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PT Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper, an operating arm of APRIL, supported the implementation of a United Nations Sustainable Development Goals ("UN SDGs") programme at SMP Global Andalan Junior High School.

Start-up of the new lime kiln is scheduled for the second half of 2023.

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) released the 62nd Paper Industry Capacity and Fiber Consumption Survey, indicating overall U.S. paper and paperboard capacity declined, 0.4% in 2021, compared to the average decline of 1.0% per year since 2012.

If you are looking for goods and services in the pulp and paper industry, you need to check out the Paperitalo Directory!

If you are looking for goods and services in the pulp and paper industry, you need to check out the Paperitalo Directory!

Ahlstrom-Munksjö Holding 3 Oy's Board of Directors has agreed an ownership reorganization plan under which the production assets, debts, and liabilities relating to its Decor business will be transferred from Ahlstrom-Munksjö Holding 3 Oy, without liquidation, to a newly formed company that will be named Munksjö.

Resolute Forest Products Inc. announced ratification of a four-year collective agreement by Unifor union members at seven of the company's pulp and paper mills in Canada, following an agreement-in-principle reached on May 15, 2022.

The unprecedented pace of inflationary cost movements continues to further impact the entire spectrum of raw material inputs and packaging components for the ink industry, while raw material availability remains an ongoing concern.

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Authorization to Acquire up to $150 Million of Common Stock

With this acquisition, Weyerhaeuser now owns or manages more than 900,000 acres of timberlands in the Carolinas, and the company also operates four mills, a distribution center and tree nursery, and hosts multiple mitigation banks and real estate development projects -- employing more than 700 people between the two states.

Rayonier Inc. announced that its board of directors has approved a 5.6% increase in its quarterly cash dividend to $0.285 per common share from $0.27 per common share.

This is the third consecutive year that Quad has been included in the list.

The negotiations involve around 340 employees.

To broaden its offering for tissue machines, Valmet launches a new polyurethane roll cover, Valmet Press Roll Cover PL. The roll cover's wear-resistant material and adaptive structure are developed to cope with the harsh operating conditions in tissue production, thus leading to longer lifetime of roll cover and energy savings.

The new pressurized refining system will feature a design capacity of 48 bdmt/h and process rubberwood chips for producing various types of MDF products.

Stora Enso owns 1.4 million hectares of land in Sweden, and the company is one of the country's largest forest owners.

MM Kotkamills is investing about Euro 30 million in two state-of-the-art cross cutters with automated core and waste handling. The investment is aimed at strengthening MM Kotkamills' position as a supplier of cartonboard sheets in the European cartonboard market.

AquaStop™ is the latest Better Planet Packaging innovation.

Mondi to display full packaging portfolio at leading pet food trade fair Interzoo in Germany to demonstrate how innovative flexible solutions can help the industry become more sustainable.

Suzano also launches a revitalized Sustainability Center disclosing over 450 KPIs.

PurposeSeal™ is a heat-sealed paper carefully constructed to ensure quality and protection for end-use packaging solutions.

Packaging Corporation of America announced that it intends to increase the quarterly cash dividend on its common stock to an annual payout of $5.00 per share from $4.00 per share, a 25% increase.

If you have read this column for any length of time, I am about to repeat something you have heard before. I am always in favor of removing obsolete and unused equipment quickly with one glaring exception. That exception is this: power plants.

President, Segment Pulp & Paper Kim Poulsen is leaving Kemira on Wednesday May 18, 2022. He has worked for Kemira and has been a member of Kemira's Management Board since 2015.