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he AGM adopted the accounts for 2024, adopted the Remuneration Report 2024 and the updated Remuneration Policy through an advisory resolution, and granted the Company's Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer discharge from liability for the financial period 1 January 2024-31 December 2024.

Eh, maybe not. Unless you are buying a lock washer like I mentioned last week. Lock washers should be in your automatic ordering system and never show up as a human decision once reorder quantities are established. For the bigger stuff (say $500,000 and up), go reasonably slow. Use AI to gain knowledge, but don't use it to go quicker.

International Paper, the owner of the mill, also agreed to operational and inspection changes, employee training and recordkeeping improvements and potentially upgrades of a key incineration furnace that was the focus of regulators' concerns, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency settlement.

Final preparations at the production site are ongoing, and the project budget remains unchanged.

It's hard to wrap your head around the seismic shifts happening in society, not to mention the rate of technological changes that are just around the corner.

UPM Raflatac, a global supplier of self-adhesive paper and film products, will showcase its latest sustainable innovations and expanded offerings at Labelexpo Mexico 2025 in Guadalajara, booth C72. The company will present its Carbon Act/p>

Graphic Packaging International, a global leader in sustainable consumer packaging, has signed an agreement with New Jersey-based co-packer JJM Packaging that will make the company's award-winning Boardio™ paperboard canister available to brands and retailers across the U.S. and Canada for a wider range of food products.

The implementation of the expansion project will begin in 2026.

Stora Enso's new consumer packaging board line at the Oulu site in Finland has started production ramp-up. The first customer deliveries are expected in the second quarter of 2025.

Shreveport Fire Department (SFD) continued to rotate crews in and out every three hours Sunday (March 16), a day after a three-alarm fire involving 9,500 tons of paper erupted at a Pratt Industries recycling facility at the Port of Caddo-Bossier.

This regulation is unworkable for the forest products industry in the United States and would jeopardize more than $3.5 billion worth of paper and wood products shipping into the EU market for essential products like timber or pulp for baby diapers.

The Government of Canada has announced an investment exceeding $20 million to support 67 projects aimed at strengthening British Columbia's forest sector. The funding, unveiled by Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, will enhance competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience in the industry.

Greif, Inc., a world leader in industrial packaging products and services, announced it is implementing a price increase between $50 and $70 per short ton for all grades of uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) products and a minimum 7.5 percent increase on all tube and core and protective packaging products.

The reduction in carbon footprint is possible due to the high share of fossil-free energy used in Metsä Board's manufacturing process and the light weight of fresh fibre paperboards.

EPIQ Machinery, a leader in integrated material handling solutions for the metals & mining, and pulp and paper industries, is proud to announce the strategic acquisition of a 50% stake in FAFECO GROUP, one of India's most respected crane and overhead crane manufacturers.

In 2020 Metsä Group, Fortum and Business Finland launched an exceptionally large R&D programme, the so called 'Veturi'- or leading company project ExpandFibre.

The project aims to find more effective methods for monitoring the effects of restoration, for example, by studying species distribution before and after restoration.

This is a significant honor that validates the hard work our team put into launching hubbIT, a one-of-a-kind tool that opens the recycling marketplace to thousands of businesses previously unable to get the value they deserve from their recyclable materials.

The delivery is scheduled for August 2025.

On Recycling Day, Maflex, a leader in the tissue converting sector in Italy, explores the benefits and challenges associated with using recycled paper in converting lines.

Changsheng Wu (53), has been appointed Executive Vice President, Procurement and member of the Global Executive Team at Huhtamaki, effective April 1, 2025.

Japan Airlines (JAL), Airbus, Nippon Paper Industries, Sumitomo Corporation, and Green Earth Institute (GEI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the realization of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) using bioethanol derived from domestic wood.

British Columbia has committed more than $97 million to support forestry-sector manufacturers through the BC Manufacturing Jobs Fund (BCMJF), contributing to the protection of over 3,500 jobs and attracting $680 million in private investment.

An exciting new product launch in Sweden highlights the functionality and versatility of Huhtamaki's FMCG food packaging portfolio.