sustainable wood bioenergy, milestones in the company's 16-year history, and progress in fighting climate change, displacing coal, and growing more trees.

Sun Chemical released its 11th annual Corporate Sustainability Report for the year ending 2019.

Engaging young people on the benefits of circular living and the circular economy is a key part of our 'Now & Next' Sustainability Strategy. As is supporting the local communities around our offices and paper mills. That's why we have sponsored the launch of a new children's book by the charity 'Litter Angels'.

UPM and the Guides and Scouts of Finland have initiated a cooperation in order to increase the dialogue and understanding between young people, companies and policy makers especially on topics concerning climate change and responsibility.

CMPC, through its subsidiary CMPC Celulose Riograndense Ltda., entered into a purchase agreement with Florestas do Sul Agroflorestal Ltda. in relation to the equity interest issued by a newly incorporated subsidiary of Florestas do Sul Agroflorestal Ltda. that will own all the timber assets currently owned by Florestas do Sul Agroflorestal Ltda.